# translation

lexentry: eng/lockdown__Noun__1
written_rep: lockdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lockdown | Ausgangssperre | Abriegelung
sense_list:
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.


lexentry: eng/locked__Adjective__1
written_rep: locked
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abgeschlossen | abgesperrt | zugeschlossen
sense_list:
Having undergone locking; secured by a lock. | (computing) Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.


lexentry: eng/locker__Noun__1
written_rep: locker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schließfach | Spind
sense_list:
A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers. | A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.


lexentry: eng/locket__Noun__1
written_rep: locket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medaillon
sense_list:
A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. | (archaic) The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard.


lexentry: eng/locking_differential__Noun__1
written_rep: locking differential
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sperrdifferential
sense_list:
(automotive) A kind of automotive differential that provides increased traction by restricting each of the two wheels on an axle to the same rotational speed without regard to available traction or differences in resistance seen at each wheel.


lexentry: eng/lockjaw__Noun__1
written_rep: lockjaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tetanus | Wundstarrkrampf
sense_list:
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.


lexentry: eng/lockkeeper__Noun__1
written_rep: lockkeeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schleusenwärter | Schleusenwärterin
sense_list:
The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.


lexentry: eng/lockout__Noun__1
written_rep: lockout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aussperrung
sense_list:
(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.


lexentry: eng/lockring__Noun__1
written_rep: lockring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abschlussring
sense_list:
A textured or threaded washer used to prevent components from become loose during rotation. On bicycles they are found, for example, on a bottom bracket and a track hub.


lexentry: eng/locum_tenens__Noun__1
written_rep: locum tenens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stellvertreter | Vertreter | Vertretungsperson
sense_list:
A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.


lexentry: eng/locust__Noun__1
written_rep: locust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Heuschrecke | Wanderheuschrecke
sense_list:
Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/locust_bean_gum__Noun__1
written_rep: locust bean gum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Johannisbrotkernmehl
sense_list:
A vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob (locust beans) and used as a food additive; chemically, it is a galactomannan.


lexentry: eng/locution__Noun__1
written_rep: locution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausdruck
sense_list:
A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people. | The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.


lexentry: eng/lodestar__Noun__1
written_rep: lodestar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leitstern
sense_list:
A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris. | (figurative) A guiding tenet or principle.


lexentry: eng/lodge__Noun__1
written_rep: lodge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Loge
sense_list:
Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom. | A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.


lexentry: eng/log__Noun__1
written_rep: log
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Log
sense_list:
(nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.


lexentry: eng/log_flume__Noun__1
written_rep: log flume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wildwasserbahn
sense_list:
(by extension) An amusement park ride where passengers sit in a hollow log and travel along a track or circuit powered mostly by the flow of water.


lexentry: eng/log_in__Verb__1
written_rep: log in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anmelden | einloggen
sense_list:
(computing, transitive, intransitive) To gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.


lexentry: eng/log_out__Verb__1
written_rep: log out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abmelden | ausloggen
sense_list:
(computing) To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again.


lexentry: eng/loganberry__Noun__1
written_rep: loganberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Loganbeere
sense_list:
A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus.


lexentry: eng/logaoedic__Adjective__1
written_rep: logaoedic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: logaödisch
sense_list:
(poetry) Of any metre rhythmically intermediate between ordinary speech (or prose) and song (or poetry), typically combining dactyls and trochees.


lexentry: eng/logarithm__Noun__1
written_rep: logarithm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logarithmus
sense_list:
(mathematics) For a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain the power x. Written \log_b x. For example, \log_{10} 1000 = 3 because 10^3 = 1000 and \log_2 16 = 4 because 2^4 = 16.


lexentry: eng/logbook__Noun__1
written_rep: logbook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logbuch | Schiffstagebuch
sense_list:
(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.


lexentry: eng/loge__Noun__1
written_rep: loge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Loge
sense_list:
An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.


lexentry: eng/loggerhead_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: loggerhead duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Falkland-Dampfschiffente
sense_list:
Tachyeres brachypterus, a shellfish-eating duck of the Falkland Islands; a poor diver, incapable of true flight.


lexentry: eng/logic__Noun__1
written_rep: logic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logik
sense_list:
(uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. | (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. | (countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics. | (countable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person. | (countable, sociology) A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.


lexentry: eng/logic_gate__Noun__1
written_rep: logic gate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logikgatter
sense_list:
A physical device, typically electronic, which computes a Boolean logical output (0 or 1) from Boolean input or inputs according to the rules of some logical operator.


lexentry: eng/logical__Adjective__1
written_rep: logical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: logisch
sense_list:
(not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic; sequacious. | Reasonable. | (not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.


lexentry: eng/login__Noun__1
written_rep: login
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Benutzername | Login
sense_list:
(computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.


lexentry: eng/logion__Noun__1
written_rep: logion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Logion
sense_list:
(specifically, Christianity) A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context.


lexentry: eng/logistics__Noun__1
written_rep: logistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logistik
sense_list:
(operations) The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements. | (military) The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel.


lexentry: eng/logo__Noun__1
written_rep: logo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logo
sense_list:
A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.


lexentry: eng/logopedics__Noun__1
written_rep: logopedics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logopädie
sense_list:
The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.


lexentry: eng/logopedist__Noun__1
written_rep: logopedist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logopäde
sense_list:
A specialist who deals with the correction of the speech sounds, the disorders in writing, reading, the ability to create any forms of mathematical operations, disorders in use of language and swallowing disorders.


lexentry: eng/logotype__Noun__1
written_rep: logotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logotyp
sense_list:
A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.


lexentry: eng/logwood__Noun__1
written_rep: logwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutholzbaum
sense_list:
A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.


lexentry: eng/loin__Noun__1
written_rep: loin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lende
sense_list:
The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.


lexentry: eng/loitering_munition__Noun__1
written_rep: loitering munition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kamikazedrohne
sense_list:
(military, weaponry) A munition, often a UAV, that waits passively around the target area and attacks only once a target is located.


lexentry: eng/loll__Verb__1
written_rep: loll
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faulenzen | flegeln | herumliegen | herumlümmeln | räkeln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]


lexentry: eng/loll__Verb__1
written_rep: loll
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: heraushängen | hängen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/lone_wolf__Noun__1
written_rep: lone wolf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: einsamer Wolf
sense_list:
(metaphorically) A person who avoids the company of others; a loner; an independent or solitary person.


lexentry: eng/loneliness__Noun__1
written_rep: loneliness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Einsamkeit
sense_list:
A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions. | The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.


lexentry: eng/long-distance__Adjective__1
written_rep: long-distance
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fern
sense_list:
Referring to a nonlocal telephone call; a toll call. | Referring to a romantic relationship: between two people with a considerable distance between them.


lexentry: eng/long-distance_relationship__Noun__1
written_rep: long-distance relationship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fernbeziehung
sense_list:
A romantic relationship between two people who live far apart, but usually maintain contact telematically.


lexentry: eng/long-eared_bat__Noun__1
written_rep: long-eared bat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Langohrfledermaus
sense_list:
Any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), of Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/long-eared_owl__Noun__1
written_rep: long-eared owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldohreule
sense_list:
Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range.


lexentry: eng/long-legged_buzzard__Noun__1
written_rep: long-legged buzzard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adlerbussard
sense_list:
Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.


lexentry: eng/long-suffering__Adjective__1
written_rep: long-suffering
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: langmütig
sense_list:
Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.


lexentry: eng/long-tailed_tit__Noun__1
written_rep: long-tailed tit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwanzmeise
sense_list:
Any of many subspecies of small passerine birds with long tails, Aegithalos caudatus, found throughout Europe and Asia


lexentry: eng/long_COVID__Noun__1
written_rep: long COVID
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Long COVID
sense_list:
(diseases) Long-term sequelae or symptoms (such as brain fog, extreme fatigue, or shortness of breath) following a COVID-19 infection, which persist after the SARS-CoV-2 virus is no longer active. [from 2020]


lexentry: eng/long__Adverb__1
written_rep: long
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lange
sense_list:
For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it). | (placed before a verb, participle, adjective, preposition, or adverb) For a long time.


lexentry: eng/long_arm_of_the_law__Noun__1
written_rep: long arm of the law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rechtspflege
sense_list:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The influence or effectiveness of law enforcement institutions; law enforcement officers collectively.


lexentry: eng/long_division__Noun__1
written_rep: long division
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schriftliche Division
sense_list:
(mathematics) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.


lexentry: eng/long_drink__Noun__1
written_rep: long drink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Longdrink
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A relatively weak (low alcoholic content per volume) and voluminous mixed drink, typically containing lots of ice and mixer.


lexentry: eng/long_johns__Noun__1
written_rep: long johns
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lange Unterhose
sense_list:
(US) A full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.


lexentry: eng/long_jump__Noun__1
written_rep: long jump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weitsprung
sense_list:
An athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up; a jump such as one performed in such an event.


lexentry: eng/long_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: long pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stangenpfeffer | langer Pfeffer
sense_list:
The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.


lexentry: eng/long_weekend__Noun__1
written_rep: long weekend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: langes Wochenende | verlängertes Wochenende
sense_list:
A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.


lexentry: eng/longbow__Noun__1
written_rep: longbow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Langbogen
sense_list:
A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.


lexentry: eng/longhouse__Noun__1
written_rep: longhouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Langhaus
sense_list:
A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.


lexentry: eng/longitude__Noun__1
written_rep: longitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Längengrad | geographische Länge
sense_list:
(geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.


lexentry: eng/longline__Noun__1
written_rep: longline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Langleine
sense_list:
(fishing) Gear consisting of a long and thick mainline, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods or gangions.


lexentry: eng/longspine_snipefish__Noun__1
written_rep: longspine snipefish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewöhnlicher Schnepfenfisch
sense_list:
A moderately elongate snipefish with a tubular snout equal to about a quarter of the total body length and a dorsal spine, of species Macroramphosus scolopax.


lexentry: eng/longsword__Noun__1
written_rep: longsword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Langschwert
sense_list:
A European sword with a long, straight double-edged blade, a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed use; prevalent from the 14th to 16th centuries.


lexentry: eng/lonsdaleite__Noun__1
written_rep: lonsdaleite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lonsdaleit
sense_list:
(mineral) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon. Also called hexagonal diamond.


lexentry: eng/loofah__Noun__1
written_rep: loofah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luffa
sense_list:
Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.


lexentry: eng/look_and_feel__Noun__1
written_rep: look and feel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aussehen und Handhabung | Look and Feel
sense_list:
(software, of an application, operating system, etc.) The combination of the visual design and behaviour of a user interface.


lexentry: eng/look_over__Verb__1
written_rep: look over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: (бегло) - durchfliegen
sense_list:
(transitive) To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors.


lexentry: eng/look_up__Verb__1
written_rep: look up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nachschlagen | nachsehen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something. | To obtain information about something from a reference book.


lexentry: eng/look_up_to__Verb__1
written_rep: look up to
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achten | aufblicken zu | aufschauen zu
sense_list:
(idiomatic, transitive) To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.


lexentry: eng/loom__Noun__1
written_rep: loom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Webstuhl | Webmaschine
sense_list:
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.


lexentry: eng/loom__Verb__1
written_rep: loom
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: drohen | dräuen
sense_list:
(figurative) To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.


lexentry: eng/loon__Noun__2
written_rep: loon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seetaucher
sense_list:
(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.


lexentry: eng/loop__Noun__1
written_rep: loop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Schleife
sense_list:
(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.


lexentry: eng/loop_quantum_gravity__Noun__1
written_rep: loop quantum gravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schleifen-Quantengravitation | Schleifenquantengravitation
sense_list:
(physics) A theory which attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity, according to which space can be regarded as an extremely fine fabric of finite loops.


lexentry: eng/loophole__Noun__1
written_rep: loophole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schießscharte
sense_list:
(historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.


lexentry: eng/loophole__Noun__1
written_rep: loophole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schlupfloch | Hintertürchen | Ausflucht
sense_list:
(figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.


lexentry: eng/loose_cannon__Noun__1
written_rep: loose cannon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gemeingefährlicher Mensch | unberechenbarer Mensch | unkontrollierbarer Mensch
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own team, faction, political party, etc.


lexentry: eng/loosehead__Noun__1
written_rep: loosehead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linker Pfeiler
sense_list:
(rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is not tightly bound (unlike that of the tighthead)


lexentry: eng/loosestrife__Noun__1
written_rep: loosestrife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gilbweiderich | Blutweiderich
sense_list:
Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are not closely related.


lexentry: eng/loot__Verb__1
written_rep: loot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plündern
sense_list:
(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.


lexentry: eng/loot_box__Noun__1
written_rep: loot box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lootbox
sense_list:
(video gaming) A consumable virtual item, often in the shape of a box or another container, that gives a player a random selection of in-game items.


lexentry: eng/looting__Noun__1
written_rep: looting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plünderung
sense_list:
The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.


lexentry: eng/lop__Verb__1
written_rep: lop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abästen
sense_list:
(transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.


lexentry: eng/lop_off__Verb__1
written_rep: lop off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abschneiden
sense_list:
(transitive) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.


lexentry: eng/loquat__Noun__1
written_rep: loquat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wollmispel
sense_list:
The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.


lexentry: eng/lord__Noun__1
written_rep: lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Herr
sense_list:
One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)


lexentry: eng/lord__Verb__1
written_rep: lord
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: herrschen
sense_list:
(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.


lexentry: eng/lord_of_the_manor__Noun__1
written_rep: lord of the manor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlossherr
sense_list:
(law, historical) The feudal lord of a manor estate. | (archaic) A ceremonial title retained or bestowed in certain contexts.


lexentry: eng/lordotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: lordotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lordotisch
sense_list:
(pathology) Of, relating to or afflicted with lordosis; having an abnormal backwards curvature of the spine.


lexentry: eng/lordship__Noun__1
written_rep: lordship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: der Herr
sense_list:
(hence, with "his" or "your", often capitalised) Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.


lexentry: eng/lore__Noun__1
written_rep: lore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kunde | Lehre | Regel | Regeln | Weisheit | Wissen
sense_list:
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.


lexentry: eng/lore__Noun__1
written_rep: lore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hintergrund | Saga
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, fandom) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.


lexentry: eng/lorikeet__Noun__1
written_rep: lorikeet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lori
sense_list:
Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.


lexentry: eng/lose__Verb__1
written_rep: lose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verlieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability. | (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). | (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. | To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | (transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). | (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. | (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.


lexentry: eng/lose_face__Verb__1
written_rep: lose face
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: das Gesicht verlieren
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.


lexentry: eng/lose_one's_head__Verb__1
written_rep: lose one's head
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: den Kopf verlieren
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To behave irrationally or to lose one's self-control, especially in a distressing situation or as a result of falling in love.


lexentry: eng/lose_one's_life__Verb__1
written_rep: lose one's life
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umkommen | ums Leben kommen
sense_list:
(euphemistic) To die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking.


lexentry: eng/loss__Noun__1
written_rep: loss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verlust
sense_list:
(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. | (countable) The death of a person or animal. | (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. | (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance. | (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.


lexentry: eng/loss_function__Noun__1
written_rep: loss function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verlustfunktion
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function which expresses numerically the loss produced by a decision or other event.


lexentry: eng/lossy__Adjective__1
written_rep: lossy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: destruktiv
sense_list:
(computing, of an, algorithm, _, for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data.


lexentry: eng/lost_and_found__Noun__1
written_rep: lost and found
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fundbüro | Fundamt
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners.


lexentry: eng/lot__Noun__1
written_rep: lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Los
sense_list:
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will. | A prize in a lottery.


lexentry: eng/lot__Noun__1
written_rep: lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Lot
sense_list:
(historic) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.


lexentry: eng/lottery__Noun__1
written_rep: lottery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotterie
sense_list:
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks. | (figuratively) Something decided by chance.


lexentry: eng/lotus-eater__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus-eater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotophage | Lotosesser
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.


lexentry: eng/lotus_position__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus position
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotussitz
sense_list:
A cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg; a meditative position in Hinduism and Buddhism, also used in yoga and sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/lotus_seed__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus seed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lotossamen
sense_list:
Any of the seeds derived from the plants in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts.


lexentry: eng/loud__Adjective__1
written_rep: loud
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: grell
sense_list:
(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.


lexentry: eng/loudmouth__Noun__1
written_rep: loudmouth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großmaul | Maulheld | Maulheldin
sense_list:
(slang, derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.


lexentry: eng/loudspeaker__Noun__1
written_rep: loudspeaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Box | Lautsprecherbox
sense_list:
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.


lexentry: eng/louis_d'or__Noun__1
written_rep: louis d'or
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Louis d'or | Louisdor | Louisd'or
sense_list:
(historical, _, numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.


lexentry: eng/lounge__Noun__1
written_rep: lounge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufenthaltsraum | Foyer | Gesellschaftsraum
sense_list:
(now, rare) A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.


lexentry: eng/lounge__Noun__1
written_rep: lounge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Klubsessel | Liegesofa | Sitzecke
sense_list:
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.


lexentry: eng/lounge__Noun__1
written_rep: lounge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Salon (Hotel, Gaststätte) | Salonzimmer
sense_list:
An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.


lexentry: eng/lounge_lizard__Noun__1
written_rep: lounge lizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Salonlöwe
sense_list:
(Jazz-age or flapper slang) An idler or pleasure-seeker; a person who spends considerable time loitering in bars and cocktail lounges.


lexentry: eng/lour__Verb__1
written_rep: lour
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stirn runzeln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To frown; to look sullen. | (intransitive, figuratively) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.


lexentry: eng/louse__Noun__1
written_rep: louse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Dreckskerl | Dreckkerl | Lumpenhund | Lumpenkerl
sense_list:
(colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
written_rep: louver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftschlitz | Lüftungsgitter
sense_list:
A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
written_rep: louver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Luftschlitz
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lovage__Noun__1
written_rep: lovage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebstöckel | Maggikraut
sense_list:
A perennial Mediterranean herb, of species Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery.


lexentry: eng/love-hate__Adjective__1
written_rep: love-hate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hassliebend
sense_list:
(originally, psychoanalysis) Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/love-in-a-mist__Noun__1
written_rep: love-in-a-mist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungfer im Grünen
sense_list:
Nigella damascena, an annual flowering plant of the genus Nigella, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour, though also found in shades of pink, white or pale purple.


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
written_rep: love
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lieben | lieb haben | gern haben
sense_list:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
written_rep: love
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lieben | begehren | ehren | gieren | lechzen | schleckern
sense_list:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/love_child__Noun__1
written_rep: love child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kind der Liebe | außereheliches Kind | uneheliches Kind
sense_list:
(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.


lexentry: eng/love_feast__Noun__1
written_rep: love feast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebesmahl
sense_list:
(Christianity, historical) A symbolic communal meal held by early Christians in commemoration of the eucharist. [from 16th c.] | (figurative, now, chiefly, North America) Any banquet or gathering to promote goodwill among the participants. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/love_goggles__Noun__1
written_rep: love goggles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rosarote Brille
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal, plurale tantum) Blindness to criticism or objectivity directed at a person with whom one is in love.


lexentry: eng/love_handle__Noun__1
written_rep: love handle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rettungsring
sense_list:
(colloquial, euphemistic, mostly, in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.


lexentry: eng/love_hotel__Noun__1
written_rep: love hotel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Love Hotel
sense_list:
A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/love_language__Noun__1
written_rep: love language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebessprache
sense_list:
A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another, such as complimenting, giving gifts, or spending time together.


lexentry: eng/love_match__Noun__1
written_rep: love match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liebesheirat
sense_list:
A marriage, betrothal, or other romantic relationship which is based on a spontaneous mutual feeling of love by the two individuals in the relationship, as opposed to a relationship based on other reasons or an arranged marriage brokered by parents or by third parties.


lexentry: eng/lovebird__Noun__1
written_rep: lovebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unzertrennliche | Unzertrennlicher | Agapornide | Liebesvogel | Liebesvögel | Turteltaube
sense_list:
Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.


lexentry: eng/loved_one__Noun__1
written_rep: loved one
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angehörige | Angehöriger | Freund | Freundin | Liebste | Liebster
sense_list:
A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on hospital admission form).


lexentry: eng/lover__Noun__1
written_rep: lover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geliebte | Geliebter | Liebende | Liebender
sense_list:
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.


lexentry: eng/lovingkindness__Noun__1
written_rep: lovingkindness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barmherzigkeit | Gnade | Güte
sense_list:
(uncountable) Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.


lexentry: eng/low-calorie__Adjective__1
written_rep: low-calorie
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kalorienarm
sense_list:
Of a diet, involving eating a lower number of calories than would normally eaten, usually with the intention of losing weight. | Of a food or drink, having fewer calories than its standard form.


lexentry: eng/low-fat__Adjective__1
written_rep: low-fat
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fettarm
sense_list:
(nutrition) Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gemein | niederträchtig
sense_list:
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions. | Humble, meek, not haughty. | Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tief | niedrig
sense_list:
(baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees. | Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: niedrig | schwach
sense_list:
Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.) | Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 16
trans_list: niedrig | tief
sense_list:
(phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.


lexentry: eng/low__Adverb__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tief
sense_list:
Close to the ground. | Of a pitch, at a lower frequency. | (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.


lexentry: eng/low_cost_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: low cost carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Billigflieger
sense_list:
(aviation, travel) An airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.


lexentry: eng/low_temperature_flexibility__Noun__1
written_rep: low temperature flexibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kälteflexibilität
sense_list:
The ability of a membrane or other material to resist cracking when flexed after it has been cooled to a low temperature.


lexentry: eng/lowball__Verb__1
written_rep: lowball
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absichtlich unter Wert schätzen | bewusst unterschätzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.


lexentry: eng/lowball__Verb__1
written_rep: lowball
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: den Preis in betrügerischer Absicht unter Wert berechnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low.


lexentry: eng/lowball__Verb__1
written_rep: lowball
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bewusst unterbieten | vorsätzlich unter Wert bieten
sense_list:
(transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly.


lexentry: eng/lowboy__Noun__1
written_rep: lowboy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Tieflader
sense_list:
(trucking) A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment.


lexentry: eng/lower_back__Noun__1
written_rep: lower back
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kreuz
sense_list:
The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/lower_class__Noun__1
written_rep: lower class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unterschicht
sense_list:
A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.


lexentry: eng/lower_house__Noun__1
written_rep: lower house
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unterhaus
sense_list:
(government) The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.


lexentry: eng/lower_jaw__Noun__1
written_rep: lower jaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Unterkieferknochen
sense_list:
Specifically, the bone therein; the mandible of humans and other vertebrates that, with the cranium, composes the skull.


lexentry: eng/lower_the_boom__Verb__1
written_rep: lower the boom
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic, with "on") To scold severely.
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list:
den Marsch blasen | eine Standpauke halten | einen Anschiss verpassen | herunterputzen | zur Minna machen


lexentry: eng/lowest_common_denominator__Noun__1
written_rep: lowest common denominator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kleinster gemeinsamer Nenner
sense_list:
(mathematics) The smallest positive integer which is a multiple of every denominator of several fractions.


