# translation

lexentry: eng/Vanuatu__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vanuatu
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vanuatu
sense_list:
A country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Vanuatu. Capital and largest city: Port Vila.


lexentry: eng/Varangian__Noun__1
written_rep: Varangian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waräger
sense_list:
(historical) A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries.


lexentry: eng/Vatican_City_State__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vatican City State
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vatikanstaat | Staat Vatikanstadt
sense_list:
Official name of Vatican City: a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.


lexentry: eng/Vatican_City__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vatican City
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vatikanstadt | Vatikan
sense_list:
A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State.


lexentry: eng/Veda__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Veda
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Veda | Veden
sense_list:
(Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.


lexentry: eng/Vega__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vega
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wega
sense_list:
(star) The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.


lexentry: eng/Vela__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vela
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Segel des Schiffs
sense_list:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.


lexentry: eng/Velcro__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Velcro
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klettband | Klettverschluss
sense_list:
A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.


lexentry: eng/Velvet_Revolution__Noun__1
written_rep: Velvet Revolution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Samtene Revolution
sense_list:
Any non-violent political revolution, especially the events in Czechoslovakia that led to the velvet divorce.


lexentry: eng/Vendée__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vendée
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vendée
sense_list:
A department of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. | A right tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in western France, flowing through the departments of Deux-Sèvres, Vendée and Charente-Maritime.


lexentry: eng/Vendémiaire__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vendémiaire
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vendémiaire | Weinlesemonat | Weinmonat | Weinmond
sense_list:
(historical) The first month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the autumnal equinox (September 22, 23 or 24) and ending on October 21, 22 or 23.


lexentry: eng/Venetian__Adjective__1
written_rep: Venetian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: venezianisch
sense_list:
Of, from or relating to the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.


lexentry: eng/Venetian__Noun__1
written_rep: Venetian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Venezianer | Venezianerin
sense_list:
A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.


lexentry: eng/Venetian_blind__Noun__1
written_rep: Venetian blind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jalousie
sense_list:
A blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light.


lexentry: eng/Venetic__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Venetic
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Venetisch
sense_list:
(historical, _, linguistics) An extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the Veneti people who lived between the Po River delta in northeastern Italy and the southern Alps in Slovenia in antiquity.


lexentry: eng/Venezuela__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Venezuela
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Venezuela
sense_list:
A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.


lexentry: eng/Venice__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Venice
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Venedig
sense_list:
A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic. | A metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice. | (historical) A former province of Veneto. | (historical) A former polity in Europe, a republic and colonial empire around the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean from CE 697 to 1797 with its capital at Venice.


lexentry: eng/Venice_turpentine__Noun__1
written_rep: Venice turpentine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lärchenharz | Lärchenterpentin
sense_list:
(now, historical) The oleoresin (crude turpentine) of European larch (Larix decidua), formerly used as a component in the oil paintings of artists to create glossy, translucent glazes.


lexentry: eng/Venn_diagram__Noun__1
written_rep: Venn diagram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Venn-Diagramm
sense_list:
(set theory) A diagram representing some sets by contours of closed shapes, such as circles or ellipses (and sometimes also the universal set as a rectangle enclosing all of these shapes), and indicating the relationships between the sets: by overlapping the shapes to show that the corresponding sets have a non-empty intersection, and by possibly (but not necessarily) enclosing all of the sets (which are proper subsets of the universal set) within a universal set (represented typically by a rectangle); such that the total number of simply connected regions is 2^n, where n is the number of depicted sets which are proper subsets of the universal set.


lexentry: eng/Ventôse__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Ventôse
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ventôse | Windmonat | Ventose
sense_list:
(historical) The sixth month of the French Republican Calendar, from February 19, 20 or 21 to March 20 or 21.


lexentry: eng/Venus__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Venus
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Venus
sense_list:
(astronomy) The second planet in the Solar system, named for the goddess. | (Roman god) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality;


lexentry: eng/Venus_flytrap__Noun__1
written_rep: Venus flytrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Venusfliegenfalle
sense_list:
An insectivorous plant of the savannas of North and South Carolina, Dionaea muscipula; the leaves are hinged and bordered with stiff hairs, and close when an insect alights on them.