lexentry: eng/lowlife__Noun__1
written_rep: lowlife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abschaum | Gesindel | Pack | suspekter Typ | zwielichtige Gestalt | zwielichtige Person
sense_list:
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.


lexentry: eng/lox__Noun__1
written_rep: lox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lachs
sense_list:
(US) Salmon that is cured in brine and then smoked at a low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.


lexentry: eng/lubrication__Noun__1
written_rep: lubrication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmierung
sense_list:
The application of a substance (lubricant) between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating.


lexentry: eng/lubrication_payment__Noun__1
written_rep: lubrication payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmiergeld
sense_list:
(idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemism) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.


lexentry: eng/lucky_break__Noun__1
written_rep: lucky break
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glückstreffer | glücklicher Zufall
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A stroke of luck; a fortunate event, particularly of the sort that propels one to success, fame, etc.


lexentry: eng/lucky_dip__Noun__1
written_rep: lucky dip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angeln
sense_list:
(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.


lexentry: eng/lucre__Noun__1
written_rep: lucre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: das Vermögen
sense_list:
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.


lexentry: eng/ludicrous__Adjective__1
written_rep: ludicrous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absurd | lächerlich | aberwitzig
sense_list:
Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.


lexentry: eng/lug__Noun__1
written_rep: lug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Kabelschuh
sense_list:
(electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.


lexentry: eng/luge__Noun__1
written_rep: luge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlitten | Rennschlitten
sense_list:
(countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.


lexentry: eng/lugworm__Noun__1
written_rep: lugworm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wattwurm
sense_list:
Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola | especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.


lexentry: eng/lumbago__Noun__1
written_rep: lumbago
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hexenschuss | Lumbago | Lumbalgie
sense_list:
(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.


lexentry: eng/lumbar__Adjective__1
written_rep: lumbar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lumbal
sense_list:
Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/lumbar_puncture__Noun__1
written_rep: lumbar puncture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumbalpunktion
sense_list:
(medical) A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis, or rarely to relieve increased intracranial pressure.


lexentry: eng/lumber__Noun__1
written_rep: lumber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauholz
sense_list:
(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lumen__Noun__1
written_rep: lumen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumen
sense_list:
(physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.


lexentry: eng/luminance__Noun__1
written_rep: luminance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Leuchtdichte
sense_list:
(optics) The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction (i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area), measured in stilbs or apostilbs.


lexentry: eng/luminary__Noun__1
written_rep: luminary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtgestalt
sense_list:
One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.


lexentry: eng/luminescence__Noun__1
written_rep: luminescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumineszenz
sense_list:
(physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.


lexentry: eng/luminol__Verb__1
written_rep: luminol
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luminol
sense_list:
(transitive, criminology, law enforcement) To test or subject a sample or an individual to a luminol agent in order to locate traces of blood.


lexentry: eng/luminosity__Noun__1
written_rep: luminosity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Leuchtkraft
sense_list:
(physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor | (astronomy) The rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions.


lexentry: eng/luminous_intensity__Noun__1
written_rep: luminous intensity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtstärke
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the power emitted by a source of light; equal to the flux density per solid angle.


lexentry: eng/lump__Noun__1
written_rep: lump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klumpen | Kloß
sense_list:
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.


lexentry: eng/lump_sum__Noun__1
written_rep: lump sum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pauschale | Pauschalbetrag | Pauschbetrag
sense_list:
A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.


lexentry: eng/lump_together__Verb__1
written_rep: lump together
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbinden
sense_list:
To put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group (either knowingly or unknowingly, and either advisedly or unadvisedly).


lexentry: eng/lumpenproletariat__Noun__1
written_rep: lumpenproletariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lumpenproletariat
sense_list:
(Marxism) The lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.


lexentry: eng/lunar__Adjective__1
written_rep: lunar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: lunar
sense_list:
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.


lexentry: eng/lunar_calendar__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar calendar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondkalender | Lunarkalender
sense_list:
A calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon, as opposed to the revolution of the earth around the sun; a calendar of the lunar year.


lexentry: eng/lunar_module__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar module
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondlandefähre
sense_list:
The spacecraft used in the Apollo missions that was designed for the landing on the surface of the Moon; the lunar excursion module.


lexentry: eng/lunar_phase__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar phase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondphase
sense_list:
(astronomy) Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon#Noun as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth).


lexentry: eng/lunar_year__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mondjahr
sense_list:
a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun


lexentry: eng/lunette__Noun__1
written_rep: lunette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lünette
sense_list:
(architectural element) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. [from 17th c.] | (architectural element) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. [from 18th c.] a lunette in the Thomas Jefferson building of the US Library of Congress


lexentry: eng/lunette__Noun__1
written_rep: lunette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Lunula
sense_list:
(Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/lunge__Noun__1
written_rep: lunge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ausfallschritt
sense_list:
An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.


lexentry: eng/lungeing_cavesson__Noun__1
written_rep: lungeing cavesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kappzaum
sense_list:
a special type of halter or headcollar with extra rings on the noseband for attaching a lunge line (or rein)


lexentry: eng/lungeing_rein__Noun__1
written_rep: lungeing rein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Longe
sense_list:
A piece of cotton or nylon webbing, usually around 25mm wide by about 20 metres (or longer) in length, attached with a swivel to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or headcollar of a horse to provide control while exercising or training it.


lexentry: eng/lunula__Noun__1
written_rep: lunula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lunula | Nagelmöndchen
sense_list:
(anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.


lexentry: eng/lupin__Noun__1
written_rep: lupin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lupine
sense_list:
Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.


lexentry: eng/lupus__Noun__1
written_rep: lupus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lupus
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.


lexentry: eng/lur__Noun__1
written_rep: lur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lure
sense_list:
(musical instruments, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.


lexentry: eng/lure__Noun__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lockmittel | Anlockungsmittel | Lockung | Lockvogel | Lure | Reiz
sense_list:
(also, figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.


lexentry: eng/lure__Verb__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anlocken | locken | ködern | herlocken
sense_list:
(transitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile. | (transitive) To attract fish with a lure. | (transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.


lexentry: eng/lurid__Adjective__1
written_rep: lurid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: widerlich
sense_list:
Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.


lexentry: eng/lurk__Verb__1
written_rep: lurk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lauern
sense_list:
To remain concealed in order to ambush. | To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.


lexentry: eng/lurker__Noun__1
written_rep: lurker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Beobachter | Lurker | passiver Zuschauer
sense_list:
(Internet slang) A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.


lexentry: eng/lust__Verb__1
written_rep: lust
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: begehren | sehnen | verlangen
sense_list:
(intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.


lexentry: eng/luster__Noun__1
written_rep: luster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glanz | Lüster
sense_list:
The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc. | (figurative) Polish, social refinement. | (obsolete) A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.


lexentry: eng/lustration__Noun__1
written_rep: lustration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lustration
sense_list:
(religion) A rite of purification, especially washing. | (politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.


lexentry: eng/lustrum__Noun__1
written_rep: lustrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kronleuchter
sense_list:
(historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lute__Noun__1
written_rep: lute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laute
sense_list:
A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.


lexentry: eng/luteal_phase__Noun__1
written_rep: luteal phase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lutealphase | Sekretionsphase
sense_list:
The latter part of the menstrual cycle, that occurs after ovulation, in which the corpus luteum secretes progesterone to prepare the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo.


lexentry: eng/lutetium__Noun__1
written_rep: lutetium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lutetium | Cassiopeium
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.


lexentry: eng/luthier__Noun__1
written_rep: luthier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geigenbauer | Gitarrenbauer | Geigenbauerin | Gitarrenbauerin | Lautenbauer | Lautenbauerin
sense_list:
A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.


lexentry: eng/lutung__Noun__1
written_rep: lutung
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haubenlangur | Lutung
sense_list:
Any of a group of Old World monkeys, making up the genus Trachypithecus, with a rather slim build and a long tail


lexentry: eng/lux__Noun__1
written_rep: lux
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lux
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx


lexentry: eng/luxurious__Adjective__1
written_rep: luxurious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luxuriös
sense_list:
Very fine in quality and comfortable. | (dated) Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.


lexentry: eng/luxury__Noun__1
written_rep: luxury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luxus
sense_list:
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create. | Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without. | Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).


lexentry: eng/luxury_good__Noun__1
written_rep: luxury good
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luxusgut
sense_list:
A product or service that is not considered essential to everyday life and is associated with affluence.


lexentry: eng/lycanthropy__Noun__1
written_rep: lycanthropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lykanthropie
sense_list:
(mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom. | (mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.


lexentry: eng/lych-gate__Noun__1
written_rep: lych-gate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Friedhofstor
sense_list:
A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.


lexentry: eng/lycopene__Noun__1
written_rep: lycopene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leukopin
sense_list:
(organic compound) A red carotenoid pigment found in tomatoes, other red vegetables, and in animal tissue; there is some evidence that it may lower the risk of prostate cancer.


lexentry: eng/lye__Noun__1
written_rep: lye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lauge
sense_list:
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes). | Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).


lexentry: eng/lymph__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lymphe
sense_list:
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.


lexentry: eng/lymph_node__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lymphknoten | Lymphsystem
sense_list:
(anatomy, immunology) Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and abdomen. They act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes and macrophages that collect and destroy bacteria, viruses and foreign matter from lymph. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes.


lexentry: eng/lymphatic_system__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphatic system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lymphsystem
sense_list:
(anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymph vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues.


lexentry: eng/lymphocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lymphozyt
sense_list:
(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.


lexentry: eng/lynch__Verb__1
written_rep: lynch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lynchen
sense_list:
(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.


lexentry: eng/lynx_spider__Noun__1
written_rep: lynx spider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luchsspinne
sense_list:
Any of the family Oxyopidae of spiders, which hunt their prey rather than spinning webs to ensnare them.


lexentry: eng/lyre__Noun__1
written_rep: lyre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lyra | Leier
sense_list:
(string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.


lexentry: eng/lyrebird__Noun__1
written_rep: lyrebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leierschwanz
sense_list:
Either of two large ground-dwelling Australian songbirds, of the genus Menura, named because of the beautiful tail feathers of the male of one species, the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), which can be erected to look like a lyre, and notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.


lexentry: eng/lysergic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lysergic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lysergsäure
sense_list:
(organic compound) An organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid, derived from an alkaloid found in ergot; its amide derivatives are widely used as pharmaceuticals and as hallucinogenic drugs (LSD).


lexentry: eng/lysosome__Noun__1
written_rep: lysosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lysosom
sense_list:
(cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.


lexentry: eng/lysozyme__Noun__1
written_rep: lysozyme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lysozym
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.


lexentry: eng/mRNA__Noun__1
written_rep: mRNA
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mRNA
sense_list:
(uncountable, biochemistry) Initialism of messenger RNA. | (countable, biochemistry) A strand of messenger RNA.


lexentry: eng/ma'am__Noun__1
written_rep: ma'am
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frau
sense_list:
Chiefly used as a form of address for a woman: . | A respectful term of address to a woman of higher rank or position. | (archaic) A title for a married woman.


lexentry: eng/macOS__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: macOS
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macOS
sense_list:
(operating systems, trademark) A major operating system, formerly known as OS X (and before that as Mac OS X), used on laptop and desktop computers by Apple Inc.


lexentry: eng/macadam__Noun__1
written_rep: macadam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makadam
sense_list:
(uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).


lexentry: eng/macaroni__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makkaroni
sense_list:
(uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/macaroni_penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Goldschopfpinguin
sense_list:
A species of penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus, with distinctive yellow and black plumes on the top of their heads.


lexentry: eng/macaroni_salad__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni salad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makkaronisalat
sense_list:
A type of pasta salad, served cold-made with cooked elbow macaroni and usually prepared with mayonnaise.


lexentry: eng/macaw__Noun__1
written_rep: macaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ara
sense_list:
Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.


lexentry: eng/macchia__Noun__1
written_rep: macchia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Macchie
sense_list:
Any shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.


lexentry: eng/machicolation__Noun__1
written_rep: machicolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschikuli
sense_list:
(architectural element) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschine
sense_list:
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. | (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane. | (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.


lexentry: eng/machine__Verb__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bearbeiten
sense_list:
To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.


lexentry: eng/machine_code__Noun__1
written_rep: machine code
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Maschinencode | Maschinenkode
sense_list:
(computer science) Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.


lexentry: eng/machine_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: machine gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinengewehr | MG
sense_list:
A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.


lexentry: eng/machine_language__Noun__1
written_rep: machine language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinensprache | Maschinencode | Maschinenkode
sense_list:
(programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.


lexentry: eng/machine_learning__Noun__1
written_rep: machine learning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maschinelles Lernen
sense_list:
(artificial intelligence) A field of study concerned with the design and development of algorithms and techniques that allow computers to learn.


lexentry: eng/machine_pistol__Noun__1
written_rep: machine pistol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinenpistole
sense_list:
A lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).


lexentry: eng/machine_tool__Noun__1
written_rep: machine tool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werkzeugmaschine
sense_list:
(machining, manufacturing) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.


lexentry: eng/machine_translation__Noun__1
written_rep: machine translation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maschinelle Übersetzung
sense_list:
(translation studies) The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.


lexentry: eng/mackerel__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrele
sense_list:
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,


lexentry: eng/mackerel_sky__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel sky
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schäfchen | Schäfchenwolken
sense_list:
A sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel.


lexentry: eng/macrobiotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: macrobiotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: makrobiotisch
sense_list:
Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.


lexentry: eng/macroblock__Noun__1
written_rep: macroblock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Macroblock
sense_list:
(signal processing, video compression) A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block


lexentry: eng/macrocosm__Noun__1
written_rep: macrocosm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrokosmos
sense_list:
(philosophy) A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.


lexentry: eng/macroeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: macroeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makroökonomie
sense_list:
The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.


lexentry: eng/macrogamete__Noun__1
written_rep: macrogamete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrogamet
sense_list:
(cytology) The larger of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the female ovule in plants or ovum for animals.


lexentry: eng/macrolanguage__Noun__2
written_rep: macrolanguage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrosprache
sense_list:
(linguistics) A "language" by common usage, which is in fact a dialect continuum consisting of widely varying varieties that may be distinct languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility. | (linguistics) A group of mutually intelligible speech varieties that have no traditional name in common, and which may be considered distinct languages by their speakers. | (ISO) A book-keeping device where – when a language as defined under the ISO 639-2 standard developed by the US Library of Congress, for the purpose of encoding the languages that published books are written in, does not correspond to a single language under the ISO 639-3 standard developed by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, for the purpose of listing all the world's languages in their publication Ethnologue – the ISO 639-2 language is assigned an ISO 639-3 code as a "macrolanguage".


lexentry: eng/macromolecule__Noun__1
written_rep: macromolecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makromolekül
sense_list:
(organic compound, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).


lexentry: eng/macron__Noun__1
written_rep: macron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makron | Längenstrich | Längestrich | Verlängerungszeichen
sense_list:
(orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/macrophage__Noun__1
written_rep: macrophage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fresszelle | Makrophage
sense_list:
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.


lexentry: eng/macropod__Noun__1
written_rep: macropod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Känguru
sense_list:
A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.


lexentry: eng/macroprudential__Adjective__1
written_rep: macroprudential
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: makroprudentiell | makroprudenziell
sense_list:
(economics) Relating to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.


lexentry: eng/macrostate__Noun__1
written_rep: macrostate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Makrozustand
sense_list:
(physics) A group of macroscopic properties of a physical system, such as its temperature and pressure.


lexentry: eng/macula__Noun__1
written_rep: macula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelber Fleck | Makula
sense_list:
(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.


lexentry: eng/mad_scientist__Noun__1
written_rep: mad scientist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verrückte Wissenschaftlerin | verrückter Wissenschaftler
sense_list:
A stock character in popular fiction; a bumbling or eccentric scientist working on questionable projects, or a villainous scientist bent on destruction.


lexentry: eng/madam__Noun__1
written_rep: madam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Puffmutter | Bordellwirtin
sense_list:
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.


lexentry: eng/madrasah__Noun__1
written_rep: madrasah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Madrasa | Medresse
sense_list:
(Islam) A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.


lexentry: eng/madrigal__Noun__1
written_rep: madrigal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Madrigal
sense_list:
(music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy. | (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy. | (poetry) A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.


lexentry: eng/mafic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mafic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mafisch
sense_list:
(geology) Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeitschrift | Illustrierte | Magazin | Journal
sense_list:
A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Magazin
sense_list:
A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.


lexentry: eng/magenta__Noun__1
written_rep: magenta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magenta
sense_list:
A color which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and blue light.


lexentry: eng/maggot__Noun__1
written_rep: maggot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Made | Fleischmade
sense_list:
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/maggot_therapy__Noun__1
written_rep: maggot therapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Madentherapie
sense_list:
A type of biotherapy in which live, disinfected maggots are introduced into the wound of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic tissue therein.


lexentry: eng/magic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magisch
sense_list:
Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.] | Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magie
sense_list:
(rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magie | Zauber | Zauberei | Hexerei
sense_list:
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Magie | Zauberei
sense_list:
(entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.


lexentry: eng/magic_carpet__Noun__1
written_rep: magic carpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fliegender Teppich
sense_list:
(fiction) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.


lexentry: eng/magic_lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: magic lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laterna magica | Skioptikon
sense_list:
(historical) An early light projector and precursor to the slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images.


lexentry: eng/magic_square__Noun__1
written_rep: magic square
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: magisches Quadrat
sense_list:
(number theory) An n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have the same sum.


lexentry: eng/magic_trick__Noun__1
written_rep: magic trick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zauberkunststück | Zaubertrick
sense_list:
A remarkable act carried out purportedly by magical means but in reality performed by trickery or illusion, generally as a form of entertainment.


lexentry: eng/magical_girl__Noun__1
written_rep: magical girl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magical Girl
sense_list:
In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.


lexentry: eng/magistrate__Noun__1
written_rep: magistrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magistrat
sense_list:
(legal) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both. | (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.


lexentry: eng/magma__Noun__1
written_rep: magma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magma
sense_list:
(geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. | (mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.


lexentry: eng/magna_cum_laude__Adverb__1
written_rep: magna cum laude
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magna cum laude | sehr gut
sense_list:
"With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.


lexentry: eng/magnesite__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesit
sense_list:
(mineral) A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.


lexentry: eng/magnesium__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesium
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/magnesium_hydroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium hydroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesiumhydroxid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The base Mg(OH)2 that occurs naturally as brucite; it is used as an antacid and in many industrial processes


lexentry: eng/magnesium_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnesiumoxid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium.


lexentry: eng/magnetar__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetar
sense_list:
(star) A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.


lexentry: eng/magnetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magnetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetisch
sense_list:
Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism. | Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull. | Determined by earth's magnetic fields.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_compass__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic compass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetkompass
sense_list:
(military, nautical) An instrument containing a freely suspended magnetic element which displays the direction of the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field at the point of observation.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_field__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetfeld
sense_list:
(physics) A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_moment__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetisches Moment
sense_list:
(electromagnetism) The torque exerted on a magnet within a magnetic field; a vector, being the product of the strength of the magnet and the distance between its poles.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetband
sense_list:
A type of (usually) acrylic tape with a fine coating of magnetically sensitive material on one side, used for recording audio and other data.


lexentry: eng/magnetism__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetismus
sense_list:
(physics) The property of being magnetic. | (physics) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.


lexentry: eng/magnetochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetochemie
sense_list:
(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that studies the effect of a magnetic field on atomic or molecular structures.


lexentry: eng/magnetometer__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetometer
sense_list:
(physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as metal detector.


lexentry: eng/magnetosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Magnetosphäre
sense_list:
(physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/magnification__Noun__1
written_rep: magnification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vergrößerung
sense_list:
The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. | The apparent enlargement of an object in an image, for example using a lens, or by zooming in on a computer.


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Betrag | Magnitudo
sense_list:
(astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100.


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Magnitudo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude


lexentry: eng/magnum__Noun__1
written_rep: magnum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Magnum
sense_list:
(firearms) A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.


lexentry: eng/magpie-goose__Noun__1
written_rep: magpie-goose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spaltfußgans
sense_list:
Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.


lexentry: eng/magpie-lark__Noun__1
written_rep: magpie-lark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drosselstelze
sense_list:
A common species of passerine bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, family Monarchidae, of Australia and southern New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/maguey__Noun__1
written_rep: maguey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agave
sense_list:
Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.


lexentry: eng/mahi-mahi__Noun__1
written_rep: mahi-mahi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwertlilie
sense_list:
A large food and game fish of the family Coryphaenidae which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.


lexentry: eng/mahjong__Noun__1
written_rep: mahjong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mah-Jongg
sense_list:
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mahagonibaum | Mahagoni
sense_list:
(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. [from 17th c.] | (countable) (by extension) Any of various trees which resemble those of the genus Swietenia.


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Mahagoni
sense_list:
A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. [from 19th c.] | (obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table. [19th c.]


lexentry: eng/maid__Noun__1
written_rep: maid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mädchen
sense_list:
(dated, or, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.


lexentry: eng/maidan__Noun__1
written_rep: maidan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Platz
sense_list:
(chiefly, South Asia) A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/maiden_flight__Noun__1
written_rep: maiden flight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungfernflug
sense_list:
The first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or demonstrate the functions of the systems.


lexentry: eng/maidenhair__Noun__1
written_rep: maidenhair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Venushaar | Frauenhaar | Frauenhaarfarn
sense_list:
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Post
sense_list:
(now, _, regional) A bag or wallet. [from 13thc.] | A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | (chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.] | The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service. [from 17thc.] | (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post. | The postal service or system in general. [from 17thc.] | (uncountable) Email messages conceived in bulk (as with the analogous sense of physical mail). | (countable, especially, Indian English) An email message. | A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Post | E-Mail
sense_list:
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]


lexentry: eng/mail_train__Noun__1
written_rep: mail train
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postzug
sense_list:
(rail transport) A train used by the postal service to transport mail, and in some cases, to sort mail en route.


lexentry: eng/mailing_list__Noun__1
written_rep: mailing list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mailingliste | Verteiler
sense_list:
A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients.


lexentry: eng/maillot__Noun__1
written_rep: maillot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Badeanzug
sense_list:
A one-piece swimsuit (for women) | A leotard or tights of stretchable jersey fabric, generally worn by dancers, gymnasts or cyclists.


lexentry: eng/mailman__Noun__1
written_rep: mailman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Briefträger | Postbote | Postzusteller
sense_list:
(North America) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes


lexentry: eng/main__Noun__1
written_rep: main
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hauptleitung
sense_list:
A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/main_clause__Noun__1
written_rep: main clause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptsatz
sense_list:
(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.


lexentry: eng/main_group__Noun__1
written_rep: main group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptgruppe
sense_list:
(chemistry) In the periodic table of the elements, any of the eight groups (columns) of elements in the s and p blocks.


lexentry: eng/main_sequence__Noun__1
written_rep: main sequence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptreihe
sense_list:
(star) A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature.


lexentry: eng/mainframe__Noun__1
written_rep: mainframe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großrechner
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.


lexentry: eng/mainland_China__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: mainland China
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Festlandchina
sense_list:
The People's Republic of China, viewed as the general geographical region administered by the PRC in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are coastal and insular areas)


lexentry: eng/mainlander__Noun__1
written_rep: mainlander
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: Someone who lives on the mainland.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Festlandbewohner | Festlandbewohnerin | Festlandsbewohner | Festlandsbewohnerin | Festländer | Festländerin


lexentry: eng/mainmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mainmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großmast
sense_list:
(nautical) The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship. | (nautical) The second-foremost mast of a non-sailing ship with more than one mast.


lexentry: eng/mains__Noun__2
written_rep: mains
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stromnetz
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a network or grid.


lexentry: eng/mainshock__Noun__1
written_rep: mainshock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptbeben
sense_list:
(geology) The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.


lexentry: eng/mainstream__Adjective__1
written_rep: mainstream
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mainstream | etabliert | konventionell
sense_list:
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.


lexentry: eng/majestic_plural__Noun__1
written_rep: majestic plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pluralis Majestatis
sense_list:
The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themselves in their role as the monarch.


lexentry: eng/major__Adjective__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: dur | Dur
sense_list:
(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization. | (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. | Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval) | Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Major
sense_list:
(military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Hauptfach | Hauptstudienfach | Hauptstudiengang
sense_list:
(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.


lexentry: eng/major_axis__Noun__1
written_rep: major axis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptachse
sense_list:
(geometry) The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape.


lexentry: eng/major_general__Noun__1
written_rep: major general
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Generalmajor | Generalmajorin
sense_list:
A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.


lexentry: eng/major_scale__Noun__1
written_rep: major scale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dur
sense_list:
(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.


lexentry: eng/major_third__Noun__1
written_rep: major third
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: große Terz
sense_list:
(music) A musical interval in Western music that is equal to or approximates a frequency ratio of 5/4. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of four standard semitones, spans three degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad.


lexentry: eng/majorant__Noun__1
written_rep: majorant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Majorante
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function, or an element of a set, that dominates others or is greater than all others.


lexentry: eng/majordomo__Noun__1
written_rep: majordomo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Haushälter | Hausmeier | Hausverwalter | Majordomus
sense_list:
The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.


lexentry: eng/majorette__Noun__1
written_rep: majorette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gardetänzerin | Tanzmariechen
sense_list:
(originally, US) A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band.


lexentry: eng/majority__Noun__1
written_rep: majority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mehrheit | Mehrzahl
sense_list:
In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.


lexentry: eng/majority_decision__Noun__1
written_rep: majority decision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehrheitsbeschluss
sense_list:
A decision that gains the acceptance of the majority of voters in a decision-making body, such as a parliament, municipal council or shareholders' meeting.


lexentry: eng/majority_government__Noun__1
written_rep: majority government
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehrheitsregierung
sense_list:
(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that has an absolute majority of seats or votes in parliament.


lexentry: eng/make-up_artist__Noun__1
written_rep: make-up artist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
A person who applies makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film, fashion, magazines and similar productions.

trans_list:
Visagist | Maskenbildner | Maskenbildnerin | Film- und Bühnencosmetologe | Film- und Bühnencosmetologin | Visagistin


lexentry: eng/make__Verb__1
written_rep: make
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: machen | lassen | bauen | bringen | interpretieren | produzieren
sense_list:
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.


lexentry: eng/make_a_big_thing_out_of__Verb__1
written_rep: make a big thing out of
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: um ein Gewese machen | viel Aufhebens um machen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To call attention to or publicize; to make a fuss about, especially unnecessarily.


lexentry: eng/make_a_difference__Verb__1
written_rep: make a difference
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einen Unterschied machen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance. | (idiomatic, intransitive) To be of importance; to matter.


lexentry: eng/make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill__Verb__1
written_rep: make a mountain out of a molehill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen | aus einem Furz einen Donnerschlag machen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.


lexentry: eng/make_a_show_of_oneself__Verb__1
written_rep: make a show of oneself
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic, Ireland) To embarrass oneself or others in public.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
eine lächerliche Figur abgeben | sich lächerlich machen | sich zum Affen machen | unangenehm auffallen


lexentry: eng/make_a_silk_purse_of_a_sow's_ear__Verb__1
written_rep: make a silk purse of a sow's ear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aus Scheiße Geld machen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.


lexentry: eng/make_a_spectacle_of_oneself__Verb__1
written_rep: make a spectacle of oneself
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (idiomatic, originally, _, US) To conspicuously embarrass oneself or others in public.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
blamieren | eine lächerliche Figur abgeben | sich lächerlich machen | sich zum Affen machen | sich zum Narren machen | unangenehm auffallen


lexentry: eng/make_a_virtue_of_necessity__Verb__1
written_rep: make a virtue of necessity
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aus der Not eine Tugend machen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.


lexentry: eng/make_amends__Verb__1
written_rep: make amends
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Genugtuung leisten
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.


lexentry: eng/make_do__Verb__1
written_rep: make do
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zurechtkommen | auskommen | hinkommen | hinlangen | hinreichen | klarkommen
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).


lexentry: eng/make_ends_meet__Verb__1
written_rep: make ends meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: über die Runden kommen | über den Monat kommen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).


lexentry: eng/make_it__Verb__1
written_rep: make it
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schaffen
sense_list:
To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.


lexentry: eng/make_no_bones_about__Verb__1
written_rep: make no bones about
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To do, indicate, or say something clearly and without hesitation, even if it may be unpleasant. [from 16th c.]

trans_list:
frei heraus sagen | kein Aufheben machen von | keine Umschweife machen | nicht viel Aufhebens machen um


lexentry: eng/make_of__Verb__1
written_rep: make of
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: halten von
sense_list:
(transitive) To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).


lexentry: eng/make_off_with__Verb__1
written_rep: make off with
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich aus dem Staub machen mit | sich davonmachen mit
sense_list:
(transitive) To steal (something) and flee. | To run away together with someone. | (transitive) To capture (someone) and flee.


lexentry: eng/make_out__Verb__1
written_rep: make out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adressieren | ausstellen
sense_list:
(transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque). [with to ‘a given recipient, payee’] [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_out__Verb__1
written_rep: make out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: abschneiden | durchkommen
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_over__Verb__1
written_rep: make over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufarbeiten | instandsetzen | renovieren | umgestalten | überarbeiten
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.


lexentry: eng/make_peace__Verb__1
written_rep: make peace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Frieden schließen
sense_list:
To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.


lexentry: eng/make_room__Verb__1
written_rep: make room
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Platz machen | Platz schaffen
sense_list:
(idiom) To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.


lexentry: eng/make_someone's_blood_boil__Verb__1
written_rep: make someone's blood boil
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jmds. Blut in Wallung geraten lassen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.


lexentry: eng/make_strange__Verb__1
written_rep: make strange
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fremdeln
sense_list:
(idiomatic, especially of small children) To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation.


lexentry: eng/make_sure__Verb__1
written_rep: make sure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sicherstellen | zusehen | sichergehen
sense_list:
To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_the_bed__Verb__1
written_rep: make the bed
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: das Bett machen | betten
sense_list:
To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.


lexentry: eng/make_the_most_of__Verb__1
written_rep: make the most of
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausnutzen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, transitive) To realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.


lexentry: eng/make_whole__Verb__1
written_rep: make whole
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wiederherstellen
sense_list:
(transitive, set phrase) To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.


lexentry: eng/make_whole__Verb__1
written_rep: make whole
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: entschädigen | schadlos stellen
sense_list:
(transitive, finance, legal) To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.


lexentry: eng/makeover__Noun__1
written_rep: makeover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufarbeitung | Instandsetzung | Neuaufstellung | Neugestaltung | Renovierung | Umarbeitung
sense_list:
A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.


lexentry: eng/makeup__Noun__1
written_rep: makeup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schminke | Make-up
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.


lexentry: eng/makhorka__Noun__1
written_rep: makhorka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauern-Tabak | Machorka | Rundblatt-Tabak
sense_list:
(chiefly, Russia) A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/making-of__Noun__1
written_rep: making-of
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Making-of
sense_list:
(television, film) A documentary about how a film or television show was made, with behind-the-scenes footage.


lexentry: eng/malabsorption__Noun__1
written_rep: malabsorption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malabsorption
sense_list:
The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract.


lexentry: eng/malachite__Noun__1
written_rep: malachite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malachit
sense_list:
(mineral) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2; one of the principal ores of copper.


lexentry: eng/maladministration__Noun__1
written_rep: maladministration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Misswirtschaft
sense_list:
(chiefly, government, uncountable) Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/malapropism__Noun__1
written_rep: malapropism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malapropismus | Verballhornung | Wortverwechslung | Wörtervertauschung
sense_list:
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.


lexentry: eng/malaria__Noun__1
written_rep: malaria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malaria
sense_list:
(disease) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: männlich | Männchen
sense_list:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Männchen | männlich
sense_list:
(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).


lexentry: eng/male_circumcision__Noun__1
written_rep: male circumcision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
An operation involving the surgical removal of all or most of the foreskin (prepuce) and frenulum of the male genitalia.

trans_list:
Beschneidung des Mannes | Beschneidung des männlichen Genitals | Beschneidung männlicher Genitalien | Vorhautbeschneidung | Zirkumzision | männliche Beschneidung


lexentry: eng/malic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: malic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Äpfelsäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, hydroxy-malonic acid, found in wine, apples, and other fruit; it is converted to lactic acid by malolactic fermentation.


lexentry: eng/malice__Noun__1
written_rep: malice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boshaftigkeit | Bösartigkeit | Böse | Bosheit
sense_list:
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.


lexentry: eng/malinger__Verb__1
written_rep: malinger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: simulieren
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.


lexentry: eng/mallard__Noun__1
written_rep: mallard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stockente
sense_list:
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.


lexentry: eng/malleable__Adjective__1
written_rep: malleable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schmiedbar | verformbar | formbar | geschmeidig | biegbar | biegsam
sense_list:
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.


lexentry: eng/mallow__Noun__1
written_rep: mallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malve
sense_list:
Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.


lexentry: eng/malt__Verb__1
written_rep: malt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mälzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.


lexentry: eng/maltose__Noun__1
written_rep: maltose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maltose | Malzzucker
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose


lexentry: eng/mama's_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: mama's boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Muttersöhnchen
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic, derogatory, North America) A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.


lexentry: eng/mama_bear__Noun__1
written_rep: mama bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Helikoptermutti
sense_list:
(by extension, slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children.


lexentry: eng/mambo__Noun__1
written_rep: mambo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mambo
sense_list:
A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mamma__Noun__1
written_rep: mamma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Euter
sense_list:
(anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.


lexentry: eng/mammal__Noun__1
written_rep: mammal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säugetier
sense_list:
An animal of the class Mammalia. | (paleontology) Characterized by having vertebrae and three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.


lexentry: eng/mammography__Noun__1
written_rep: mammography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mammografie | Mammographie
sense_list:
(medicine) X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.


lexentry: eng/mammoth__Noun__1
written_rep: mammoth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mammut
sense_list:
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/mammy__Noun__1
written_rep: mammy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mama
sense_list:
(US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.


lexentry: eng/mamzer__Noun__1
written_rep: mamzer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mamser | Mamzer
sense_list:
(Judaism) A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person. | A contemptible person; a jerk.


lexentry: eng/man-bag__Noun__1
written_rep: man-bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Herrenhandtasche
sense_list:
The equivalent of a woman's small handbag designed for use by men, having compartments for mobile phones, etc.


lexentry: eng/man-eater__Noun__1
written_rep: man-eater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menschenfresser
sense_list:
An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh. | A cannibal; a human that eats other humans.


lexentry: eng/man-eater__Noun__1
written_rep: man-eater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Vamp
sense_list:
(by extension, slang) A seductive dangerous woman, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.


lexentry: eng/man-month__Noun__1
written_rep: man-month
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Personenmonat
sense_list:
One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.


lexentry: eng/man-of-war__Noun__1
written_rep: man-of-war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kriegsschiff
sense_list:
(military, watercraft, chiefly, historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.


lexentry: eng/man_Friday__Noun__1
written_rep: man Friday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handlanger
sense_list:
A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.


lexentry: eng/man__Interjection__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mann
sense_list:
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.


lexentry: eng/man__Noun__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mann | Mensch | Herr | menschliches Wesen
sense_list:
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


lexentry: eng/man_boob__Noun__1
written_rep: man boob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Männerbrüste | Männertitte
sense_list:
(slang) One of a pair of large or womanly breasts on a man caused by pectoral fat, or sometimes a hormonal condition such as gynecomastia.


lexentry: eng/man_cave__Noun__1
written_rep: man cave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Höhle
sense_list:
(informal, jocular) A part of a home specifically reserved for adult male activities, such as drinking beer, playing games and watching TV; often a garage or den.


lexentry: eng/man_flu__Noun__1
written_rep: man flu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Männerschnupfen
sense_list:
(British, colloquial) A cold, influenza, or similar minor ailment as suffered by a male seen as wildly exaggerating the severity of his symptoms.


lexentry: eng/man_in_the_moon__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: man in the moon
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mann im Mond | Mondgesicht
sense_list:
An image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon.


lexentry: eng/man_overboard__Interjection__1
written_rep: man overboard
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mann über Bord
sense_list:
(nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.


lexentry: eng/manacle__Noun__1
written_rep: manacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handschellen
sense_list:
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.


lexentry: eng/management__Noun__1
written_rep: management
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Führung | Verwaltung | Management | Leitung | Handhabung | Regie
sense_list:
(uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
written_rep: manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manager | Direktor | Verwalter | Direktorin | Managerin | Verwalterin
sense_list:
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
written_rep: manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Verwalter
sense_list:
(software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.


lexentry: eng/manchineel__Noun__1
written_rep: manchineel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manchinelbaum | Manzanillobaum
sense_list:
A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.


lexentry: eng/mandala__Noun__1
written_rep: mandala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mandala
sense_list:
(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandarinente
sense_list:
A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandarine
sense_list:
A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges. | The fruit of this tree; in loose, informal usage, the term may include other similar citrus fruits such as Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan).


lexentry: eng/mandate__Noun__1
written_rep: mandate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandat
sense_list:
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.


lexentry: eng/mandate__Verb__1
written_rep: mandate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autorisieren | bevollmächtigen | ermächtigen | legitimieren
sense_list:
To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.


lexentry: eng/mandola__Noun__1
written_rep: mandola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandola
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.


lexentry: eng/mandolin__Noun__1
written_rep: mandolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandoline
sense_list:
(string instrument) A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.


lexentry: eng/mandorla__Noun__1
written_rep: mandorla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandorla
sense_list:
A vesica piscis-shaped aureola that surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, or represents God the Father (who is not traditionally depicted) in traditional Eastern Christian art.


lexentry: eng/mandrake__Noun__1
written_rep: mandrake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alraune
sense_list:
Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses. | A root of a mandrake plant that resembled human form, especially one kept or used for magic or occult purposes. | (slang) The drug methaqualone. | (folklore) A kind of tiny demon immune to fire.


lexentry: eng/mandrel__Noun__1
written_rep: mandrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufweitdorn | Dorn | Drehstift | Ringriegel | Spreizdorn
sense_list:
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.


lexentry: eng/mandrel__Noun__1
written_rep: mandrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Dorn | Drehstift | Mandrell | Montagedorn | Scheibenträger | Spanndorn
sense_list:
A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.


lexentry: eng/maneb__Noun__1
written_rep: maneb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maneb
sense_list:
A foliate fungicide consisting of a polymeric complex of manganese with the ethylene bis(dithiocarbamate) anionic ligand.


lexentry: eng/maned_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: maned rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mähnenratte
sense_list:
Lophiomys imhausi, a nocturnal, long-haired and bushy-tailed East African rodent that superficially resembles a porcupine.


lexentry: eng/manes__Noun__1
written_rep: manes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manen
sense_list:
The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manöver | Übung
sense_list:
(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Manöver
sense_list:
A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Verb__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manövrieren
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.


lexentry: eng/manga__Noun__1
written_rep: manga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manga
sense_list:
(countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan. | (countable, loosely, sometimes, proscribed) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.


lexentry: eng/mangal__Noun__1
written_rep: mangal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mangrove
sense_list:
(ecology) A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.


lexentry: eng/manganese__Noun__1
written_rep: manganese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mangan
sense_list:
(uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.


lexentry: eng/manganin__Noun__1
written_rep: manganin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manganin
sense_list:
Any of several alloys of copper, manganese and nickel used in the manufacture of electrical resistors because of the thermal stability of their resistance


lexentry: eng/mange__Noun__1
written_rep: mange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krätze | Räude | Grind | Skabies | Tierräude
sense_list:
(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).


lexentry: eng/mangonel__Noun__1
written_rep: mangonel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mangonel
sense_list:
(historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects. | (non-technical, often, proscribed) An onager (type of catapult).


lexentry: eng/mangrove__Noun__1
written_rep: mangrove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mangrovenbaum | Mangrove
sense_list:
Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/manhood__Noun__1
written_rep: manhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Männlichkeit | Mannsein
sense_list:
The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.


lexentry: eng/manic__Adjective__1
written_rep: manic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maniakalisch | manisch | überdreht | überschäumend | übersteigert
sense_list:
(psychiatry) Suffering from mania (the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels).


lexentry: eng/manifest__Verb__1
written_rep: manifest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manifestieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.


lexentry: eng/manifest_destiny__Noun__1
written_rep: manifest destiny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manifest Destiny
sense_list:
The political doctrine or belief held by the United States of America, particularly during its expansion, that the nation was destined to expand toward the west. | The political doctrine or belief held by many citizens of the United States of America that their system is best, and the idea that all humans would like to become Americans. | The belief that God supports the expansion of the United States of America throughout the entire North American continent except Mexico.


lexentry: eng/manifold__Noun__1
written_rep: manifold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mannigfaltigkeit
sense_list:
(mathematics) A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space \mathbb{R}^n.


lexentry: eng/manila_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: manila paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manilapapier
sense_list:
(sometimes, capitalized) A stiff paper with a yellowish-brown finish made from hemp obtained from the abaca plant.


lexentry: eng/manioc__Noun__1
written_rep: manioc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandiok
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.


lexentry: eng/maniple__Noun__1
written_rep: maniple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manipel
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers. | (Christianity, chiefly, historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.


lexentry: eng/manipulation__Noun__1
written_rep: manipulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manipulation | Manipulieren | Manipulierung
sense_list:
The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated. | The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.


lexentry: eng/manliness__Noun__1
written_rep: manliness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Männlichkeit | Mannhaftigkeit
sense_list:
The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.


lexentry: eng/manna__Noun__1
written_rep: manna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manna
sense_list:
(biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. | (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.


lexentry: eng/mannequin__Noun__1
written_rep: mannequin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Puppenfigur | lebensgroße Puppe
sense_list:
A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.


lexentry: eng/manner_of_articulation__Noun__1
written_rep: manner of articulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Artikulationsart
sense_list:
(phonetics, of a consonant) The configuration and interaction of the articulators (speech organs such as the tongue, lips, and palate) when making a speech sound.


lexentry: eng/mannerism__Noun__1
written_rep: mannerism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manier | Maniertheit
sense_list:
A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.


lexentry: eng/manometer__Noun__1
written_rep: manometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manometer | Druckmessgerät
sense_list:
An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.


lexentry: eng/manor__Noun__1
written_rep: manor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Herrschaft
sense_list:
A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.


lexentry: eng/mansard_roof__Noun__1
written_rep: mansard roof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mansarddach
sense_list:
A roof having two slopes on each side, the lower one having a steeper pitch than the upper; this increases the volume of the enclosed space. | A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point.


lexentry: eng/manslaughter__Noun__1
written_rep: manslaughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Totschlag | fahrlässige Tötung | mit Todesfolge
sense_list:
(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.


lexentry: eng/manta_ray__Noun__1
written_rep: manta ray
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mantarochen | Riesenmanta
sense_list:
Any of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.


lexentry: eng/manticore__Noun__1
written_rep: manticore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mantikor
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.


lexentry: eng/mantilla__Noun__1
written_rep: mantilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mantilla | Mantille
sense_list:
A lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders. | A woman's light cloak or cape made of silk, velvet, lace, or other material.


lexentry: eng/mantis__Noun__1
written_rep: mantis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gottesanbeterin | Fangschrecke
sense_list:
Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.


lexentry: eng/mantis_shrimp__Noun__1
written_rep: mantis shrimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fangschreckenkrebs
sense_list:
A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.


lexentry: eng/mantissa__Noun__1
written_rep: mantissa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mantisse
sense_list:
(mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.


lexentry: eng/mantle__Noun__1
written_rep: mantle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mantel | Umhang
sense_list:
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/mantle__Noun__1
written_rep: mantle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Glühstrumpf
sense_list:
A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mantle_plume__Noun__1
written_rep: mantle plume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Diapir | Manteldiapir | Plume
sense_list:
(geology) An upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere.


lexentry: eng/mantra__Noun__1
written_rep: mantra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mantra
sense_list:
(Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer. [from 1808] | (originally, Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation. [from 1956] | (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.


lexentry: eng/manual_labor__Noun__1
written_rep: manual labor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handarbeit
sense_list:
(American spelling) Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes, _, pejorative) unskilled labor.


lexentry: eng/manual_transmission__Noun__1
written_rep: manual transmission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handschaltung | Schaltgetriebe | herkömliches Getriebe | manuelles Getriebe
sense_list:
(automotive) A multi-speed vehicle transmission, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars, or a hand lever for motorcycles).


lexentry: eng/manumission__Noun__1
written_rep: manumission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Freilassung
sense_list:
Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.


lexentry: eng/manure__Noun__1
written_rep: manure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mist | Dung | Odel
sense_list:
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.


lexentry: eng/manuscript__Noun__1
written_rep: manuscript
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handschrift | Manuskript
sense_list:
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.


lexentry: eng/manuscript__Noun__1
written_rep: manuscript
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Manuskript
sense_list:
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.


lexentry: eng/manwhore__Noun__1
written_rep: manwhore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Stricher
sense_list:
(slang, occasionally, vulgar) A promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.


lexentry: eng/many_a__Determiner__1
written_rep: many a
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manch
sense_list:
Being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind.


lexentry: eng/many_a_mickle_makes_a_muckle__Proverb__1
written_rep: many a mickle makes a muckle
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kleinvieh macht auch Mist | steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein
sense_list:
(chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount. [from 1793]


lexentry: eng/map__Noun__1
written_rep: map
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Karte | Landkarte | Plan
sense_list:
A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.


lexentry: eng/map__Noun__1
written_rep: map
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abbildung
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function, especially a function satisfying a certain property (e.g. continuity, linearity, etc.; see Usage notes).


lexentry: eng/map__Verb__1
written_rep: map
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: kartografieren | abbilden
sense_list:
(transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.


lexentry: eng/map__Verb__1
written_rep: map
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: abbilden
sense_list:
(mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.


lexentry: eng/mapping__Noun__1
written_rep: mapping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Abbildung
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.