lexentry: eng/Veps__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Veps
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wepsisch
sense_list:
The Veps language, spoken by the Vepses, belonging to the Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages.


lexentry: eng/Vercingetorix__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vercingetorix
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vercingetorix
sense_list:
72 BCE–46 BCE, the chieftain of the Arverni, leader of the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53–52 BCE.


lexentry: eng/Verdun__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Verdun
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verdun
sense_list:
A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.


lexentry: eng/Verner_alternation__Noun__1
written_rep: Verner alternation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grammatischer Wechsel
sense_list:
(indo-european studies) The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic languages, as a result of Verner's law.


lexentry: eng/Verona__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Verona
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verona
sense_list:
A city, the capital of the province of Verona, straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy.


lexentry: eng/Versailles__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Versailles
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Versailles
sense_list:
A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.


lexentry: eng/Vesta__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vesta
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vesta
sense_list:
(Roman god) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.


lexentry: eng/Viagra__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Viagra
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viagra
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A brand name of the drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/Victoria_Cross__Noun__1
written_rep: Victoria Cross
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Victoria-Kreutz
sense_list:
The highest military award in the honours system of the United Kingdom, and some members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Its symbol is a form of cross pattée.


lexentry: eng/Victoria_Falls__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Victoria Falls
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Victoriafälle
sense_list:
A waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi river between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.


lexentry: eng/Victoria__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Victoria
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Victoria | Viktorien
sense_list:
A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901. Capital: Melbourne.


lexentry: eng/Victory_Day__Noun__1
written_rep: Victory Day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tag des Sieges
sense_list:
Any of various public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.


lexentry: eng/Vidofnir__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vidofnir
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vidofnir | Widofnir
sense_list:
(Norse mythology) A mythological bird (variously, a falcon or a rooster) that inhabits the top of Mímameiðr, a tree identified with Yggdrasil; sometimes positioned on the brow of another cosmic bird.


lexentry: eng/Vienne__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vienne
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vienne
sense_list:
A left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire.


lexentry: eng/Vientiane__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vientiane
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vientiane | Vieng Chan
sense_list:
The capital city of Laos. | A prefecture of Laos. Capital: Vientiane (city). | A province of Laos. Capital: Phonhong.


lexentry: eng/Vietcong__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vietcong
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nationale Front für die Befreiung Südvietnams
sense_list:
A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States, South Korea, Australia, and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War and was supported by communist North Vietnam.


lexentry: eng/Vietnam_War__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vietnam War
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vietnamkrieg
sense_list:
(historical) The war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States and SEATO) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union) for the struggle for total Communist control of Vietnam as one state.


lexentry: eng/Vietnamese__Noun__1
written_rep: Vietnamese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vietnamese | Vietnamesin | Vietnamesisch
sense_list:
(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person or people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent. | (uncountable) Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food.


lexentry: eng/Vietnamese_balm__Noun__1
written_rep: Vietnamese balm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kammminze
sense_list:
A Southeast Asian herb used in food for its lemon flavor, especially in Vietnamese cuisine, Elsholtzia ciliata


lexentry: eng/Vietnamese_greenfinch__Noun__1
written_rep: Vietnamese greenfinch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vietnamesischer Grünfink
sense_list:
Chloris monguilloti, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, endemic to the Đà Lạt plateau in Vietnam.


lexentry: eng/Vietnamese_studies__Noun__1
written_rep: Vietnamese studies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vietnamistik
sense_list:
(humanities) An academic discipline that includes the study of literature written in the Vietnamese language, Vietnamese linguistics, Vietnamese history, and Vietnamese ethnology.


lexentry: eng/Viking_Age__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Viking Age
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wikingerzeit
sense_list:
(historical) In European history, especially Scandinavian history, the period spanning the late 8th to 11th centuries, when the Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe for trade and conquest.