lexentry: eng/maquis__Noun__1
written_rep: maquis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Partisanenkampf
sense_list:
(botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub. [from 19th c.] | (historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere. [from 1940s]


lexentry: eng/mara__Noun__1
written_rep: mara
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alb | Mahr | Nachtmahr
sense_list:
(European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.


lexentry: eng/marabou__Noun__1
written_rep: marabou
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marabu
sense_list:
Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.


lexentry: eng/maraca__Noun__1
written_rep: maraca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rumbakugel | Maraca
sense_list:
(percussion instrument) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.


lexentry: eng/marble__Noun__1
written_rep: marble
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Murmel
sense_list:
(uncountable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/marble__Verb__1
written_rep: marble
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: marmorieren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.


lexentry: eng/marbled_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: marbled cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marmorkatze
sense_list:
Pardofelis marmorata, a cat similar in size to the domestic cat, with a longer, more thickly furred tail.


lexentry: eng/marbled_polecat__Noun__1
written_rep: marbled polecat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tigeriltis
sense_list:
Vormela peregusna, a polecat found from Eastern Europe to parts of China, with yellow and black markings on its back.


lexentry: eng/marbling__Noun__1
written_rep: marbling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marmorierung
sense_list:
A mottled or streaky appearance | The process of adding such an appearance, especially as a decoration


lexentry: eng/marcasite__Noun__1
written_rep: marcasite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Markasit
sense_list:
(mineral) The orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS2, occurring as yellow crystals. [from 19th c.] | (historical) Any of various metal sulfides, usually iron sulfide minerals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/march__Noun__2
written_rep: march
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mark
sense_list:
(now, _, archaic, historical, often plural) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary. | (historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.


lexentry: eng/march_to_the_beat_of_a_different_drum__Verb__1
written_rep: march to the beat of a different drum
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aus der Art schlagen | aus der Reihe tanzen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.


lexentry: eng/marching_band__Noun__1
written_rep: marching band
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Band
sense_list:
A group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who often incorporate movement, usually some type of marching, with their musical performance.


lexentry: eng/mare__Noun__2
written_rep: mare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alb | Drude | Mahr | Nachtalb
sense_list:
(obsolete, or, historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.


lexentry: eng/mare__Noun__3
written_rep: mare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mare
sense_list:
(planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon


lexentry: eng/margarine__Noun__1
written_rep: margarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Margarine
sense_list:
A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.


lexentry: eng/margarita__Noun__1
written_rep: margarita
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Margarita
sense_list:
A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.


lexentry: eng/margin__Noun__1
written_rep: margin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seitenrand | Marge
sense_list:
(typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.


lexentry: eng/margin__Noun__1
written_rep: margin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Einschuss
sense_list:
(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.


lexentry: eng/marginal__Adjective__1
written_rep: marginal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marginal
sense_list:
(uncomparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). | (politics, chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.


lexentry: eng/marginal_cost__Noun__1
written_rep: marginal cost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grenzkosten
sense_list:
(economics) The increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the unit cost of that additional output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output.


lexentry: eng/marginalize__Verb__1
written_rep: marginalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: exkludieren | marginalisieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/margrave__Noun__1
written_rep: margrave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Markgraf
sense_list:
(historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area. | (historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.


lexentry: eng/marimba__Noun__1
written_rep: marimba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marimbaphon
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.


lexentry: eng/marimbaphone__Noun__1
written_rep: marimbaphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marimbaphon
sense_list:
(obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.


lexentry: eng/marinade__Noun__1
written_rep: marinade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marinade
sense_list:
A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.


lexentry: eng/marinate__Verb__1
written_rep: marinate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marinieren
sense_list:
(ergative) To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.


lexentry: eng/marine__Adjective__1
written_rep: marine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meer | See
sense_list:
Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.


lexentry: eng/marine__Noun__1
written_rep: marine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marineinfanterist
sense_list:
(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.


lexentry: eng/marine_corps__Noun__1
written_rep: marine corps
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marine | Marineinfanterie | Marineinfanteriekorps
sense_list:
A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.


lexentry: eng/marine_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: marine engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schiffsmotor
sense_list:
An engine for marine use, installed inboard on a boat or ship. For small vessels, these are usually adapted automotive engines; for large vessels they are specially built for the purpose.


lexentry: eng/marine_mammal__Noun__1
written_rep: marine mammal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meeressäuger | Meeressäugetier
sense_list:
A mammal which lives partly or wholly in the ocean, or at least is heavily dependent on the ocean for its lifestyle; such as cetaceans, sirenians, seals, the sea otter or the polar bear.


lexentry: eng/marital_status__Noun__1
written_rep: marital status
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Familienstand
sense_list:
One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.


lexentry: eng/marjoram__Noun__1
written_rep: marjoram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Majoran
sense_list:
A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves. | The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Note | Zensur
sense_list:
A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__2
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Mark | Reichsmark
sense_list:
(historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: markieren
sense_list:
To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 18
trans_list: korrigieren | benoten
sense_list:
(Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 21
trans_list: decken
sense_list:
(sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.


lexentry: eng/marker__Noun__1
written_rep: marker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Markierung
sense_list:
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly | (competition, _, law) A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Markt-
sense_list:
A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Markt
sense_list:
A group of potential or current customers for one's product. | A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists. | A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.


lexentry: eng/market_basket__Noun__1
written_rep: market basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warenkorb
sense_list:
(economics) A list of items used specifically to track the progress of inflation in an economy or specific market.


lexentry: eng/market_economy__Noun__1
written_rep: market economy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marktwirtschaft
sense_list:
An economy in which goods and services are exchanged in a market, as opposed to a state-controlled economy.


lexentry: eng/market_failure__Noun__1
written_rep: market failure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marktversagen
sense_list:
(economics) A situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient.


lexentry: eng/market_price__Noun__1
written_rep: market price
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marktpreis
sense_list:
(economics) The price at which a product, financial instrument, service or other tradable item can be bought and sold at an open market; the going price.


lexentry: eng/market_research__Noun__1
written_rep: market research
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marktforschung
sense_list:
(marketing) The systematic collection and evaluation of data regarding customers' preferences for actual and potential products and services.


lexentry: eng/market_share__Noun__1
written_rep: market share
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marktanteil
sense_list:
The percentage of some market held by a company, country, (sub)sector or any other actor or aggregate.


lexentry: eng/market_value__Noun__1
written_rep: market value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marktwert
sense_list:
(finance) The price which a seller or insurer might reasonably expect to fetch for goods, services or securities on the open market.


lexentry: eng/marketing__Noun__1
written_rep: marketing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Marketing | Vertrieb
sense_list:
(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.


lexentry: eng/marketplace__Noun__1
written_rep: marketplace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marktplatz
sense_list:
An open area in a town housing a public market. | The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. | (by extension) The world of commerce and trade.


lexentry: eng/markhor__Noun__1
written_rep: markhor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schraubenziege
sense_list:
A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.


lexentry: eng/markka__Noun__1
written_rep: markka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mark | Finnische Mark | Finnmark
sense_list:
A (Finnish) mark, the currency used in Finland before the introduction of the euro, consisting of 100 penni. Abbreviation FIM.


lexentry: eng/markup__Noun__1
written_rep: markup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marge | Preisaufschlag
sense_list:
The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up his buy-in price when determining his selling price.


lexentry: eng/markup__Noun__1
written_rep: markup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Auszeichnung
sense_list:
(computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.


lexentry: eng/marl__Noun__1
written_rep: marl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mergel
sense_list:
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.


lexentry: eng/marlin__Noun__1
written_rep: marlin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Speerfisch | Fächerfisch | Marline
sense_list:
Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/marmoset__Noun__1
written_rep: marmoset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marmosette
sense_list:
Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/marmot__Noun__1
written_rep: marmot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Murmeltier
sense_list:
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.


lexentry: eng/maroon__Noun__1
written_rep: maroon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maroon | Maroon-Frauen | Maroon-Männer
sense_list:
An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/marquee__Noun__1
written_rep: marquee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Markise | Vordach
sense_list:
(US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.


lexentry: eng/marquetry__Noun__1
written_rep: marquetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marketerie
sense_list:
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.


lexentry: eng/marriage__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ehe | Heirat
sense_list:
The state of being married. [from 14th c.] | (often, _, specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.


lexentry: eng/marriage_agency__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ehevermittlung | Heiratagentur | Heiratsbüro | Partnervermittlung
sense_list:
A business that endeavors to introduce men and women for the purpose of marriage, dating or penpals.


lexentry: eng/marriage_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eheurkunde | Heiratsurkunde | Ehebescheinigung | Heiratsschein | Trauschein
sense_list:
(law) An official record indicating that two individuals were legally married on the date of the certificate.


lexentry: eng/marriage_guidance__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage guidance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eheberatung
sense_list:
(often, attributive) Advice or support about marriage, especially in the form of professional counselling, and typically given to couples looking to overcome problems in a relationship.


lexentry: eng/marriage_of_convenience__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage of convenience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Konvenienzehe | Vernunftehe | Zweckehe
sense_list:
A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; for example, one conducted to obtain residence rights in a country, for financial gain, or for political purposes.


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
written_rep: marry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heiraten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.] | (transitive, figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
written_rep: marry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: heiraten | verheiraten
sense_list:
(transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/marsh_mallow__Noun__1
written_rep: marsh mallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eibisch
sense_list:
A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).


lexentry: eng/marshal__Noun__1
written_rep: marshal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marschall
sense_list:
(historical) A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.


lexentry: eng/marshal__Noun__1
written_rep: marshal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Marschall | Feldmarschall
sense_list:
A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.


lexentry: eng/marshmallow__Noun__1
written_rep: marshmallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Marshmallow | Mäusespeck
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been presoftened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency. [from 19th c.] | (figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.


lexentry: eng/marshrutka__Noun__1
written_rep: marshrutka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marschrutka
sense_list:
(Russia, _, &, _, nearby, _, countries) Synonym of shared taxi in former Soviet contexts, particularly a minibus on fixed routes.


lexentry: eng/marsupial__Noun__1
written_rep: marsupial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beuteltier
sense_list:
Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.


lexentry: eng/marsupialization__Noun__1
written_rep: marsupialization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marsupialisation
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.


lexentry: eng/marsupium__Noun__1
written_rep: marsupium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beutel
sense_list:
The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young. | A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.


lexentry: eng/martial_art__Noun__1
written_rep: martial art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kampfkunst | Kampfsport
sense_list:
Any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practiced as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai.


lexentry: eng/martial_law__Noun__1
written_rep: martial law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsrecht | Ausnahmezustand
sense_list:
Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.


lexentry: eng/martin__Noun__1
written_rep: martin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehlschwalbe
sense_list:
Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.


lexentry: eng/martini__Noun__1
written_rep: martini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Martini
sense_list:
(sometimes, proscribed) Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Noun__1
written_rep: martyr
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Märtyrer | Märtyrerin
sense_list:
One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom. | (by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause. | (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.


lexentry: eng/martyrdom__Noun__1
written_rep: martyrdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Märtyrertod | Martyrium
sense_list:
The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.


lexentry: eng/martyrology__Noun__1
written_rep: martyrology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Martyrologium
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, often, _, capitalized) A liturgical calendar of days for the commemoration of formally recognized saints, usually including some biographical notes.


lexentry: eng/marvel_of_Peru__Noun__1
written_rep: marvel of Peru
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wunderblume | Nachtschön | falsche Jalappa
sense_list:
Mirabilis jalapa, an ornamental flowering plant from the Americas, used until the 19th century also medicinally.


lexentry: eng/masala_chai__Noun__1
written_rep: masala chai
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Chai | Masala chai
sense_list:
A South Asian beverage of black tea brewed in milk and water and then sweetened with sugar, with the addition of aromatic herbs and spices.


lexentry: eng/mascaron__Noun__1
written_rep: mascaron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maskaron | Fratzenkopf
sense_list:
(architectural element) A carved, ornamental face, either human-like or grotesque, whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.


lexentry: eng/mascot__Noun__1
written_rep: mascot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Maskottchen
sense_list:
Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.


lexentry: eng/masculine__Adjective__1
written_rep: masculine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: männlich | maskulin
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female. | (of a noun) Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.


lexentry: eng/maser__Noun__1
written_rep: maser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maser
sense_list:
(physics) a device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation (especially of microwave frequency) by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems


lexentry: eng/mash__Noun__1
written_rep: mash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maische | Mus | Brei
sense_list:
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.


lexentry: eng/mash__Noun__1
written_rep: mash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Maische | Futterbrei
sense_list:
(brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.


lexentry: eng/mashallah__Interjection__1
written_rep: mashallah
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masch­al­lah
sense_list:
(Islam, ) Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it.


lexentry: eng/mashed_potatoes__Noun__2
written_rep: mashed potatoes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kartoffelpüree | Kartoffelbrei
sense_list:
(uncountable, or, in the plural) A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.


lexentry: eng/mashup__Noun__1
written_rep: mashup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bastard Pop | Mashup
sense_list:
(music, slang) A remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music.


lexentry: eng/mashup__Noun__1
written_rep: mashup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mashup
sense_list:
(chiefly, computing, slang) A derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of (generally digital) media joined together, such as a video clip with a different soundtrack applied for humorous effect, or a map overlaid with user-supplied data.


lexentry: eng/mask__Noun__1
written_rep: mask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maske
sense_list:
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. | That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.


lexentry: eng/mask__Verb__1
written_rep: mask
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maskieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor. | (transitive) To disguise as something else. | (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade. | (intransitive) To wear a mask.


lexentry: eng/masked_lapwing__Noun__1
written_rep: masked lapwing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maskenkiebitz
sense_list:
A large, common and conspicuous species of lapwing native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, Vanellus miles.


lexentry: eng/masking_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: masking tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malerband | Kreppband | Kreppklebeband | Malerkreppband
sense_list:
A pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.


lexentry: eng/masochist__Noun__1
written_rep: masochist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Masochist | Masochistin
sense_list:
Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.


lexentry: eng/masonite__Noun__1
written_rep: masonite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Masonit
sense_list:
A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.


lexentry: eng/masonry__Noun__1
written_rep: masonry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Mauerwerk | Gemäuer
sense_list:
That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like.


lexentry: eng/masquerade__Noun__1
written_rep: masquerade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maskerade | Maskenspiel
sense_list:
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.


lexentry: eng/masquerade__Noun__1
written_rep: masquerade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Maskerade
sense_list:
(figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__1
written_rep: mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Masse
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram. | A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size. | (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor. | A large quantity; a sum.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__2
written_rep: mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Messe
sense_list:
(Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist. | (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist. | A musical setting of parts of the mass.


lexentry: eng/mass_communication__Noun__1
written_rep: mass communication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massenkommunikation
sense_list:
Communication directed to the mass of the people or through mass media. | The field of study concerning this.


lexentry: eng/mass_defect__Noun__1
written_rep: mass defect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massendefekt
sense_list:
(physics) the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy


lexentry: eng/mass_extinction__Noun__1
written_rep: mass extinction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massenaussterben
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory, geology) A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event.


lexentry: eng/mass_media__Noun__1
written_rep: mass media
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massenmedien
sense_list:
Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people.


lexentry: eng/mass_number__Noun__1
written_rep: mass number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massenzahl
sense_list:
(physics, physical chemistry) The total number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus. Symbol: A


lexentry: eng/mass_shooting__Noun__1
written_rep: mass shooting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massenschießerei
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, crime) The shooting of multiple people over a short period of time, particularly when there are many victims and in which the victims are targeted indiscriminately.


lexentry: eng/mass_start__Noun__1
written_rep: mass start
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massenstart
sense_list:
(sport) A format of starting in certain racing sports, such as long-distance running, cycling and biathlon, where the competitors start at the same time and same place and proceed along the same course.


lexentry: eng/massacre__Noun__1
written_rep: massacre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massaker | Gemetzel
sense_list:
The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.


lexentry: eng/massacre__Verb__1
written_rep: massacre
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massakrieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)


lexentry: eng/massage__Noun__1
written_rep: massage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massage
sense_list:
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.


lexentry: eng/massage__Verb__1
written_rep: massage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).


lexentry: eng/massage__Verb__1
written_rep: massage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: schönen
sense_list:
(transitive) To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.


lexentry: eng/massage_parlor__Noun__1
written_rep: massage parlor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Massagesalon
sense_list:
A place that offers a happy ending (a hand job) after the massage; a front organization for a brothel.


lexentry: eng/massasauga__Noun__1
written_rep: massasauga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massasauga
sense_list:
The rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus (formerly Crotalinus catenatus) in the family Viperidae, found in three subspecies.


lexentry: eng/masseter__Noun__1
written_rep: masseter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaumuskel | Masseter
sense_list:
(muscle) The large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.


lexentry: eng/massify__Verb__1
written_rep: massify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vermassen
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, anthropology) To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.


lexentry: eng/massive__Adjective__1
written_rep: massive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: massiv
sense_list:
Very large or bulky and heavy and solid. | (medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.


lexentry: eng/massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game__Noun__1
written_rep: massively multiplayer online role-playing game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Massen-Mehrspieler-Online-Rollenspiel
sense_list:
An online computer role-playing game in which a large number of players can interact with one another.


lexentry: eng/mast__Noun__1
written_rep: mast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mast
sense_list:
(nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/mast__Noun__2
written_rep: mast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mast
sense_list:
The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/mastaba__Noun__1
written_rep: mastaba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mastaba
sense_list:
(architecture) A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.


lexentry: eng/master's_degree__Noun__1
written_rep: master's degree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Master | Masterabschluss
sense_list:
A postgraduate degree which aims to assist students in developing a mastery for a particular academic field or profession.


lexentry: eng/master__Noun__1
written_rep: master
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meister
sense_list:
Someone who has control over something or someone. | A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.


lexentry: eng/master__Noun__1
written_rep: master
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: Junker
sense_list:
(dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master. | A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree. | (legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.


lexentry: eng/master__Verb__1
written_rep: master
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: beherrschen | meistern | mastern
sense_list:
(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.


lexentry: eng/master_class__Noun__1
written_rep: master class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meisterkurs
sense_list:
(education) A class, typically in a performing art such as music or drama, in which a teacher listens to and critiques the performance of individual students, one at a time, while the other students observe.


lexentry: eng/master_of_ceremonies__Noun__1
written_rep: master of ceremonies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ansager | Moderator | Conférencier | Präsentator | Showmaster
sense_list:
Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.


lexentry: eng/master_of_the_mint__Noun__1
written_rep: master of the mint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Münzmeister
sense_list:
The chief executive of the national mint corporation in charge of coining coinage of legal coin tender.


lexentry: eng/mastermind__Noun__1
written_rep: mastermind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Drahtzieher | Mastermind
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.


lexentry: eng/masterpiece__Noun__1
written_rep: masterpiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meisterwerk | Meisterstück
sense_list:
A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.


lexentry: eng/masterwort__Noun__1
written_rep: masterwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meisterwurz
sense_list:
Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/masthead__Noun__1
written_rep: masthead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mitarbeiterverzeichnis
sense_list:
(US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.


lexentry: eng/masthead__Noun__1
written_rep: masthead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Mastspitze | Titel
sense_list:
(UK, AU) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.


lexentry: eng/mastic__Noun__1
written_rep: mastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Dichtmasse | Dichtstoff | Gummimasse | Versiegelung
sense_list:
(especially, Commonwealth English) Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.


lexentry: eng/mastiff__Noun__1
written_rep: mastiff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dogge
sense_list:
One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.


lexentry: eng/mastodon__Noun__1
written_rep: mastodon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mastodon
sense_list:
Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.


lexentry: eng/masturbate__Verb__1
written_rep: masturbate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.

trans_list:
masturbieren | onanieren | wichsen | (sich) selbstbefriedigen | sich befriedigen | sich einen runterholen


lexentry: eng/mat__Noun__1
written_rep: mat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Matte
sense_list:
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__1
written_rep: match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Match | Spiel | Wettkampf | Wettspiel
sense_list:
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__2
written_rep: match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Streichholz | Zündholz | Hölzchen
sense_list:
A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.


lexentry: eng/match_fixing__Noun__1
written_rep: match fixing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Match-Fixing | Spielmanipulation
sense_list:
(sports) The act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result, in sports matches after betting against oneself.


lexentry: eng/match_point__Noun__1
written_rep: match point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Matchball
sense_list:
(sports, tennis) A state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis.


lexentry: eng/matchbook__Noun__1
written_rep: matchbook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Streichholzbriefchen
sense_list:
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.


lexentry: eng/matching__Noun__1
written_rep: matching
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Matching
sense_list:
(graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.


lexentry: eng/matchmaking__Noun__1
written_rep: matchmaking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eheanbahnung | Ehestiftung | Heiratsvermittlung | Kuppelei
sense_list:
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kollege
sense_list:
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. | (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Freund | Kollege | Kumpel
sense_list:
(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/material__Adjective__1
written_rep: material
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: materiell
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily. | (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical. | (especially, law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial. | Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic. | (obsolete) Full of substance or otherwise meaning. | (obsolete) In an important degree.


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
written_rep: material
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Material | Rohstoff
sense_list:
A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, | (rare) The materiel of an army.


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
written_rep: material
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Material
sense_list:
(sometimes, collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity. | (usually, plural) Apparatus for doing or making something. | Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions. | The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of. | (GUI) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display. | (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king. | (Ireland, now, rare) The ingredients for making whisky punch. | (obsolete) Things that are material.


lexentry: eng/materialism__Noun__1
written_rep: materialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Materialismus
sense_list:
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. | (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.


lexentry: eng/materialist__Noun__1
written_rep: materialist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Materialist | Materialistin
sense_list:
Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions. | A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.


lexentry: eng/materialistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: materialistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materialistisch
sense_list:
Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth. | Of or concerning philosophical materialism.


lexentry: eng/maternal__Adjective__1
written_rep: maternal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mütterlich
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. | Related through the mother, or her side of the family.


lexentry: eng/maternal_aunt__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal aunt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tante mütterlicherseits
sense_list:
A sister of one's mother. | A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle. | An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both


lexentry: eng/maternal_grandfather__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal grandfather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großvater mütterlicherseits
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/maternal_grandmother__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal grandmother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großmutter mütterlicherseits
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/maternalism__Noun__1
written_rep: maternalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mütterlichkeit
sense_list:
The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.


lexentry: eng/math__Noun__1
written_rep: math
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mathe
sense_list:
(informal, uncountable, North America, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics. | (informal, uncountable, North America, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).


lexentry: eng/mathematical_economics__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematical economics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wirtschaftsmathematik
sense_list:
(economics, mathematics) A sub-field of economics which aims at expressing economic theories with mathematical formulae.


lexentry: eng/mathematical_space__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematical space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mathematischer Raum
sense_list:
(topology) A set (a "universe") that consists of selected mathematical objects that are treated as points, and selected relationships between them.


lexentry: eng/mathematical_statistics__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematical statistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mathematische Statistik
sense_list:
(statistics) The study of statistics from a purely mathematical standpoint, using probability theory, measure theory, linear algebra and analysis.


lexentry: eng/mathematics__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mathematik
sense_list:
An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. | A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.


lexentry: eng/mathematizable__Adjective__1
written_rep: mathematizable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mathematisierbar
sense_list:
(chiefly, philosophy, and, science) Capable of being analyzed or described using mathematical concepts or notation.


lexentry: eng/mathesis__Noun__1
written_rep: mathesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mathesis
sense_list:
(now, _, rare) Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/matins__Noun__1
written_rep: matins
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mette
sense_list:
Together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; traditionally prayed at sunrise or earlier.


lexentry: eng/matjes_herring__Noun__1
written_rep: matjes herring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Matjeshering
sense_list:
Young filleted herring that has been matured for a short time in brine and prepared traditionally with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.


lexentry: eng/matristic__Adjective__1
written_rep: matristic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matristisch
sense_list:
(feminism) Being or relating to a prehistoric female-led society based around Mother Goddess worship.


lexentry: eng/matrix__Noun__1
written_rep: matrix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Matrix
sense_list:
(biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants. | A table of data. | (mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory. | (computing) A two-dimensional array. | (material science) A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.


lexentry: eng/matron__Noun__1
written_rep: matron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Herrin
sense_list:
A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children. | A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.


lexentry: eng/matronymic__Adjective__1
written_rep: matronymic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matronymisch | metronymisch
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother. | By extension; of, relating to, or derived from the given name of a female ancestor.


lexentry: eng/matronymic__Noun__1
written_rep: matronymic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Matronym | Matronymikon | Matronymikum | Metronym | Metronymikon | Muttername
sense_list:
A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother. | By extension, a surname or byname acquired from the given name from a female ancestor.


lexentry: eng/matte__Noun__1
written_rep: matte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Passepartout
sense_list:
(arts, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angelegenheit
sense_list:
(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Materie | Angelegenheit
sense_list:
An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.


lexentry: eng/matter__Verb__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zählen | wichtig sein | etwas ausmachen
sense_list:
(intransitive, stative) To be important. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, in negative constructions, now, England, _, regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mattress__Noun__1
written_rep: mattress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Matratze | Steppbett
sense_list:
A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.


lexentry: eng/matura__Noun__1
written_rep: matura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Matura
sense_list:
A final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.


lexentry: eng/mature__Verb__1
written_rep: mature
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: reifen
sense_list:
(intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe. | (intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.


lexentry: eng/maturity_date__Noun__1
written_rep: maturity date
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laufzeit
sense_list:
(finance) The date on which a principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance bond, or other debt instrument becomes due or payable.


lexentry: eng/maudlin__Adjective__1
written_rep: maudlin
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: larmoyant | verheult
sense_list:
Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/maulstick__Noun__1
written_rep: maulstick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Malerstock
sense_list:
(arts) A short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.


lexentry: eng/maven__Noun__1
written_rep: maven
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Experte | Expertin | Kenner | Kennerin
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.


lexentry: eng/maw-worm__Noun__1
written_rep: maw-worm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spulwurm
sense_list:
Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.


lexentry: eng/maw__Noun__1
written_rep: maw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rachen | Schlund
sense_list:
The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.


lexentry: eng/maxilla__Noun__1
written_rep: maxilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Oberkiefer
sense_list:
(skeleton) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.


lexentry: eng/maximum__Noun__1
written_rep: maximum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Maximum
sense_list:
(mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.


lexentry: eng/may__Verb__1
written_rep: may
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: dürfen | können
sense_list:
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/may__Verb__1
written_rep: may
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: mögen | sollen
sense_list:
(subjunctive present, defective, chiefly, poetic) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/maybe__Adverb__1
written_rep: maybe
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vielleicht | möglicherweise | womöglich | gut möglich | kann sein
sense_list:
(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).


lexentry: eng/mayflower__Noun__1
written_rep: mayflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eingriffeliger Weißdorn
sense_list:
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).


lexentry: eng/mayfly__Noun__1
written_rep: mayfly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eintagsfliege | Ephemeride
sense_list:
Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.


lexentry: eng/mayhem__Noun__1
written_rep: mayhem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Verstümmelung
sense_list:
(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.


lexentry: eng/mayor_of_the_palace__Noun__1
written_rep: mayor of the palace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bürgermeister
sense_list:
(historical) In the Merovingian kingdoms, the king’s steward and, by the 7th century, de facto regent.


lexentry: eng/mayoralty__Noun__1
written_rep: mayoralty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bürgermeisteramt
sense_list:
The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.


lexentry: eng/maze__Noun__1
written_rep: maze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Irrgarten | Labyrinth
sense_list:
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.


lexentry: eng/mazel_tov__Interjection__1
written_rep: mazel tov
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masel tov | masseltoff | masseltopp
sense_list:
(in a, _, Jewish, _, context) Used to express congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings.


lexentry: eng/mazurka__Noun__1
written_rep: mazurka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mazurka
sense_list:
(music) A Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat. | (music) A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.


lexentry: eng/mazut__Noun__1
written_rep: mazut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Masut
sense_list:
(petrochemistry) A grade of heavy fuel oil used in industry and also sometimes used in lieu of home heating oil.


lexentry: eng/me-tooism__Noun__1
written_rep: me-tooism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mitläufertum
sense_list:
(by extension) The tendency to do or say the same as somebody else; the tendency to follow something that is trendy.


lexentry: eng/me__Pronoun__1
written_rep: me
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mich | mir
sense_list:
As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb. | (archaic, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb. | As the object of a preposition.


lexentry: eng/me__Pronoun__1
written_rep: me
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ich
sense_list:
(informal, with a conjunction, often, proscribed) As the subject of a verb. | (nonstandard, not with a conjunction) As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.


lexentry: eng/me_neither__Phrase__1
written_rep: me neither
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ich auch nicht
sense_list:
(colloquial) Used to say that a negative-containing statement of the previous speaker applies to the speaker as well.


lexentry: eng/me_time__Noun__1
written_rep: me time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Me-Time
sense_list:
(uncountable, informal) Time to oneself; a period spent relaxing or engaging in a hobby on one's own.


lexentry: eng/meadow__Noun__1
written_rep: meadow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiese | Weide | Aue
sense_list:
A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.


lexentry: eng/meadowlark__Noun__1
written_rep: meadowlark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lerchenstärling | Wiesenlerche | Wiesenstärling
sense_list:
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__1
written_rep: meal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mahlzeit | Essen
sense_list:
(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__2
written_rep: meal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schrot | Mehl
sense_list:
The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).


lexentry: eng/meal_ticket__Noun__1
written_rep: meal ticket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Scheibe Brot
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.


lexentry: eng/meals_on_wheels__Noun__1
written_rep: meals on wheels
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Essen auf Rädern
sense_list:
A service that delivers food to those unable to cook for themselves, such as the elderly and people with disabilities.


lexentry: eng/mealworm_beetle__Noun__1
written_rep: mealworm beetle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehlkäfer | Schwarzkäfer
sense_list:
A darkling beetle (or darkening beetle) of species Tenebrio molitor, in the family Tenebrionidae, whose larvae (mealworms) are typically used as a food source for reptile, fish, and avian pets.


lexentry: eng/mean__Noun__1
written_rep: mean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Mittel
sense_list:
Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.] | (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean__Verb__1
written_rep: mean
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: meinen
sense_list:
(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean_value_theorem__Noun__1
written_rep: mean value theorem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mittelwertsatz
sense_list:
(calculus, uncountable) The theorem that for any real-valued function that is differentiable on an interval, there is a point in that interval where the derivative of the curve equals the slope of the straight line between the graphed function values at the interval's end points.


lexentry: eng/meander__Noun__1
written_rep: meander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mäander | Flussbiegung | Flussschlinge | Flusswindung | Windung
sense_list:
(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse


lexentry: eng/meander__Verb__1
written_rep: meander
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mäandrieren | sich schlängeln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage | (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.


lexentry: eng/meaning__Noun__1
written_rep: meaning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bedeutung | Sinn
sense_list:
The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol. | The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.


lexentry: eng/meaning_of_life__Noun__1
written_rep: meaning of life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sinn des Lebens
sense_list:
(philosophy, religion) A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life.


lexentry: eng/means_of_grace__Noun__1
written_rep: means of grace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gnadenmittel
sense_list:
(Christianity, theology) a means by which God gives grace, usually considered to include both word and sacrament, and often other ways as well


lexentry: eng/means_of_production__Noun__1
written_rep: means of production
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Produktionsmittel
sense_list:
(economics, Marxism) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.


lexentry: eng/means_test__Noun__1
written_rep: means test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bedarfsprüfung
sense_list:
An inquiry into the financial position of a person applying for some form of financial assistance in order to determine their eligibility.


lexentry: eng/measles__Noun__1
written_rep: measles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Masern
sense_list:
(disease) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Maß
sense_list:
The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.] | (mathematics, measure theory) A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see w:Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Takt
sense_list:
(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Verb__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: messen
sense_list:
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard. | To estimate the unit size of something.


lexentry: eng/measure__Verb__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: abmessen
sense_list:
To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments. | (often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.


lexentry: eng/measure_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: measure theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maßtheorie
sense_list:
(mathematics) A branch of mathematical analysis, concerned with the theory of integration, that generalizes the intuitive notions of length, area and volume.


lexentry: eng/measure_word__Noun__1
written_rep: measure word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zählwort
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.


lexentry: eng/measuring_spoon__Noun__1
written_rep: measuring spoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maß
sense_list:
A kitchen utensil used primarily to measure small volumes of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients.


lexentry: eng/meat__Noun__1
written_rep: meat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fleisch
sense_list:
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. [from 14th c.] | (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meatloaf__Noun__1
written_rep: meatloaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hackbraten | Heuchelhase | Wiegebraten | falscher Hase | faschierter Braten
sense_list:
A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.


lexentry: eng/mebibyte__Noun__1
written_rep: mebibyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mebibyte
sense_list:
(computing) Strictly, 220 (10242, or 1,048,576) bytes or 210 (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.


lexentry: eng/mechanic__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mechaniker | Mechanikerin
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan. [from 16th c.] | Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mechanical_advantage__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical advantage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Übersetzungsverhältnis
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_engineering__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical engineering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinenwesen
sense_list:
(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_pencil__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical pencil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mechanischer Stift | Druckbleistift | Minenschreiber | Fallbleistift
sense_list:
(North America) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.


lexentry: eng/mechanism__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mechanismus
sense_list:
(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power. | A mental, physical, or chemical process.


lexentry: eng/mechanized_infantry__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanized infantry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Panzergrenadiere | Panzergrenadiertruppe | mechanisierte Infanterie
sense_list:
(military) Infantry which uses infantry fighting vehicles (types of tanks) in combination with regular infantry tactics.


lexentry: eng/mechatronics__Noun__1
written_rep: mechatronics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mechatronik
sense_list:
The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.


lexentry: eng/meconium__Noun__1
written_rep: meconium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kindspech
sense_list:
(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.


lexentry: eng/medal__Noun__1
written_rep: medal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medaille
sense_list:
A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object. | A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.


lexentry: eng/meddlesome__Adjective__1
written_rep: meddlesome
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lästig | vorwitzig | aufdringlich | zudringlich
sense_list:
Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.


lexentry: eng/media__Noun__3
written_rep: media
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medien | Medium
sense_list:
(often, treated as, _, uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information. | (usually, with a definite article; often treated as, _, uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.


lexentry: eng/media_outlet__Noun__1
written_rep: media outlet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Presseorgan
sense_list:
(media) A publication or broadcast program that provides news and feature stories to the public through various distribution channels, including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and web sites.


lexentry: eng/media_studies__Noun__1
written_rep: media studies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medienwissenschaft
sense_list:
Academic discipline that deals with the content, history, meaning and effects of various media, in particular mass media.


lexentry: eng/medial__Adjective__1
written_rep: medial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: medial | median
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.


lexentry: eng/medial__Adjective__1
written_rep: medial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zentral
sense_list:
(phonetics) (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.


lexentry: eng/medial_pterygoid_muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: medial pterygoid muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Musculus pterygoideus medialis
sense_list:
(muscle) A muscle that arises from the inner surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and from the palatine and maxillary bones, is inserted into the ramus and the gonial angle, cooperates with the masseter and temporalis in elevating the lower jaw, and controls certain lateral and rotary movements of the jaw.


lexentry: eng/median__Noun__1
written_rep: median
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Median
sense_list:
(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/median_age__Noun__1
written_rep: median age
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medianalter
sense_list:
(demography) The age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.


lexentry: eng/median_nerve__Noun__1
written_rep: median nerve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medianusnerv | Nervus medianus
sense_list:
(anatomy) A nerve in the upper limb in humans and other animals, formed from parts of the medial and lateral cords of the brachial plexus, and compression of which in the carpal tunnel of the wrist causes carpal tunnel syndrome.


lexentry: eng/median_plane__Noun__1
written_rep: median plane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medianebene
sense_list:
(anatomy) The only plane along which the human body is roughly symmetrical, running from the top to the bottom through the navel, separating the left and the right hand.


lexentry: eng/mediastinum__Noun__1
written_rep: mediastinum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mediastinum
sense_list:
(anatomy) The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.


lexentry: eng/mediate__Verb__1
written_rep: mediate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vermitteln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.


lexentry: eng/medical_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: medical certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Attest | Gesundheitszeugnis
sense_list:
A statement from a physician or other health care provider that attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient.


lexentry: eng/medical_doctor__Noun__1
written_rep: medical doctor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medizinisch
sense_list:
A physician; a person who holds a doctoral degree or first professional degree in medicine, and practices in that profession.


lexentry: eng/medical_history__Noun__1
written_rep: medical history
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krankengeschichte | Anamnese | KG
sense_list:
Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.


lexentry: eng/medical_tourism__Noun__1
written_rep: medical tourism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medizintourismus
sense_list:
(pejorative) Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis. | Travelling across international borders to obtain health care.


lexentry: eng/medicalize__Verb__1
written_rep: medicalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medikalisieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medizin | Arznei | Medikament
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Medizin | Heilkunde
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness. | (uncountable) The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.


lexentry: eng/medicine_ball__Noun__1
written_rep: medicine ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medizinball
sense_list:
A large, heavy sphere of leather, plastic or rubber etc. filled with sand or similar, and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation.


lexentry: eng/medick__Noun__1
written_rep: medick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luzerne
sense_list:
Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.


lexentry: eng/medieval__Adjective__1
written_rep: medieval
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mittelalterlich
sense_list:
Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. | Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:


lexentry: eng/mediocrity__Noun__1
written_rep: mediocrity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittelmaß | Mittelmäßigkeit
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.


lexentry: eng/mediopassive__Adjective__1
written_rep: mediopassive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mediopassiv
sense_list:
(grammar) Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice.


lexentry: eng/mediterranean_sea__Noun__1
written_rep: mediterranean sea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittelmeer
sense_list:
(oceanography) A mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans, and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medium
sense_list:
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. | The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass. | A format for communicating or presenting information. | (countable, spiritualism, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.


lexentry: eng/medium_rare__Adjective__1
written_rep: medium rare
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: halb durch
sense_list:
(of cooking, particularly meats) Cooked somewhat lightly, so the meat is no longer red, but is not brown (in the case of beef); cooked to a degree between rare and medium.


lexentry: eng/medlar__Noun__1
written_rep: medlar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mispel
sense_list:
Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica). | Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.


lexentry: eng/medley__Noun__1
written_rep: medley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Lagenschwimmen
sense_list:
(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/medullary_ray__Noun__1
written_rep: medullary ray
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holzstrahl | Markstrahl
sense_list:
(botany) any of the bands of cells in various trees extending across the wood from the pith to the bark


lexentry: eng/medusa__Noun__1
written_rep: medusa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meduse
sense_list:
(zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/meerkat__Noun__1
written_rep: meerkat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erdmännchen
sense_list:
Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/meerschaum__Noun__1
written_rep: meerschaum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meerschaum
sense_list:
(uncountable) A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders. | (countable) A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
written_rep: meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: treffen
sense_list:
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. | To come face to face with someone by arrangement. | To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting. | To converge and finally touch or intersect. | To adjoin, be physically touching. | To touch or hit something while moving.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
written_rep: meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: treffen | begegnen | entsprechen | aufeinandertreffen | gerechtwerden | kennen lernen
sense_list:
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.


lexentry: eng/meet_one's_Waterloo__Verb__1
written_rep: meet one's Waterloo
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sein Stalingrad erleben | sein Waterloo erleben
sense_list:
To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.


lexentry: eng/meet_one's_match__Verb__1
written_rep: meet one's match
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich die Zähne ausbeißen
sense_list:
To be opposed by someone of comparable strength and ability to oneself; to be defeated by such an opponent.


lexentry: eng/mega-__Prefix__1
written_rep: mega-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mega-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M.


lexentry: eng/megadeath__Noun__1
written_rep: megadeath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Megatote
sense_list:
One million deaths, especially as a unit of measure for estimating deaths due to nuclear warfare. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/megafarad__Noun__1
written_rep: megafarad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Megafarad
sense_list:
(physics, obsolete) A unit of quantity of electric charge; the quantity of electricity flowing through a one megohm resistor when driven by an electromotive force of one volt for one second.


lexentry: eng/megalomania__Noun__1
written_rep: megalomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Größenwahn
sense_list:
A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. | An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.


lexentry: eng/megalopolis__Noun__1
written_rep: megalopolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Megalopolis
sense_list:
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.


lexentry: eng/megamouth_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: megamouth shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Riesenmaulhai
sense_list:
A rare species of deepwater shark, Megachasma pelagios, a filter-feeder, swimming with its large mouth wide open to capture plankton and jellyfish.


lexentry: eng/megaphone__Noun__1
written_rep: megaphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flüstertüte | Megafon | Sprachrohr | Sprechtrichter
sense_list:
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.


lexentry: eng/megaron__Noun__1
written_rep: megaron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Megaron
sense_list:
(architecture, historical) The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.


lexentry: eng/megaton__Noun__1
written_rep: megaton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Megatonne
sense_list:
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)


lexentry: eng/megatsunami__Noun__1
written_rep: megatsunami
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Megatsunami
sense_list:
(oceanography) An extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly.


lexentry: eng/megawatt-hour__Noun__1
written_rep: megawatt-hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Megawattstunde
sense_list:
A unit of energy, especially of electrical energy, equal to that done by one megawatt acting for one hour (abbreviation: MWh).


lexentry: eng/megrim__Noun__2
written_rep: megrim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hahn
sense_list:
A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).


lexentry: eng/meiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: meiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Meiose
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.


lexentry: eng/melancholic__Adjective__1
written_rep: melancholic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melancholisch | schwermütig
sense_list:
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.


lexentry: eng/melange__Noun__1
written_rep: melange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Melange
sense_list:
A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture. | A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.


lexentry: eng/melanin__Noun__1
written_rep: melanin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Melanin | Melanine
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.


lexentry: eng/melanism__Noun__1
written_rep: melanism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Melanismus
sense_list:
Congenital abundance or excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes, more than is typical for the species.


lexentry: eng/melanoma__Noun__1
written_rep: melanoma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Melanom
sense_list:
(oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.


lexentry: eng/meld__Noun__2
written_rep: meld
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rolle
sense_list:
(card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/meld__Verb__2
written_rep: meld
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: berichten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points. | (transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.


lexentry: eng/melee__Noun__1
written_rep: melee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nahkampf | Handgemenge | Prügelei | Händel | Rauferei | Schlägerei
sense_list:
(especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.


lexentry: eng/melliferous__Adjective__1
written_rep: melliferous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: honigend | honigproduzierend
sense_list:
(botany) Of a plant or its parts: bearing any substance (such as nectar or pollen) which is collected by bees to produce honey.


lexentry: eng/mellifluous__Adjective__1
written_rep: mellifluous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: honigsüß | wohlklingend | lieblich
sense_list:
(figurative) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).


lexentry: eng/melodica__Noun__1
written_rep: melodica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Melodica
sense_list:
A free-reed keyboard wind instrument, often played with a flexible plastic tube connected to the mouthpiece.


lexentry: eng/melodrama__Noun__1
written_rep: melodrama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Melodrama
sense_list:
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
written_rep: melt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schmelzen | schmelzen lassen
sense_list:
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
written_rep: melt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: schmelzen
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.


lexentry: eng/melt_in_the_mouth__Verb__1
written_rep: melt in the mouth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auf der Zunge zergehen
sense_list:
(idiom, of food) To be deliciously soft and creamy; to create a melting sensation when eaten; to need little chewing.


lexentry: eng/meltdown__Noun__1
written_rep: meltdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kernschmelze
sense_list:
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.


lexentry: eng/melting__Noun__1
written_rep: melting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmelzen
sense_list:
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.


lexentry: eng/melting_point__Noun__1
written_rep: melting point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmelzpunkt
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure.


lexentry: eng/melting_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: melting pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schmelztiegel | Schmelztopf
sense_list:
(figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.


lexentry: eng/mem__Noun__1
written_rep: mem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mem
sense_list:
The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/member_function__Noun__1
written_rep: member function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitgliedsfunktion
sense_list:
(programming) A function that belongs to a class and can be called on instances of the object defined by that class.


lexentry: eng/member_state__Noun__1
written_rep: member state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitgliedsland | Mitgliedsstaat
sense_list:
A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.


lexentry: eng/membership_card__Noun__1
written_rep: membership card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitgliedskarte
sense_list:
A small card issued to and held by a member of a club, society or other organisation, verifying the member's membership for a given period.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Membran | Häutchen | Membrane
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Membran | Membrane
sense_list:
A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force. | A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
written_rep: meme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mem
sense_list:
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
written_rep: meme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Meme | Mem
sense_list:
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc. [from 1993]


lexentry: eng/memoir__Noun__1
written_rep: memoir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lebenserinnerungen | Memoiren
sense_list:
A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/memorandum__Noun__1
written_rep: memorandum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Memorandum
sense_list:
A short note serving as a reminder. | A written business communication. | A brief diplomatic communication.


lexentry: eng/memorandum_of_understanding__Noun__1
written_rep: memorandum of understanding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absichtserklärung | Memorandum of Understanding
sense_list:
(legal) A document that outlines the legal and factual premises believed by the parties to have been agreed to between them.


lexentry: eng/memorial__Noun__1
written_rep: memorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Denkmal | Mahnmal
sense_list:
(obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.] | Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.] | A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.] | (now, rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.] | (legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/memorial_service__Noun__1
written_rep: memorial service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gedenkfeier
sense_list:
An informal service honoring a deceased person, especially one that does not adhere to the traditional customs of a funeral.


lexentry: eng/memory-hole__Verb__1
written_rep: memory-hole
part_of_speech: verb
sense_list: (transitive) To cause something or someone to be forgotten.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
aus dem Gedächtnis streichen | dem Vergessen anheimstellen | entfernen | ins Nirwana verschwinden lassen | löschen


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
written_rep: memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gedächtnis | Speicher
sense_list:
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
written_rep: memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Speicher | Gedächtnis
sense_list:
(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).


lexentry: eng/memory_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: memory hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erinnerungsloch | Gedächtnisloch
sense_list:
A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.