lexentry: eng/Viking__Noun__1
written_rep: Viking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wikinger
sense_list:
(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.


lexentry: eng/Vincentian__Noun__1
written_rep: Vincentian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vincenter | Vincenterin
sense_list:
A citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | A member of one of the Catholic orders or societies in the Vincentian Family (organizations inspired by the life and work of St. Vincent de Paul).


lexentry: eng/Virgil__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Virgil
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vergil
sense_list:
Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.


lexentry: eng/Virgin_Islands__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Virgin Islands
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungferninseln
sense_list:
An archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.


lexentry: eng/Virginia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Virginia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Virginia | Virginien
sense_list:
A state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia. Capital: Richmond. | An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri, United States.


lexentry: eng/Virginia_stock__Noun__1
written_rep: Virginia stock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meerviole
sense_list:
A fragrant flower related to the stock, native to Greece and Albania, but widely grown in gardens elsewhere, Malcolmia maritima.


lexentry: eng/Virgo__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Virgo
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jungfrau
sense_list:
(zodiac constellations) : A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica. | (astrology) : The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Vishnu__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vishnu
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vishnu | Wischnu
sense_list:
(Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most venerated god in Hinduism.


lexentry: eng/Visigoth__Noun__1
written_rep: Visigoth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westgote
sense_list:
Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.


lexentry: eng/Vitruvian_Man__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vitruvian Man
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vitruvianischer Mensch
sense_list:
A drawing of human anatomy created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1487, or a representation of it.


lexentry: eng/Vitruvian_scroll__Noun__1
written_rep: Vitruvian scroll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserwogenband
sense_list:
(architecture) A scroll pattern used in borders and architectural mouldings, resembling waves in water or a series of parchment scrolls viewed on end.


lexentry: eng/Vladimir__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vladimir
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wladimir
sense_list:
A en given name, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons. | A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.


lexentry: eng/Vladislav__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vladislav
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wladislaus
sense_list:
A transliteration of the Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Владисла́в (Vladisláv).


lexentry: eng/Vladivostok__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vladivostok
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wladiwostok
sense_list:
A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.


lexentry: eng/Vlorë__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vlorë
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vlora
sense_list:
The third largest city in Albania, located on the Bay of Vlorë and the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains at the Strait of Otranto; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.


lexentry: eng/Volans__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Volans
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fliegender Fisch
sense_list:
(constellation) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.


lexentry: eng/Volga_German__Noun__1
written_rep: Volga German
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolgadeutsche | Wolgadeutscher
sense_list:
(countable) A member of the German community which settled along the Volga in southern Russia in the 18th century, and can now be found in Siberia, Germany, and elsewhere due to deportations and migrations.


lexentry: eng/Volga__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Volga
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolga
sense_list:
A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.


lexentry: eng/Volhynia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Volhynia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wolhynien
sense_list:
(historical) A geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus.


lexentry: eng/Volscian__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Volscian
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volskisch
sense_list:
An Italic language formerly spoken by the Volsci and becoming extinct sometime after the 3rd century BC.


lexentry: eng/Vulcan__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vulcan
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vulkan
sense_list:
(Roman god) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus. | (astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed in the 19th century to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun. Coined by Jacques Bobinet


lexentry: eng/Vulcan_salute__Noun__1
written_rep: Vulcan salute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grußgeste der Vulkanier | Vulkanier-Gruß
sense_list:
A gesture of greeting among Star Trek fans, consisting of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, and the fingers parted between the middle finger and ring finger.


lexentry: eng/Vulgar_Latin__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vulgar Latin
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vulgärlatein
sense_list:
(linguistics, historical) The Latin language as spoken by the Roman people, as opposed to Classical Latin as written in formal literature. Developed into Proto-Romance and descendant languages in the Early Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/Vyborg__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Vyborg
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiburg | Wyborg
sense_list:
A city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. In earlier times was part of Finland and Sweden, pop. 79,224 (as of 2002).