lexentry: eng/memory_leak__Noun__1
written_rep: memory leak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Speicherleck | Speicherloch
sense_list:
(computing) Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.


lexentry: eng/memory_stick__Noun__1
written_rep: memory stick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Multimedia-Card | SD-Card | Speicherkarte
sense_list:
(computing) One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.


lexentry: eng/men's_studies__Noun__1
written_rep: men's studies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Männerforschung | Männerstudien | Männerstudium
sense_list:
The academic field which examines topics concerning men, masculinity, and the relationship of gender and politics.


lexentry: eng/menagerie__Noun__1
written_rep: menagerie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menagerie
sense_list:
A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.


lexentry: eng/mend__Verb__1
written_rep: mend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flicken | reparieren
sense_list:
(archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).


lexentry: eng/menhir__Noun__1
written_rep: menhir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menhir | Hinkelstein | Hünenstein | Druidenstein
sense_list:
(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/meningitis__Noun__1
written_rep: meningitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hirnhautentzündung | Meningitis
sense_list:
(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.


lexentry: eng/meninx__Noun__1
written_rep: meninx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hirnhaut
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/meniscus__Noun__1
written_rep: meniscus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Meniskus
sense_list:
The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid. [from 19th c.] | (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mens_rea__Noun__1
written_rep: mens rea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vorsatz
sense_list:
(legal) A guilty mind, the conscious knowing of a perpetrator while committing an act that the act is illicit.


lexentry: eng/menses__Noun__1
written_rep: menses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menstruation
sense_list:
The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.


lexentry: eng/mensiversary__Noun__1
written_rep: mensiversary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monat-Jubiläum
sense_list:
(rare) A day that marks an exact month (or specified number of months) since the occurrence of a significant event.


lexentry: eng/menstrual_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: menstrual cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menstruationszyklus
sense_list:
The recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human.


lexentry: eng/menstruation__Noun__1
written_rep: menstruation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menstruation | Monatsblutung | Regel | Periode | Regelblutung | ihre Tage haben
sense_list:
The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.


lexentry: eng/mental__Adjective__1
written_rep: mental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seelisch | psychisch | geistig | mental
sense_list:
(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.


lexentry: eng/mental_calculation__Noun__1
written_rep: mental calculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kopfrechnen
sense_list:
Arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator.


lexentry: eng/mental_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: mental disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psychische Störung | seelische Störung
sense_list:
(psychiatry) A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.


lexentry: eng/mental_hospital__Noun__1
written_rep: mental hospital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.

trans_list:
psychiatrische Klinik | Irrenanstalt | Nervenheilanstalt | Psychiatrie | Nervenklinik | Verrücktenanstalt


lexentry: eng/mentalese__Noun__1
written_rep: mentalese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gedankensprache | Mentalese | Mentalesisch
sense_list:
(philosophy, psychology) A hypothetical non-verbal language in which concepts are represented in the mind. [from 1960s]


lexentry: eng/mentalis__Noun__1
written_rep: mentalis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kinnmuskel
sense_list:
(muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.


lexentry: eng/mentalization__Noun__1
written_rep: mentalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mentalisierung
sense_list:
(psychology) The ability to understand mental states that underlies the overt behaviour of oneself or others.


lexentry: eng/menthol__Noun__1
written_rep: menthol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menthol
sense_list:
(organic compound) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/menthone__Noun__1
written_rep: menthone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menthon
sense_list:
(organic compound) A minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone that is used in perfumery, cosmetics and flavouring.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menü | Speisekarte
sense_list:
The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. | (computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Speisekarte | Menü
sense_list:
A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.


lexentry: eng/menu_bar__Noun__1
written_rep: menu bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menüleiste
sense_list:
(graphical user interface) A rectangular region of a graphical user interface where computer menus are housed.


lexentry: eng/mercantilism__Noun__1
written_rep: mercantilism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Merkantilismus
sense_list:
(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.


lexentry: eng/mercaptan__Noun__1
written_rep: mercaptan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mercaptan
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling. When R2 is a hydrogen atom, they are termed thiols or thioalcohols.


lexentry: eng/mercenary__Noun__1
written_rep: mercenary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Söldner | Söldnerin | Legionär | Mietsoldat
sense_list:
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.


lexentry: eng/mercerize__Verb__1
written_rep: mercerize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merzerisieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.


lexentry: eng/merchandising__Noun__1
written_rep: merchandising
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vermarktung
sense_list:
(originally, US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally) , the promotion of any goods or services for sale.


lexentry: eng/merchant_navy__Noun__1
written_rep: merchant navy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handelsflotte | Handelsmarine
sense_list:
A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality.


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
written_rep: mercurial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: launenhaft | lebhaft | sprunghaft
sense_list:
(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
written_rep: mercurial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: quecksilberhaltig
sense_list:
(not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury-vapour_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury-vapour lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quecksilberdampflampe
sense_list:
(British spelling) a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quecksilber
sense_list:
(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bingelkraut
sense_list:
An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury. [from 14th c.] | Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.


lexentry: eng/mere__Adjective__1
written_rep: mere
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bloß
sense_list:
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meretricious__Adjective__1
written_rep: meretricious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: großkotzig | großspurig | ordinär | protzig
sense_list:
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.


lexentry: eng/merganser__Noun__1
written_rep: merganser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säger | Aucklandsäger | Dunkelsäger | Gänsesäger | Kappensäger | Mittelsäger
sense_list:
Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.


lexentry: eng/merger__Noun__2
written_rep: merger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fusion | Firmenzusammenschluss | Zusammenschluss
sense_list:
(economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party. | (legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meridian
sense_list:
(also, geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Sabon
sense_list:
(US, printing, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.


lexentry: eng/meridional__Adjective__1
written_rep: meridional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Süd
sense_list:
located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe. [from 14th c.] | of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/meridional__Adjective__1
written_rep: meridional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: südlich
sense_list:
(astronomy, geography, meteorology) along a north–south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/meringue__Noun__1
written_rep: meringue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baiser | Meringue
sense_list:
A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned. | A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet.


lexentry: eng/merit__Noun__1
written_rep: merit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verdienst
sense_list:
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward. | (countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.


lexentry: eng/merkin__Noun__1
written_rep: merkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schamhaartoupet
sense_list:
A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now often as a fashion item.


lexentry: eng/merlon__Noun__1
written_rep: merlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zinne
sense_list:
(architectural element, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.


lexentry: eng/meronymy__Noun__1
written_rep: meronymy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meronymie
sense_list:
(semantics, philosophy) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.


lexentry: eng/merry-go-round__Noun__1
written_rep: merry-go-round
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Karussell | Ringelspiel
sense_list:
A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals.


lexentry: eng/mescaline__Noun__1
written_rep: mescaline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meskalin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).


lexentry: eng/mesentery__Noun__1
written_rep: mesentery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gekröse
sense_list:
(anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.


lexentry: eng/mesh__Noun__1
written_rep: mesh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gitter | Netz
sense_list:
A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.


lexentry: eng/mesite__Noun__1
written_rep: mesite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stelzenralle
sense_list:
Any of three species of bird in the family Mesitornithidae within the order Mesitornithiformes, endemic to Madagascar.


lexentry: eng/mesmerize__Verb__1
written_rep: mesmerize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faszinieren | fesseln | mesmerisieren
sense_list:
To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.


lexentry: eng/meso-region__Noun__1
written_rep: meso-region
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meso-Regierung
sense_list:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a prefecture or a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/mesoderm__Noun__1
written_rep: mesoderm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mesoderm
sense_list:
(embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/mesology__Noun__1
written_rep: mesology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mesologie
sense_list:
The study of the mutual interrelationships between organisms and their environment; branch of biology; former term for ecology.


lexentry: eng/meson__Noun__2
written_rep: meson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Meson
sense_list:
(now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)


lexentry: eng/mesosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: mesosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mesosphäre
sense_list:
(meteorology) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.


lexentry: eng/mesothelioma__Noun__1
written_rep: mesothelioma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mesotheliom
sense_list:
(pathology, oncology) An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos.


lexentry: eng/mesquite__Noun__1
written_rep: mesquite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mesquite-Baum
sense_list:
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.


lexentry: eng/mess__Noun__1
written_rep: mess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Durcheinander | Unordnung | Chaos | Mist | Saustall | Schweinerei
sense_list:
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.


lexentry: eng/mess_kit__Noun__1
written_rep: mess kit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gamelle
sense_list:
A compact set of eating utensils (including plate, cup, utensils) and sometimes cooking pots etc, used in the field by soldiers and by campers.


lexentry: eng/message_in_a_bottle__Noun__1
written_rep: message in a bottle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flaschenpost
sense_list:
A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.


lexentry: eng/messenger_RNA__Noun__1
written_rep: messenger RNA
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Boten-RNA | Boten-RNS | messenger-RNA
sense_list:
(biochemistry) RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.


lexentry: eng/messenger_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: messenger bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bodybag
sense_list:
A sack worn over one shoulder with a strap winding around the chest, traditionally used by bicycle messengers.


lexentry: eng/messiah__Noun__1
written_rep: messiah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Messias
sense_list:
(Abrahamism) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/messuage__Noun__1
written_rep: messuage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anwesen
sense_list:
(chiefly, law) Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.


lexentry: eng/mestizo__Noun__1
written_rep: mestizo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mestize | Mestizin
sense_list:
(Philippines, historical) A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/meta-analysis__Noun__1
written_rep: meta-analysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metaanalyse
sense_list:
(statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.


lexentry: eng/metabasis__Noun__1
written_rep: metabasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metabase
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A change from one subject to another. | (pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.


lexentry: eng/metacarpus__Noun__1
written_rep: metacarpus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittelhand
sense_list:
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.


lexentry: eng/metaclass__Noun__1
written_rep: metaclass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metaklasse
sense_list:
(object-oriented programming) A class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.


lexentry: eng/metadiegetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metadiegetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metadiegetisch
sense_list:
(narratology) Pertaining to a secondary narrative embedded within the primary narrative (a story within a story).


lexentry: eng/metagenomics__Noun__1
written_rep: metagenomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metagenomik
sense_list:
(genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
written_rep: metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metall
sense_list:
Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
written_rep: metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Metal | Metall
sense_list:
(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.


lexentry: eng/metal_detector__Noun__1
written_rep: metal detector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metalldetektor
sense_list:
A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal. | A structure, similar to a doorway, through which people pass; an alarm is sounded if the person is carrying a metal object, as this may indicate a weapon.


lexentry: eng/metalanguage__Noun__1
written_rep: metalanguage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metasprache
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process. | (computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language


lexentry: eng/metallic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metallic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metallisch
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal. | (of a color) Having the appearance of being of polished metal.


lexentry: eng/metallocene__Noun__1
written_rep: metallocene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metallocen
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing two cyclopentadienyl anions and a transition metal whose bonding involves overlap of ns and np orbitals of the metal with molecular orbitals of appropriate symmetry of each cyclopentadienyl ring; the rings are parallel to each other, or sometimes canted.


lexentry: eng/metalloid__Noun__1
written_rep: metalloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Halbmetall | Metalloid
sense_list:
(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/metallurgy__Noun__1
written_rep: metallurgy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metallurgie | Hüttenwesen | Hüttenkunde
sense_list:
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.


lexentry: eng/metamorphic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metamorphic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: metamorphes
sense_list:
(geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). [from 19th c.] | (zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/metamorphic_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: metamorphic rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metamorphit | metamorphes Gestein
sense_list:
(geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface


lexentry: eng/metamorphose__Verb__1
written_rep: metamorphose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metamorphosieren
sense_list:
(of a moth or insect, intransitive) To undergo metamorphosis. | (transitive) To transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance.


lexentry: eng/metamorphosis__Noun__1
written_rep: metamorphosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metamorphose | Verwandlung
sense_list:
A transformation, such as one performed by magic. | (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.


lexentry: eng/metanarrative__Noun__1
written_rep: metanarrative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meistererzählung | metanarrativ
sense_list:
A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.


lexentry: eng/metaphor__Noun__1
written_rep: metaphor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metapher
sense_list:
(uncountable, figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase. | (countable, figure of speech) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.


lexentry: eng/metaphysical_naturalism__Noun__1
written_rep: metaphysical naturalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metaphysischer Naturalismus
sense_list:
(philosophy, metaphysics) Philosophical worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences.


lexentry: eng/metaprogramming__Noun__1
written_rep: metaprogramming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metaprogrammierung
sense_list:
(programming) The writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that perform part of the task during runtime that would otherwise be performed during compile time.


lexentry: eng/metastability__Noun__1
written_rep: metastability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metastabilität
sense_list:
An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.


lexentry: eng/metastable__Adjective__1
written_rep: metastable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metastabil
sense_list:
(physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.


lexentry: eng/metastasis__Noun__1
written_rep: metastasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Metastase
sense_list:
(medicine) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.


lexentry: eng/metastasize__Verb__1
written_rep: metastasize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metastasieren
sense_list:
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.


lexentry: eng/metathesis__Noun__1
written_rep: metathesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metathese
sense_list:
(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.


lexentry: eng/metaverse__Noun__1
written_rep: metaverse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metaversum
sense_list:
(science fiction, Internet, computing) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.


lexentry: eng/metazoan__Adjective__1
written_rep: metazoan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vielzellig
sense_list:
Having to do with animals that are multicellular. | Having to do with animals that develop from an embryo with three tissue layers.


lexentry: eng/mete__Verb__1
written_rep: mete
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: messen
sense_list:
(transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).


lexentry: eng/meteor__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Meteor
sense_list:
A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meteor_shower__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor shower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meteorstrom
sense_list:
(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.


lexentry: eng/meteoroid__Noun__1
written_rep: meteoroid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meteorit
sense_list:
(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/meteorology__Noun__1
written_rep: meteorology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meteorologie | Wetterkunde | Witterungslehre
sense_list:
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.


lexentry: eng/methadone__Noun__1
written_rep: methadone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methadon
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.


lexentry: eng/methamphetamine__Noun__1
written_rep: methamphetamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methamphetamin
sense_list:
A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.


lexentry: eng/methane__Noun__1
written_rep: methane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methan
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.


lexentry: eng/methanoic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: methanoic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methansäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colorless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odor; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the methanoates, are used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/methanol__Noun__1
written_rep: methanol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methanol
sense_list:
(organic compound) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.


lexentry: eng/methionine__Noun__1
written_rep: methionine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methionin
sense_list:
(amino acid, organic compound) A lipotropic, sulphur-containing essential amino acid, C5H11NO2S, found in most protein.


lexentry: eng/method__Noun__1
written_rep: method
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methode | Verfahren | Art und Weise
sense_list:
(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).


lexentry: eng/method_acting__Noun__1
written_rep: method acting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Method Acting
sense_list:
(acting) An acting technique in which the actor fully immerses themselves into the character they are playing.


lexentry: eng/methodology__Noun__1
written_rep: methodology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methodologie | Methodik
sense_list:
(originally, sciences) The study of methods used in a field. | (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.


lexentry: eng/methotrexate__Noun__1
written_rep: methotrexate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methotrexat
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) An antimetabolite and antifolate drug used in treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and ectopic pregnancies.


lexentry: eng/methyl__Noun__1
written_rep: methyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methyl
sense_list:
(organic compound) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.


lexentry: eng/methylated_spirit__Noun__1
written_rep: methylated spirit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brennspiritus | Spiritus
sense_list:
(Commonwealth) Ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; denatured alcohol.


lexentry: eng/methylation__Noun__1
written_rep: methylation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Methylierung
sense_list:
(genetics) The addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production.


lexentry: eng/methylene__Noun__1
written_rep: methylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methylen
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The divalent group –CH2– in which the free valencies are part of single bonds. | (organic chemistry) The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine. | (organic chemistry) The unstable carbene :CH2


lexentry: eng/methylmercury__Noun__1
written_rep: methylmercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methylquecksilber
sense_list:
(chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH3Hg+; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds


lexentry: eng/methylphenidate__Noun__1
written_rep: methylphenidate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Methylphenidat
sense_list:
(medicine) A stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, better known by the trade name Ritalin


lexentry: eng/metic__Noun__1
written_rep: metic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metöke
sense_list:
(historical) In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.


lexentry: eng/metonym__Noun__1
written_rep: metonym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metonym
sense_list:
(grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.


lexentry: eng/metonymic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metonymic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metonymisch
sense_list:
Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.


lexentry: eng/metonymy__Noun__1
written_rep: metonymy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metonymie | Namenvertauschung
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.


lexentry: eng/metre__Noun__1
written_rep: metre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meter
sense_list:
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.


lexentry: eng/metric__Noun__1
written_rep: metric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metrik | Indikator | Kenngröße | Kennzahl | Kriterium | Maß
sense_list:
A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).


lexentry: eng/metric__Noun__1
written_rep: metric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Metrik
sense_list:
(analysis) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M \times M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y) = 0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y) = d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.


lexentry: eng/metric_space__Noun__1
written_rep: metric space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metrischer Raum
sense_list:
(mathematics, analysis, topology) Any set on which a metric is defined, giving a distance between any two elements.


lexentry: eng/metrizable__Adjective__1
written_rep: metrizable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: metrisierbar
sense_list:
(topology) Of a topological space: for which a metric exists that will induce the original topology.


lexentry: eng/metronome__Noun__1
written_rep: metronome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metronom
sense_list:
(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.


lexentry: eng/metropolis__Noun__1
written_rep: metropolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metropole | Weltstadt
sense_list:
(history, especially, Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony. | A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.


lexentry: eng/metropolitan__Adjective__1
written_rep: metropolitan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: städtisch
sense_list:
(Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.] | Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/metrosexual__Noun__1
written_rep: metrosexual
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Metrosexueller | metrosexuell
sense_list:
A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.


lexentry: eng/mezuzah__Noun__1
written_rep: mezuzah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mesusa
sense_list:
(Judaism, and, _, occasionally, _, Christianity) A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house.


lexentry: eng/mezzanine__Noun__1
written_rep: mezzanine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Halbgeschoss | Mezzanin | Empore | Galerie | Galeriegeschoss | Zwischengeschoss
sense_list:
An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.


lexentry: eng/mica__Noun__1
written_rep: mica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glimmer
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.


lexentry: eng/micelle__Noun__1
written_rep: micelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mizelle
sense_list:
(chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration


lexentry: eng/micro-region__Noun__1
written_rep: micro-region
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikro-Regierung
sense_list:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a county or a prefecture and a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/microaggression__Noun__1
written_rep: microaggression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroaggression
sense_list:
(sociology, chiefly, US) Any small-scale verbal or physical interaction between those of different races, cultures, beliefs, or genders that may have no malicious intent, but that can be interpreted as an aggression.


lexentry: eng/microbiology__Noun__1
written_rep: microbiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrobiologie
sense_list:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.


lexentry: eng/microbiota__Noun__1
written_rep: microbiota
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrobiota
sense_list:
The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.


lexentry: eng/microbrewery__Noun__1
written_rep: microbrewery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kleinbrauerei
sense_list:
A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.


lexentry: eng/microcephaly__Noun__1
written_rep: microcephaly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrozephalie
sense_list:
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.


lexentry: eng/microclimate__Noun__1
written_rep: microclimate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroklima
sense_list:
A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate.


lexentry: eng/microcomputer__Noun__1
written_rep: microcomputer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrorechner
sense_list:
(computer hardware, now, primarily, historical) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.


lexentry: eng/microcontroller__Noun__1
written_rep: microcontroller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrocontroller
sense_list:
(computing, electronics) A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
written_rep: microcosm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrokosmos
sense_list:
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. [from 15th c.] | A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one. [from 17th c.] | (ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/microdot__Noun__1
written_rep: microdot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikropunkt
sense_list:
A text or photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a typographical dot in order to escape detection by unintended recipients.


lexentry: eng/microeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: microeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroökonomie
sense_list:
(economics) The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.


lexentry: eng/microelectrode__Noun__1
written_rep: microelectrode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroelektrode
sense_list:
A very small, fine electrode, most often used to study the electrical behaviour of biological cells or tissues.


lexentry: eng/microevolution__Noun__1
written_rep: microevolution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroevolution
sense_list:
Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.


lexentry: eng/microfiche__Noun__1
written_rep: microfiche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrofiche
sense_list:
A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.


lexentry: eng/microflora__Noun__1
written_rep: microflora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroflora
sense_list:
Microscopic life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.


lexentry: eng/microgram__Noun__1
written_rep: microgram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrogramm
sense_list:
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10−6 grams. Symbol: μg A unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram, or 0.000 001 grams.


lexentry: eng/microgravity__Noun__1
written_rep: microgravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrogravitation
sense_list:
(physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.


lexentry: eng/microhistory__Noun__1
written_rep: microhistory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrogeschichte
sense_list:
The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends.


lexentry: eng/microkernel__Noun__1
written_rep: microkernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrokernel
sense_list:
(operating systems) A minimal operating system kernel offering basic mechanisms rather than abstract services.


lexentry: eng/microlinguistics__Noun__1
written_rep: microlinguistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrolinguistik
sense_list:
A branch of linguistics that concerns itself with the study of language systems in the abstract, without regard to the meaning of expressions.


lexentry: eng/micrometer__Noun__1
written_rep: micrometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrometer | Mikrometerschraube | Messschraube
sense_list:
A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.


lexentry: eng/micron__Noun__1
written_rep: micron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikron
sense_list:
(physics, metrology) The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter; a micrometer.


lexentry: eng/micronation__Noun__1
written_rep: micronation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikronation
sense_list:
A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity.


lexentry: eng/micronutrient__Noun__1
written_rep: micronutrient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikronährstoff | Spurenelement
sense_list:
A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.


lexentry: eng/microorganism__Noun__1
written_rep: microorganism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroorganismus
sense_list:
(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.


lexentry: eng/micropaleontology__Noun__1
written_rep: micropaleontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikropaläontologie
sense_list:
The branch of paleontology dealing with the fossilized microscopic organic remains (microfossils) of the geologic past; including their structure, biology, relationships and distribution.


lexentry: eng/microphone__Noun__1
written_rep: microphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrofon | Mikrophon
sense_list:
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.


lexentry: eng/microplastic__Noun__1
written_rep: microplastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikroplastik
sense_list:
Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.


lexentry: eng/micropyle__Noun__1
written_rep: micropyle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikropyle
sense_list:
(botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.


lexentry: eng/microraion__Noun__1
written_rep: microraion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrorajon
sense_list:
A residential complex in a current or former communist country, chiefly one which was previously part of the Soviet Union; a microdistrict.


lexentry: eng/microscopic__Adjective__1
written_rep: microscopic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mikroskopisch
sense_list:
Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal | So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope. | Very small; minute


lexentry: eng/microsecond__Noun__1
written_rep: microsecond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrosekunde
sense_list:
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds. Symbol: μs It is commonly represented with symbol µs.


lexentry: eng/microtome__Noun__1
written_rep: microtome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrotom
sense_list:
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.


lexentry: eng/microvillus__Noun__1
written_rep: microvillus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mikrovillus | Mikrozotte
sense_list:
Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin, and villin.


lexentry: eng/mid-life_crisis__Noun__1
written_rep: mid-life crisis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Midlife-Crisis | Midlifekrise
sense_list:
(psychology) An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by middle-aged people who realize that their life is already half over.


lexentry: eng/mid-ocean_ridge__Noun__1
written_rep: mid-ocean ridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittelozeanischer Rücken
sense_list:
(geology, oceanography) any of an interconnected system of broad submarine rises formed by plate tectonics


lexentry: eng/mid__Adjective__1
written_rep: mid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mittel
sense_list:
(linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].


lexentry: eng/midbrain__Noun__1
written_rep: midbrain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittelhirn
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).


lexentry: eng/middle_child__Noun__1
written_rep: middle child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zweitälteste
sense_list:
(psychology) In an immediate family containing three children, the child who is neither the oldest nor the youngest.


lexentry: eng/middle_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: middle ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittelohr
sense_list:
(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.


lexentry: eng/middle_finger__Noun__1
written_rep: middle finger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Stinkefinger | Mittelfinger
sense_list:
An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.


lexentry: eng/middle_of_nowhere__Noun__1
written_rep: middle of nowhere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arsch der Welt | wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.


lexentry: eng/middle_scalene_muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: middle scalene muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mittlerer Treppenmuskel
sense_list:
(muscle) A muscle arising from the transverse processes of the lower six cervical vertebrae, inserting on the upper surface of the first rib, and functioning to bend the neck forward and laterally and to rotate it to the side.


lexentry: eng/middle_school__Noun__1
written_rep: middle school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittelstufe
sense_list:
(schools, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.


lexentry: eng/middle_voice__Noun__1
written_rep: middle voice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Medium
sense_list:
(grammar) A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both.


lexentry: eng/midge__Noun__1
written_rep: midge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mücke
sense_list:
Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.


lexentry: eng/midget__Noun__1
written_rep: midget
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwerg | mini- | Liliputaner | Liliputanerin | Mini- | Zwerg-
sense_list:
(sometimes, derogatory) A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/midnight__Noun__1
written_rep: midnight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitternacht
sense_list:
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. | Twelve o'clock at night exactly.


lexentry: eng/midnight_sun__Noun__1
written_rep: midnight sun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitternachtssonne
sense_list:
The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.


lexentry: eng/midriff__Noun__1
written_rep: midriff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauch | Taille
sense_list:
(anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.


lexentry: eng/midst__Noun__1
written_rep: midst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitte | Mitten
sense_list:
(often, literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.


lexentry: eng/midwife__Noun__1
written_rep: midwife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

trans_list:
Hebamme | Geburtshelferin | Entbindungspfleger | Geburtshelfer | Entbindungshelfer | Entbindungshelferin


lexentry: eng/mien__Noun__1
written_rep: mien
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auftreten | Ausdruck | Benehmen | Gebahren | Gesichtsausdruck | Miene
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.


lexentry: eng/mifepristone__Noun__1
written_rep: mifepristone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mifepriston
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A steroid medication that inhibits the action of progesterone, typically given orally in combination with misoprostol in early pregnancy to induce abortion.


lexentry: eng/migraine__Noun__1
written_rep: migraine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Migräne
sense_list:
(pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.


lexentry: eng/migrant_worker__Noun__1
written_rep: migrant worker
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: A person with temporary permission to work in another country; a guest worker.
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list:
Saisonarbeitnehmer | Saisonarbeitnehmerin | Wanderarbeiter | Wanderarbeiterin | Wanderarbeitnehmer | Wanderarbeitnehmerin


lexentry: eng/migrate__Verb__1
written_rep: migrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: migrieren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.


lexentry: eng/migration__Noun__1
written_rep: migration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Migration | Tierwanderung | Vogelstrich | Vogelwanderung | Vogelzug | Wanderung
sense_list:
Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.


lexentry: eng/migratory_bird__Noun__1
written_rep: migratory bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zugvogel
sense_list:
A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.


lexentry: eng/mil__Noun__1
written_rep: mil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Strich | artillerischer Strich
sense_list:
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.


lexentry: eng/milch_cow__Noun__1
written_rep: milch cow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Goldesel
sense_list:
A cow that produces milk (having had at least one calf). | (military, slang) A German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines.


lexentry: eng/mild__Adjective__1
written_rep: mild
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: mild
sense_list:
(of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected. | (of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm. | (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.


lexentry: eng/mild_steel__Noun__1
written_rep: mild steel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baustahl | Karbonstahl
sense_list:
Any of various steels having a lower proportion of carbon than hardenable steels, rendering them softer and more malleable and ductile.


lexentry: eng/mildew__Noun__1
written_rep: mildew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schimmel | Mehltau
sense_list:
(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
written_rep: mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Meile
sense_list:
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values. | Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese mile or Arabic mile.


lexentry: eng/mile_marker__Noun__1
written_rep: mile marker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Motorrad
sense_list:
(automotive, road transport) A numbered milepost or sign along a highway, or some other road, used to determine the location of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/milecastle__Noun__1
written_rep: milecastle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meilenkastell
sense_list:
One of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
written_rep: milestone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meilenstein | Kilometerstein | Postmeilensäule
sense_list:
A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
written_rep: milestone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Meilenstein | Etappenziel | Markstein
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.


lexentry: eng/militant__Adjective__1
written_rep: militant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: militant
sense_list:
Aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.; adamant, combative. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/militarism__Noun__1
written_rep: militarism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Militarismus
sense_list:
An ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect.


lexentry: eng/militarize__Verb__1
written_rep: militarize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: militarisieren
sense_list:
To give a military character to something, such as government or organization. | To train or equip for war.


lexentry: eng/military__Adjective__1
written_rep: military
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: militärisch | Militär
sense_list:
(North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces). | Relating to armies or ground forces.


lexentry: eng/military_exercise__Noun__1
written_rep: military exercise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manöver | Kriegsübung | Militärübung
sense_list:
A large-scale activity involving military forces from multiple countries or commands, designed to demonstrate the level of alliance between those forces and their ability to coordinate, as a signal to potential military adversaries.


lexentry: eng/military_parade__Noun__1
written_rep: military parade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufmarsch | Heerschau | Militärparade | Revue
sense_list:
(military) A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.


lexentry: eng/military_police__Noun__1
written_rep: military police
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Militärpolizei
sense_list:
(collective) A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.


lexentry: eng/military_rank__Noun__1
written_rep: military rank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dienstgrad
sense_list:
A grade conferred upon officers in armed forces, police and intelligence agencies, typically denoted by particular insignia affixed to their uniforms.


lexentry: eng/military_science__Noun__1
written_rep: military science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wehrwissenschaft
sense_list:
The science of how best to run a military; the academic discipline which examines institutions and behaviours in, and optimized administration of, a military.


lexentry: eng/military_service__Noun__1
written_rep: military service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Militärdienst | Wehrdienst | Kriegsdienst
sense_list:
Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).


lexentry: eng/militia__Noun__1
written_rep: militia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Miliz | Volksheer | Landwehr | Reserve
sense_list:
An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.


lexentry: eng/milium__Noun__1
written_rep: milium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hautgrieß | Grießkorn | Milium
sense_list:
(dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.


lexentry: eng/milk__Noun__1
written_rep: milk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Milch
sense_list:
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans. | (countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.


lexentry: eng/milk__Verb__1
written_rep: milk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melken
sense_list:
(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow). | (transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.


lexentry: eng/milk__Verb__1
written_rep: milk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ausreizen | ausschöpfen
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).


lexentry: eng/milk_fever__Noun__1
written_rep: milk fever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milchfieber
sense_list:
A type of fever caused by infection, occurring in women shortly after childbirth (previously associated with the start of lactation).


lexentry: eng/milk_float__Noun__1
written_rep: milk float
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milchauto | Milchwagen
sense_list:
An electric accumulator battery-driven vehicle (formerly also horse-drawn), designed for the house-to-house delivery of fresh milk; common in Europe, especially the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/milk_glass__Noun__1
written_rep: milk glass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milchglas
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) Opaque glass, especially the kind having a white shade; first produced in Italy in the 1500s as an imitation of Chinese porcelain.


lexentry: eng/milk_skin__Noun__1
written_rep: milk skin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmand
sense_list:
A sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk (such as hot chocolate and some soups).


lexentry: eng/milk_snake__Noun__1
written_rep: milk snake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dreiecksnatter | Milchschlange
sense_list:
Any of various snakes, Lampropeltis triangulum, with smooth and shiny scales and typically a pattern of colours that runs red-black-yellow or white-black-red.


lexentry: eng/milk_substitute__Noun__1
written_rep: milk substitute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milchersatz | Pflanzenmilch
sense_list:
Liquid that replaces milk#Noun (usually and especially cow's milk) in a diet#Noun or a recipe (for adults).


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
written_rep: milkshake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milchshake | Milchmischgetränk | Milchmix | Milchmixgetränk
sense_list:
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring. | (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.


lexentry: eng/milkwort__Noun__1
written_rep: milkwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kreuzblume
sense_list:
Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.


lexentry: eng/mill__Noun__1
written_rep: mill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mühle | Fabrik | Mahlwerk | Werk
sense_list:
The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.


lexentry: eng/mill_dam__Noun__1
written_rep: mill dam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mühldamm
sense_list:
A dam constructed across a river or stream to raise the water level so that it can turn a millwheel; also, the millpond so created.


lexentry: eng/mill_race__Noun__1
written_rep: mill race
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mühlgraben | Mühlbach
sense_list:
A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill.


lexentry: eng/mille-feuille__Noun__1
written_rep: mille-feuille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Cremeschnitte
sense_list:
A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.


lexentry: eng/millennial__Noun__1
written_rep: millennial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Millennial
sense_list:
(originally, US, demography) Often capitalized: a person from the generation born in the last two decades of the 20th century, from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E., characterized by their familiarity with computer technology and poorer financial prospects than their parents.


lexentry: eng/millennium__Noun__1
written_rep: millennium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Jahrtausend | Millennium
sense_list:
(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.


lexentry: eng/millet__Noun__1
written_rep: millet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hirse
sense_list:
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.


lexentry: eng/milli-__Prefix__1
written_rep: milli-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milli-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m.


lexentry: eng/millilitre__Noun__1
written_rep: millilitre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milliliter
sense_list:
(British spelling) A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.


lexentry: eng/millimeter_of_mercury__Noun__1
written_rep: millimeter of mercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Millimeter Quecksilber | Millimeter Quecksilbersäule
sense_list:
A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees Celsius on Earth.


lexentry: eng/milling_machine__Noun__1
written_rep: milling machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fräsmaschine
sense_list:
(machining, manufacturing, idiomatic) A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.


lexentry: eng/millionairess__Noun__1
written_rep: millionairess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Millionärin
sense_list:
A woman whose wealth is greater than one million dollars, or the local currency; a female millionaire.


lexentry: eng/millipede__Noun__1
written_rep: millipede
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tausendfüßler
sense_list:
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. [from 1601]


lexentry: eng/millrind__Noun__1
written_rep: millrind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mühleisen
sense_list:
An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones.


lexentry: eng/millstone__Noun__1
written_rep: millstone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Klotz am Bein | Mühlstein
sense_list:
(figurative) Ellipsis of millstone round one's neck, a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible).


lexentry: eng/milquetoast__Noun__1
written_rep: milquetoast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angsthase | Hasenfuß
sense_list:
(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.


lexentry: eng/mimicry__Noun__1
written_rep: mimicry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mimikry | Nachahmung
sense_list:
An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.


lexentry: eng/mimosa__Noun__1
written_rep: mimosa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mimose
sense_list:
(botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
written_rep: mina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mine
sense_list:
(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.] | (historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams. [From 16th C.]


lexentry: eng/minaret__Noun__1
written_rep: minaret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minarett
sense_list:
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).


lexentry: eng/mince__Verb__1
written_rep: mince
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abschwächen | mildern | unterdrücken
sense_list:
(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.


lexentry: eng/mince_pie__Noun__1
written_rep: mince pie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mince Pie (süßes Weihnachtsgebäck)
sense_list:
A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/mince_words__Verb__1
written_rep: mince words
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To restrain oneself when speaking by withholding some comments or using euphemisms in order to be polite, tactful, etc.


lexentry: eng/minced_oath__Noun__1
written_rep: minced oath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abgemildertes Schimpfwort | entschärfter Fluch
sense_list:
A type of euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression; a polite version of an expletive.


lexentry: eng/mind's_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: mind's ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bewusstsein
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.


lexentry: eng/mind-numbing__Adjective__1
written_rep: mind-numbing
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stumpfsinnig
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation.


lexentry: eng/mind__Noun__1
written_rep: mind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Wahrnehmung
sense_list:
(philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.


lexentry: eng/mind__Verb__1
written_rep: mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: aufpassen | beachten | dagegen haben
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mind_control__Noun__1
written_rep: mind control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bewusstseinskontrolle
sense_list:
The subversion of a person’s control of his or her mind (thinking, behavior, emotions or decisions), especially by means of psychological tactics.


lexentry: eng/mind_game__Noun__1
written_rep: mind game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychotrick
sense_list:
(psychology) An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.


lexentry: eng/mind_map__Noun__1
written_rep: mind map
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mindmap
sense_list:
A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.


lexentry: eng/mind_one's_own_business__Verb__1
written_rep: mind one's own business
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich um seine eigenen Angelegenheiten kümmern
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.


lexentry: eng/mind_you__Adverb__1
written_rep: mind you
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wohlgemerkt
sense_list:
(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly, UK) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying


lexentry: eng/mindfuck__Noun__1
written_rep: mindfuck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auflösung
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses, or manipulates the mind of another person.


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
written_rep: mine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bergwerk | Mine | Grube | Tagebau | Abbaustelle | Grub
sense_list:
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
written_rep: mine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mine | Bergwerk
sense_list:
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.


lexentry: eng/mine__Verb__1
written_rep: mine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: verminen | abbauen | fördern
sense_list:
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.


lexentry: eng/mine_flail__Noun__1
written_rep: mine flail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minenflegel
sense_list:
A device mounted in front of an armoured vehicle to clear its track of explosive threats otherwise activated when passing by means of striking them with a chain.


lexentry: eng/mine_plow__Noun__1
written_rep: mine plow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minenpflug
sense_list:
A device mounted in front of an armoured vehicle to clear its track of explosive threats otherwise activated when passing by means of digging them up and removing them.


lexentry: eng/mine_roller__Noun__1
written_rep: mine roller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minenroller | Minenwalze
sense_list:
A device mounted in front of an armoured vehicle to clear its track of explosive threats otherwise activated when passing by means of placing pressure on them.


lexentry: eng/minefield__Noun__1
written_rep: minefield
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minenfeld
sense_list:
An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid. | (figuratively, by extension) A matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.


lexentry: eng/mineral__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mineral
sense_list:
(geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one. | Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable). | (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.


lexentry: eng/mineral_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mineralsäure
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Any inorganic acid, especially common acids such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid etc.


lexentry: eng/mineral_water__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mineralwasser | Wasser
sense_list:
Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or by preference, as a beverage, bath, or food ingredient.


lexentry: eng/mineralocorticoid__Noun__1
written_rep: mineralocorticoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mineralocorticoid | Mineralokortikoide
sense_list:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.


lexentry: eng/minesweeper__Noun__1
written_rep: minesweeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minenräumboot | Minenabwehrfahrzeug
sense_list:
A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).


lexentry: eng/mingle__Verb__1
written_rep: mingle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: untermischen | vermengen | vermischen
sense_list:
(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.


lexentry: eng/miniature_golf__Noun__1
written_rep: miniature golf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minigolf
sense_list:
(golf) An informal form of golf, played with a putter on a short course featuring novelty obstacles.


lexentry: eng/miniature_sheet__Noun__1
written_rep: miniature sheet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Block
sense_list:
(philately) A smaller-than-normal sheet or pane of usually identical postage stamps, commonly containing gum and perforations, sometimes bearing a marginal inscription identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.


lexentry: eng/minibar__Noun__1
written_rep: minibar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minibar
sense_list:
A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.


lexentry: eng/minimal_pair__Noun__1
written_rep: minimal pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minimalpaar
sense_list:
(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.


lexentry: eng/minimalism__Noun__1
written_rep: minimalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minimalismus
sense_list:
(arts) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form. | (music genre) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.


lexentry: eng/minimize__Verb__1
written_rep: minimize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minimieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce. | (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.


lexentry: eng/minimum_wage__Noun__1
written_rep: minimum wage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mindestlohn
sense_list:
(economics) The lowest rate at which an employer must legally pay an employee, usually expressed as pay per hour.


lexentry: eng/minion__Noun__1
written_rep: minion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Colonel | Kolonel | Mignon
sense_list:
(uncountable, typography, printing) The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.


lexentry: eng/minionette__Noun__1
written_rep: minionette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Insertio
sense_list:
(uncountable, US, _, printing, typography, dated) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.


lexentry: eng/minister__Noun__1
written_rep: minister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Priester | Pfarrer
sense_list:
(Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.


lexentry: eng/minister__Noun__1
written_rep: minister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Dienstamtsträger | Dienstamtsträgerin
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.


lexentry: eng/minister__Verb__1
written_rep: minister
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kümmern | sorgen
sense_list:
(intransitive, used with "to") To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.


lexentry: eng/minister_without_portfolio__Noun__1
written_rep: minister without portfolio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minister ohne Geschäftsbereich | Minister ohne Portefeuille
sense_list:
(government) A member of a government having the rank of cabinet minister, but not assigned to oversee a particular government department or other permanent area of responsibility.


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
written_rep: ministry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ministerium
sense_list:
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity | The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)


lexentry: eng/minivan__Noun__1
written_rep: minivan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minivan
sense_list:
A small van, especially (North America, Australia, NZ, Philippines) one primarily used for family transport.


lexentry: eng/miniver__Noun__1
written_rep: miniver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feh
sense_list:
A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.


lexentry: eng/minivet__Noun__1
written_rep: minivet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mennigvogel
sense_list:
Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckooshrike family of southern and eastern Asia.


lexentry: eng/mink__Noun__1
written_rep: mink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nerz | Mink
sense_list:
(plural mink or minks) Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).


lexentry: eng/mink_coat__Noun__1
written_rep: mink coat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nerzmantel
sense_list:
A fur coat made from the fur of the mink, symbolic of membership in a social class of wealthy people.


lexentry: eng/minke_whale__Noun__1
written_rep: minke whale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwergwal
sense_list:
Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
written_rep: minnow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Elritze | Bitterfisch | Maipiere | Pfrille
sense_list:
The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.


lexentry: eng/minor__Adjective__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moll | Moll
sense_list:
(music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also, _, figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.


lexentry: eng/minor__Adjective__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unbedeutend | gering | geringfügig | klein | nachgeordnet | untergeordnet
sense_list:
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Nebenfach
sense_list:
(North America, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: Minderjährige | Minderjähriger | minderjährige Person
sense_list:
(Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.


lexentry: eng/minor_premise__Noun__1
written_rep: minor premise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minderjährige
sense_list:
(logic) The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.


lexentry: eng/minor_third__Noun__1
written_rep: minor third
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kleine Terz
sense_list:
(music) A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 6:5, spanning two degrees of the diatonic scale.


lexentry: eng/minority__Noun__1
written_rep: minority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minderheit | Minorität
sense_list:
The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood. [from 15th c.] | Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/minority_government__Noun__1
written_rep: minority government
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minderheitsregierung
sense_list:
(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.


lexentry: eng/minstrel__Noun__1
written_rep: minstrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spielmann | Minnesänger | Troubadour
sense_list:
(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.


lexentry: eng/mint__Noun__1
written_rep: mint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Münze | Münzstätte | Münzanstalt
sense_list:
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.


lexentry: eng/minuet__Noun__1
written_rep: minuet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menuett
sense_list:
A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance. | (music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.


lexentry: eng/minus__Preposition__1
written_rep: minus
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minus | weniger
sense_list:
(mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minus_sign__Noun__1
written_rep: minus sign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minuszeichen
sense_list:
(arithmetic) The symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.


lexentry: eng/minuscule__Noun__1
written_rep: minuscule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Minuskel
sense_list:
(uncountable) Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
written_rep: minute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Minute
sense_list:
A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). | A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. | A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
written_rep: minute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Protokoll
sense_list:
(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.


lexentry: eng/minute_of_angle__Noun__1
written_rep: minute of angle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bogenminute
sense_list:
An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.


lexentry: eng/mirabelle_plum__Noun__1
written_rep: mirabelle plum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mirabelle | Gelbe Zwetschge
sense_list:
The sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wines, and brandy


lexentry: eng/miracle__Noun__1
written_rep: miracle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wunder | Mirakel
sense_list:
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.


lexentry: eng/miracle__Noun__1
written_rep: miracle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wunder
sense_list:
A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it. | An awesome and exceptional example of something.


lexentry: eng/miracle_play__Noun__1
written_rep: miracle play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mirakelspiel
sense_list:
A kind of mystery play that re-enacted miraculous interventions by the saints into the lives of ordinary people.


lexentry: eng/miraculous__Adjective__1
written_rep: miraculous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wundertätig | mirakulös | Wunder
sense_list:
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.


lexentry: eng/mirage__Noun__1
written_rep: mirage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fata Morgana | Luftspiegelung
sense_list:
An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.


lexentry: eng/mirative__Noun__1
written_rep: mirative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Admirativ
sense_list:
(uncountable, grammatical mood) A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information.


lexentry: eng/mirativity__Noun__1
written_rep: mirativity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mirativität
sense_list:
(grammar, of a mood) The quality of being mirative, that is, of expressing (surprise at) an unexpected revelation or new information.


lexentry: eng/mirepoix__Noun__1
written_rep: mirepoix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mirepoix
sense_list:
A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.


lexentry: eng/mirror__Noun__1
written_rep: mirror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spiegel
sense_list:
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.


lexentry: eng/misanthropic__Adjective__1
written_rep: misanthropic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menschenfeindlich
sense_list:
Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misbehave__Verb__1
written_rep: misbehave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fehlverhalten | schlechtes Benehmen
sense_list:
(intransitive, or, reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.


lexentry: eng/miscarriage__Noun__1
written_rep: miscarriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fehlgeburt
sense_list:
(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/miscarriage_of_justice__Noun__1
written_rep: miscarriage of justice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Justizirrtum | Fehlurteil
sense_list:
(law) An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.


lexentry: eng/miscarry__Verb__1
written_rep: miscarry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: misslingen
sense_list:
To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mischief__Noun__1
written_rep: mischief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Rowdy | Störenfried | Anstifter | Aufrührer | Schläger | Unruhestifter
sense_list:
(archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.


lexentry: eng/mischievous__Adjective__1
written_rep: mischievous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schelmisch | spitzbübisch | unartig | dreist | frech | ungehorsam
sense_list:
Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.


lexentry: eng/misdeed__Noun__1
written_rep: misdeed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Missetat
sense_list:
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.


lexentry: eng/misdemeanor__Noun__1
written_rep: misdemeanor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vergehen
sense_list:
(law, criminology, historical, _, in, _, UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.


lexentry: eng/misericord__Noun__1
written_rep: misericord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Misericordie
sense_list:
A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium.


lexentry: eng/misgender__Verb__1
written_rep: misgender
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misgendern
sense_list:
(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally; for example, calling a woman "son" or a boy "she".


lexentry: eng/misnomer__Noun__1
written_rep: misnomer
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: A use of a term that is misleading; a misname.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Falschbezeichnung | Fehlbenennung | Fehlbezeichnung | Namensirrtum | irreführende Bezeichnung | unpassende Bezeichnung


lexentry: eng/miso__Noun__1
written_rep: miso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Miso
sense_list:
A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.


lexentry: eng/misophonia__Noun__1
written_rep: misophonia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Misophonie
sense_list:
A neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.


lexentry: eng/misprision__Noun__1
written_rep: misprision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verwechslung
sense_list:
(uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/misrepresentation__Noun__1
written_rep: misrepresentation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Falschdarstellung | Fehldarstellung | falsche Darstellung
sense_list:
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
written_rep: miss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: vermissen | sich sehnen
sense_list:
(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
written_rep: miss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: verpassen | verfehlen
sense_list:
(transitive) To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
written_rep: miss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: verpassen | mangeln
sense_list:
(transitive, mostly continuous tenses) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).


lexentry: eng/miss_out__Verb__1
written_rep: miss out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verpassen
sense_list:
(intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.


lexentry: eng/missal__Noun__1
written_rep: missal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Messbuch | Missal
sense_list:
(Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
written_rep: missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschoss | Fluggeschoss
sense_list:
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
written_rep: missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Lenkflugkörper | Lenkwaffe
sense_list:
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missing_link__Noun__1
written_rep: missing link
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Missing Link | fehlende Verbindung | fehlendes Bindeglied | fehlendes Glied
sense_list:
(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.


lexentry: eng/missiology__Noun__1
written_rep: missiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Missionswissenschaft
sense_list:
The area of practical theology which studies the mandate, message and work of the Christian missionary.