lexentry: eng/Võro__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Võro
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Võro
sense_list:
A language belonging to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. It is sometimes considered a dialect of Estonian.


lexentry: eng/WYSIWYG__Noun__1
written_rep: WYSIWYG
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: WYSIWYG | wirklichkeitsgetreue Darstellung auf dem Bildschirm
sense_list:
(computing) A type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.


lexentry: eng/Wadden_Sea__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wadden Sea
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wattenmeer
sense_list:
A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Wahhabism__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wahhabism
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahhabismus
sense_list:
(Islam) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.


lexentry: eng/Waldense__Noun__1
written_rep: Waldense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldenser
sense_list:
(historical, Christianity) A member of a sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont.


lexentry: eng/Waldorf_salad__Noun__1
written_rep: Waldorf salad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldorfsalat
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) A type of salad, consisting of apple, nuts (especially walnuts), celery, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing.


lexentry: eng/Wall-Sun-Sun_prime__Noun__1
written_rep: Wall-Sun-Sun prime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wall-Sun-Sun-Primzahl
sense_list:
(number theory) A (hypothetical) prime number p such that p^2 divides F_{\pi(p)}, where F_n is the Fibonacci sequence and \pi(p) is the pth Pisano period (the period length of the Fibonacci sequence reduced modulo p).


lexentry: eng/Wallis_and_Futuna__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wallis and Futuna
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wallis und Futuna
sense_list:
An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.


lexentry: eng/Wallonia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wallonia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wallonie | Wallonien
sense_list:
A federal region of southern Belgium where French and German are the official languages, and where Lorrain, Luxembourgish, Picard, Franconian and Walloon languages are also spoken.


lexentry: eng/Walloon__Adjective__1
written_rep: Walloon
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wallonisch | Wallonisch
sense_list:
Referring to the Belgian region of Wallonia and its inhabitants. | Referring to the Walloon language (as above).


lexentry: eng/Walloon__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Walloon
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wallonisch | wallonisch
sense_list:
A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).


lexentry: eng/Walpurgis_night__Noun__1
written_rep: Walpurgis night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Walpurgisnacht
sense_list:
Walpurgisnacht ("Walpurga's night"), a feast of witchcraft in German folklore, observed on 30 April.


lexentry: eng/Wandering_Jew__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wandering Jew
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ewiger Jude | Wandernder Jude
sense_list:
A Jewish shoemaker who, in Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his (Jesus') crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until Jesus' return (ie. the second coming).


lexentry: eng/Wanderwort__Noun__1
written_rep: Wanderwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wanderwort
sense_list:
(linguistics) A loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices.


lexentry: eng/Waray-Waray__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Waray-Waray
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waray-Waray
sense_list:
(linguistics) A central Philippine Visayan language from the islands of Samar, Biliran, and northeast Leyte.


lexentry: eng/Warholian__Adjective__1
written_rep: Warholian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warhol'sch | warholsch
sense_list:
(art) Of or pertaining to Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola, 1928–1987), American painter, printmaker and filmmaker, or his style or works.


lexentry: eng/Warner__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Warner
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werner
sense_list:
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.


lexentry: eng/Warsaw_Convention__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Warsaw Convention
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warschauer Abkommen
sense_list:
(legal, international law) An international treaty (full title: Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, Signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929) signed in Warsaw in 1929, covering international air travel, including such topics as ticketing, cargo and liability.


lexentry: eng/Warsaw_Pact__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Warsaw Pact
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warschauer Pakt
sense_list:
(historical) A pact (long-term alliance treaty) signed on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its Communist military allies in Europe.


lexentry: eng/Warsaw_Uprising__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Warsaw Uprising
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Warschauer Aufstand
sense_list:
(historical) a major World War II operation, in the summer of 1944, by the Polish underground resistance, led by the Home Army, to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.


lexentry: eng/Washington,_D.C.__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Washington, D.C.
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Washington, D.C. | Washington
sense_list:
The capital city of the United States, formally known as the District of Columbia. Abbreviated as D.C. or DC.