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
written_rep: mission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auftrag | Mission
sense_list:
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
written_rep: mission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mission
sense_list:
(countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.


lexentry: eng/missionary__Noun__1
written_rep: missionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Missionar | Missionarin
sense_list:
(religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).


lexentry: eng/mistletoe__Noun__1
written_rep: mistletoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mistel
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum). | (uncountable) A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.


lexentry: eng/mistress__Noun__1
written_rep: mistress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Herrscherin | Meisterin | Frau
sense_list:
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership. | (archaic) A respectful mode of address to a woman.


lexentry: eng/mistrial__Noun__1
written_rep: mistrial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verfahrenshindernis
sense_list:
(legal) A trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.


lexentry: eng/misunderstanding__Noun__1
written_rep: misunderstanding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Missverständnis
sense_list:
A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.


lexentry: eng/mite__Noun__1
written_rep: mite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Winzigkeit | bisschen
sense_list:
(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.


lexentry: eng/miter_joint__Noun__1
written_rep: miter joint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gehrung
sense_list:
(American spelling) A joint between two members at an angle to each other; each member is cut at an angle equal to half the angle of the junction and usually joint at right angles to each other.


lexentry: eng/mither__Verb__1
written_rep: mither
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anpöbeln
sense_list:
(intransitive, Northern England, especially, _, Manchester) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.


lexentry: eng/mithridate__Noun__1
written_rep: mithridate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mithridat
sense_list:
(historical, pharmacology) Any of various historical medicine, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.


lexentry: eng/mithridatism__Noun__1
written_rep: mithridatism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mithridatisation
sense_list:
The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. [1851]


lexentry: eng/mitigate__Verb__1
written_rep: mitigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mildern | abschwächen | abmildern
sense_list:
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.


lexentry: eng/mitochondrion__Noun__1
written_rep: mitochondrion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitochondrium | Mitochondrion
sense_list:
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.


lexentry: eng/mitosis__Noun__1
written_rep: mitosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitose
sense_list:
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.


lexentry: eng/mitre__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitra
sense_list:
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.


lexentry: eng/mitre_box__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gehrlade | Gehrungsschneidlade | Schneidlade
sense_list:
A wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.


lexentry: eng/mitre_saw__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre saw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kappsäge
sense_list:
A power saw that is a bench circular saw that is used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece by positioning a mounted blade onto a board, that can be positioned at a variety of angles.


lexentry: eng/mitten__Noun__1
written_rep: mitten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fäustling | Fausthandschuh
sense_list:
A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.


lexentry: eng/mixed_declension__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed declension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gemischte Deklination
sense_list:
(German grammar) The declension pattern for masculine and neuter nouns that have -en in the plural but -s, -es, or -ens in the genitive singular.


lexentry: eng/mixed_economy__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed economy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelenkte Volkswirtschaft
sense_list:
A market economy with governmental provision of public goods, often with strong regulatory oversight, other forms of economic interventionism and some level of economic planning.


lexentry: eng/mixed_marriage__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed marriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mischehe
sense_list:
Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions.


lexentry: eng/mixed_martial_arts__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed martial arts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mixed Martial Arts | gemischte Kampfkünste
sense_list:
(sports, martial arts) A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling.


lexentry: eng/mixed_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sortierte Reaktionen | verschiedene Reaktionen
sense_list:
The state of diverse reception, when there are many who praise something while there are also many who dislike it.


lexentry: eng/mixed_reality__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed reality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mixed Reality | gemischte Realität | vermischte Realität
sense_list:
The merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations where physical and digital objects coexist and interact.


lexentry: eng/mixer__Noun__1
written_rep: mixer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mixer
sense_list:
One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together. | A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.


lexentry: eng/mixer__Noun__1
written_rep: mixer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mischgetränk
sense_list:
A nonalcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.


lexentry: eng/mixing_console__Noun__1
written_rep: mixing console
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mischpult
sense_list:
(sound engineering) An electronic device to combine and route audio signals from many sources to various destinations.


lexentry: eng/mixologist__Noun__1
written_rep: mixologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barkeeper
sense_list:
(often, jocular) A person who creates cocktails, especially one considered an artist at it; (loosely) any bartender. [from 1856]


lexentry: eng/mizzenmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mizzenmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Besanmast | Achtermast | Hintermast | Kreuzmast
sense_list:
(nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/mnemonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mnemonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mnemonisch
sense_list:
Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering. | Of or relating to mnemonics.


lexentry: eng/mnemonic__Noun__1
written_rep: mnemonic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eselsbrücke | Gedächtnishilfe | Gedächtnisstütze | Memorierungshilfe | Merkhilfe | Merkreim
sense_list:
Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.


lexentry: eng/moa__Noun__1
written_rep: moa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Moa
sense_list:
Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mob__Noun__1
written_rep: mob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Herde | Pöbel
sense_list:
(Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.


lexentry: eng/mob_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: mob cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Morgenhaube
sense_list:
(chiefly, historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band, and having a puffy crown and frills.


lexentry: eng/mobile__Noun__1
written_rep: mobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mobile
sense_list:
(sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.


lexentry: eng/mobile_home__Noun__1
written_rep: mobile home
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mobilheim
sense_list:
A prefabricated home built in a factory, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where it will be occupied.


lexentry: eng/mobile_library__Noun__1
written_rep: mobile library
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bücherbus | Fahrbibliothek | Fahrbücherei
sense_list:
A library housed in a large van that provides a library service to those unable to attend their nearest local library.


lexentry: eng/mobilise__Verb__1
written_rep: mobilise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mobilmachen
sense_list:
(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war. | (intransitive) To become made ready for war.


lexentry: eng/mobility__Noun__1
written_rep: mobility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mobilität
sense_list:
The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.] | (military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.] | (chiefly, sociology) The ability of people to move between different social levels or professional occupations. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mobility_scooter__Noun__1
written_rep: mobility scooter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Elektromobil
sense_list:
An electric-powered scooter, similar in use to a wheelchair, that is specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.


lexentry: eng/mobilization__Noun__1
written_rep: mobilization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mobilmachung | Mobilisierung
sense_list:
The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.


lexentry: eng/mobocracy__Noun__1
written_rep: mobocracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ochlokratie
sense_list:
Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.


lexentry: eng/moccasin__Noun__1
written_rep: moccasin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mokassin
sense_list:
A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot). [from early 17th c.] | A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.


lexentry: eng/mocha__Noun__1
written_rep: mocha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mokka
sense_list:
(countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof. | A strong Arabian coffee.


lexentry: eng/mock-up__Noun__1
written_rep: mock-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modell | Mockup | Nachbildung | Vorführmodell
sense_list:
A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/mock__Noun__1
written_rep: mock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Prototyp
sense_list:
(software engineering) A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.


lexentry: eng/mock_strawberry__Noun__1
written_rep: mock strawberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indische Scheinerdbeere
sense_list:
The ornamental plant Potentilla indica and its fruit, resembling the strawberry and of the same tribe as it.


lexentry: eng/mockingbird__Noun__1
written_rep: mockingbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spottdrossel
sense_list:
Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.


lexentry: eng/mockumentary__Noun__1
written_rep: mockumentary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mockumentary
sense_list:
(film genre) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.


lexentry: eng/mod__Noun__1
written_rep: mod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mod
sense_list:
(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.


lexentry: eng/modal__Adjective__1
written_rep: modal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modal
sense_list:
Of, or relating to a mode or modus. | (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause. | (GUI) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.


lexentry: eng/modality__Noun__1
written_rep: modality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modalität
sense_list:
The fact of being modal. | (logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.


lexentry: eng/mode__Noun__1
written_rep: mode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Modus | Betriebsart
sense_list:
(computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.


lexentry: eng/mode_of_production__Noun__1
written_rep: mode of production
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Produktionsweise
sense_list:
(Marxism) A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.


lexentry: eng/model-view-controller__Noun__1
written_rep: model-view-controller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Model-View-Controller | Modell-Präsentation-Steuerung
sense_list:
(software architecture) A type of computer user interface that separates the representation of information from the user's interaction.


lexentry: eng/model-view-presenter__Noun__1
written_rep: model-view-presenter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Model-View-Presenter
sense_list:
(software architecture) A derivative of the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern, where the presenter assumes the functionality of the "middle-man".


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
written_rep: model
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Modell | Model
sense_list:
A representation of a physical object. | A style, type, or design. | The structural design of a complex system. | (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.


lexentry: eng/model__Verb__1
written_rep: model
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: modellieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a miniature model of. | (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay. | (intransitive) To make a model or models. | (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.


lexentry: eng/model_aircraft__Noun__1
written_rep: model aircraft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modellflugzeug
sense_list:
An aircraft made to a smaller scale, either as a static (non-flying) model, or built to fly with the aid of an engine or electric motor, and controlled by radio from the ground. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/modem__Noun__1
written_rep: modem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modem
sense_list:
(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.


lexentry: eng/moderato__Noun__1
written_rep: moderato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Moderato
sense_list:
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo. | (music) A passage having this mark


lexentry: eng/moderator__Noun__1
written_rep: moderator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Moderator | Moderatorin
sense_list:
(Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc. | Someone who moderates.


lexentry: eng/modern-day__Adjective__1
written_rep: modern-day
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derzeitig
sense_list:
Current; of the present. | (informal) Used to designate a present-day version of someone or something in history.


lexentry: eng/modern__Adjective__1
written_rep: modern
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modern
sense_list:
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. | (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.


lexentry: eng/modern_art__Noun__1
written_rep: modern art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Moderne Kunst
sense_list:
(arts) Any of very many genres of art from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, especially those forms that move away from a traditional narrative towards experimentation and conceptual art.


lexentry: eng/modern_pentathlon__Noun__1
written_rep: modern pentathlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fünfkampf
sense_list:
An athletics event where athletes compete in épée fencing, shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping and cross country.


lexentry: eng/modernism__Noun__1
written_rep: modernism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Modernismus
sense_list:
Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/modernize__Verb__1
written_rep: modernize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modernisieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.


lexentry: eng/modest__Adjective__1
written_rep: modest
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: anständig | sittsam
sense_list:
(especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.


lexentry: eng/modesty__Noun__1
written_rep: modesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bescheidenheit
sense_list:
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities. | Moderate behaviour; reserve.


lexentry: eng/modification__Noun__1
written_rep: modification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Modifikation | Änderung | Abänderung
sense_list:
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/modification__Noun__1
written_rep: modification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Modifikation
sense_list:
(biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/modifier__Noun__1
written_rep: modifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bestimmungswort | Attribut | Bestimmung
sense_list:
(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)


lexentry: eng/modulate__Verb__1
written_rep: modulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modulieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt | (intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression


lexentry: eng/modulation__Noun__1
written_rep: modulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modulation
sense_list:
(engineering, physics, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; (countable) an instance of this; also, the extent to which such a wave is modified; and the modified wave or signal.


lexentry: eng/module__Noun__1
written_rep: module
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modul
sense_list:
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components. | (programming) A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines. | A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game. | (algebra, ring theory) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication. | (astronautics) An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/modulus__Noun__1
written_rep: modulus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modul
sense_list:
(mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed. | (physics) A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance. | (computing, programming) An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.


lexentry: eng/modus_operandi__Noun__1
written_rep: modus operandi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modus Operandi
sense_list:
(colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation. | (law enforcement) A known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects.


lexentry: eng/modus_tollens__Noun__1
written_rep: modus tollens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Modus tollens
sense_list:
(philosophy, logic) A valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied, thus implying the denial of the antecedent. Modus tollens has this form:


lexentry: eng/moggy__Noun__1
written_rep: moggy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Katzenvieh
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative, _, or, _, derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.


lexentry: eng/mogul_skiing__Noun__1
written_rep: mogul skiing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buckelpistenfahren
sense_list:
A type of freestyle skiing where skiers ski terrain characterized by a large number of different bumps called moguls.


lexentry: eng/mojibake__Noun__1
written_rep: mojibake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krähenfüße | Mojibake | Zeichensalat
sense_list:
(computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.


lexentry: eng/moka_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: moka pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Espressokanne
sense_list:
A coffeemaker that produces coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee, traditionally made of aluminium.


lexentry: eng/molality__Noun__1
written_rep: molality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molalität
sense_list:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent


lexentry: eng/molar__Adjective__2
written_rep: molar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molar
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.


lexentry: eng/molarity__Noun__1
written_rep: molarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molarität | Stoffmengenkonzentration
sense_list:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per litre of solution


lexentry: eng/molasses__Noun__1
written_rep: molasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Melasse | Sirup
sense_list:
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.


lexentry: eng/mold__Noun__2
written_rep: mold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schimmel | Mehltau
sense_list:
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.


lexentry: eng/moldavite__Noun__1
written_rep: moldavite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Moldavit
sense_list:
(geology) A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abformen | Ausformung | Formen | Formung | Formverfahren | Guss
sense_list:
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Band | Fuge | Leiste | Profil | Profilleiste | Schattenfuge
sense_list:
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__2
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maulwurf
sense_list:
Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae. | (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__4
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mole
sense_list:
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__5
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mol | Gramm-Molekül
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/mole_cricket__Noun__1
written_rep: mole cricket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maulwurfsgrille
sense_list:
Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.


lexentry: eng/molecular__Adjective__1
written_rep: molecular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molekular
sense_list:
(chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules. | (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.


lexentry: eng/molecular_cloud__Noun__1
written_rep: molecular cloud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molekülwolke
sense_list:
(astronomy) A large and relatively dense cloud of cold gas and dust in interstellar space from which new stars are formed


lexentry: eng/molecular_formula__Noun__1
written_rep: molecular formula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Summenformel | Bruttoformel
sense_list:
(chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule of a substance.


lexentry: eng/molecular_orbital__Noun__1
written_rep: molecular orbital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molekülorbital
sense_list:
(physical chemistry, quantum mechanics) The quantum mechanical behavior of an electron in a molecule describing the probability of the electron's particular position and energy; approximated by a linear combination of atomic orbitals.


lexentry: eng/molecular_sieve__Noun__1
written_rep: molecular sieve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molekularsieb
sense_list:
(chemistry) A material, usually a zeolite silicate mineral, having pores of a precise and uniform size, that can be used to separate molecules of different shape and size.


lexentry: eng/molecule__Noun__1
written_rep: molecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molekül
sense_list:
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.


lexentry: eng/mollusc__Noun__1
written_rep: mollusc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weichtier | Molluske
sense_list:
A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.


lexentry: eng/molybdenite__Noun__1
written_rep: molybdenite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molybdänit
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS2, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel.


lexentry: eng/molybdenum__Noun__1
written_rep: molybdenum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Molybdän
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.


lexentry: eng/molybdomancy__Noun__1
written_rep: molybdomancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bleigießen
sense_list:
divination by interpreting shapes formed when molten metal, typically lead or tin, is dropped into water.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
written_rep: moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Moment | Augenblick | Zeitpunkt
sense_list:
(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
written_rep: moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Moment | Zeitpunkt
sense_list:
(math) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement. | (colloquial, Internet slang, of a person) The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_force__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drehmoment | Kraftmoment
sense_list:
(physics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The moment is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between its line of action and the axis of rotation.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_inertia__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of inertia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trägheitsmoment | Inertialmoment | Massenträgheitsmoment
sense_list:
(physics, classical mechanics) A measure of a rigid body's resistance to change in its angular velocity around a given axis.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_silence__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of silence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gedenkminute | Schweigeminute
sense_list:
A period of silence conducted to honor or provide a gesture of respect to a recently deceased person, as part of the mourning process. May also be conducted following a tragic event or on the anniversary thereof.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_truth__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of truth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Augenblick der Wahrheit | Moment der Wahrheit | Stunde der Wahrheit
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.


lexentry: eng/momentum__Noun__1
written_rep: momentum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwung | Moment | Schwungkraft | Wucht
sense_list:
(physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities. | The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.


lexentry: eng/momo__Noun__1
written_rep: momo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Momo
sense_list:
A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.


lexentry: eng/monad__Noun__1
written_rep: monad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Monade
sense_list:
(philosophy) An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. | (functional programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".


lexentry: eng/monarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: monarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monarchie
sense_list:
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).


lexentry: eng/monasticism__Noun__1
written_rep: monasticism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monastizismus | Mönchtum
sense_list:
(religion) The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.


lexentry: eng/monatomic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monatomic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monoatomar
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms.


lexentry: eng/mondegreen__Noun__1
written_rep: mondegreen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verhörer
sense_list:
(linguistics) A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language. [from 1954]


lexentry: eng/monergism__Noun__1
written_rep: monergism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monergismus
sense_list:
(theology) A Christian position holding that God, through the Holy Spirit, works to bring about effectually the salvation of individuals through spiritual regeneration without cooperation from the individual.


lexentry: eng/monetarism__Noun__1
written_rep: monetarism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Monetarismus
sense_list:
(economics) The political doctrine that a nation's economy can be controlled by regulating the money supply.


lexentry: eng/monetary_policy__Noun__1
written_rep: monetary policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geldmarktpolitik
sense_list:
(economics) The process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority manages the supply of money, or trading in foreign exchange markets.


lexentry: eng/monetize__Verb__1
written_rep: monetize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: monetarisieren | geldlich verwerten | gewinnbringend nutzen | monetär verwerten
sense_list:
(transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
written_rep: money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Geld
sense_list:
A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
written_rep: money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Bargeld | Geld
sense_list:
Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.


lexentry: eng/money_laundering__Noun__1
written_rep: money laundering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geldwäsche | Geldwäscherei
sense_list:
The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/money_market__Noun__1
written_rep: money market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geldmarkt
sense_list:
(finance) A market for trading short-term debt instruments, such as treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and certificates of deposit.


lexentry: eng/money_order__Noun__1
written_rep: money order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postanweisung | Geldbrief
sense_list:
(banking, finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.


lexentry: eng/money_pit__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: money pit
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fass ohne Boden
sense_list:
(informal, sometimes, capitalized) A complicated, seemingly man-made excavation on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, rumored to contain pirate treasure and which has been repeatedly and unsuccessfully probed at great expense.


lexentry: eng/money_supply__Noun__1
written_rep: money supply
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geldmenge
sense_list:
(economics) The total amount of money (bills, coins, loans, credit, and other liquid instruments) in a particular economy.


lexentry: eng/moneyboy__Noun__1
written_rep: moneyboy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nuttesohn | Stricher
sense_list:
(slang, LGBTQ, especially in China and Thailand) A rentboy; a (usually young) male who earns money by offering sexual services.


lexentry: eng/moneylender__Noun__1
written_rep: moneylender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geldverleiher | Geldverleiherin
sense_list:
A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.


lexentry: eng/mongoloid__Noun__1
written_rep: mongoloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asiatisch
sense_list:
(anthropology, dated) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/mongoose__Noun__1
written_rep: mongoose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Manguste | Mungo
sense_list:
Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.


lexentry: eng/monism__Noun__1
written_rep: monism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monismus
sense_list:
(philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.


lexentry: eng/monitor__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Monitor | Bildschirm
sense_list:
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.


lexentry: eng/monitor__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Monitor
sense_list:
(nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat. [from 1862]


lexentry: eng/monitor_lizard__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor lizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waran
sense_list:
Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.


lexentry: eng/monitoring__Noun__1
written_rep: monitoring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Überwachung
sense_list:
The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.


lexentry: eng/monk's_rhubarb__Noun__1
written_rep: monk's rhubarb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpen-Ampfer
sense_list:
Either of two docks (not true rhubarbs), Rumex alpinus (alpine dock) or Rumex patientia (patience dock).


lexentry: eng/monkey's_fist__Noun__1
written_rep: monkey's fist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Affenfaust
sense_list:
(knots, nautical) A type of knot tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw the line.


lexentry: eng/monkfish__Noun__1
written_rep: monkfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seeteufel | Meeresteufel
sense_list:
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.


lexentry: eng/monoamine_oxidase__Noun__1
written_rep: monoamine oxidase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monoaminooxidase
sense_list:
(enzyme) Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.


lexentry: eng/monocotyledon__Noun__1
written_rep: monocotyledon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einkeimblättrigen
sense_list:
(botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/monoculture__Noun__1
written_rep: monoculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monokultur
sense_list:
(agriculture) The cultivation of a single crop at a time. | (anthropology) A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism.


lexentry: eng/monocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: monocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Monozyt
sense_list:
(immunology, cytology) A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.


lexentry: eng/monoecious__Adjective__1
written_rep: monoecious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einhäusig | monözisch
sense_list:
(botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.


lexentry: eng/monoecy__Noun__1
written_rep: monoecy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Einhäusigkeit | Monözie
sense_list:
(botany) The condition of being monoecious, the state of having pistils and stamens on separate flowers of the same plant.


lexentry: eng/monogamous__Adjective__1
written_rep: monogamous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monogam
sense_list:
(narrowly) Being married to one person at a time. | (zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time.


lexentry: eng/monogon__Noun__1
written_rep: monogon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eineck
sense_list:
(geometry) A one-dimensional object comprising one vertex and one (not necessarily straight) edge both of whose ends are that vertex.