lexentry: eng/Watergate__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Watergate
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Watergate | Watergate-Affäre | Watergate-Skandal
sense_list:
An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.


lexentry: eng/Way_of_St._James__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Way of St. James
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jakobsweg
sense_list:
Any of the pilgrimage routes to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great, in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.


lexentry: eng/Way_of_the_Cross__Noun__1
written_rep: Way of the Cross
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kreuzweg
sense_list:
A series of pictures or statues depicting the Stations of the Cross, as laid out around a church, along a road etc.


lexentry: eng/Web_1.0__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Web 1.0
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Web 1.0
sense_list:
(Internet) The first generation of the World Wide Web, characterized by separate static websites rather than continually-updated weblogs and social networking tools.


lexentry: eng/Web_2.0__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Web 2.0
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Web 2.0
sense_list:
(Internet) The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content, social networking, and online collaboration.


lexentry: eng/Web_3.0__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Web 3.0
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Web 3.0
sense_list:
(Internet, neologism) The predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of content and decentralized protocols.


lexentry: eng/Web_service__Noun__1
written_rep: Web service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Webservice
sense_list:
(Internet, Web) A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.


lexentry: eng/Wednesday__Noun__1
written_rep: Wednesday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mittwoch | Wodanstag | Wodenstag | Wotanstag
sense_list:
The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.


lexentry: eng/Weimar_Republic__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Weimar Republic
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weimarer Republik
sense_list:
(history) The democratic regime of Germany from 1919 to the assumption of power by Adolf Hitler in 1933.


lexentry: eng/Wellington__Noun__1
written_rep: Wellington
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wellington
sense_list:
(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.


lexentry: eng/Wellington_boots__Noun__1
written_rep: Wellington boots
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gummistiefel
sense_list:
(British) Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. Short forms: wellies (singular welly or wellie)


lexentry: eng/Weltschmerz__Noun__1
written_rep: Weltschmerz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltschmerz
sense_list:
An apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.


lexentry: eng/Wenker_sentence__Noun__1
written_rep: Wenker sentence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wenkersatz
sense_list:
(linguistics) Any of 40 sample sentences, written in Standard German, used to map spoken dialects of the German language.


lexentry: eng/Wernicke's_area__Noun__1
written_rep: Wernicke's area
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wernicke-Areal | Wernicke-Region | Wernicke-Zentrum
sense_list:
(anatomy) The posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).


lexentry: eng/Weser__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Weser
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weser
sense_list:
A river in northwestern Germany, the longest entirely in the country, flowing north from south Lower Saxony into the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/West_Asia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Asia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westasien
sense_list:
The westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia.


lexentry: eng/West_Bank__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Bank
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westjordanland | Westbank | Cisjordanien | Westjordanien | Zisjordanien
sense_list:
A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by and under the partial administration of State of Palestine, and illegally occupied by Israel.


lexentry: eng/West_Coast__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Coast
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westküste
sense_list:
A region along the Pacific Ocean in the contiguous United States. | A region on the western side of the South Island of New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/West_Flanders__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Flanders
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: West-Flandern | Westflandern
sense_list:
The westernmost province of Belgium and Flanders, with capital Bruges. | The larger western part of the historic countship of Flanders, also comprising part of French Flanders (in northern France) and retaining a distinctive type of dialects


lexentry: eng/West_Flemish__Adjective__1
written_rep: West Flemish
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: westflämisch
sense_list:
From or relating to West Flanders, the westernmost Belgian province, in the western part of the historic countship of Flanders | In or relating to the West Flemish dialects


lexentry: eng/West_Flemish__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Flemish
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westflämisch
sense_list:
A group of Flemish dialects of the Dutch language in the western part of the historic countship of Flanders (now in Belgium and France)


lexentry: eng/West_Frisian__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Frisian
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westfriesisch
sense_list:
A language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; one of the Frisian languages (or language varieties).


lexentry: eng/West_Germany__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Germany
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westdeutschland
sense_list:
(historical, 1949–1990) A former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.


lexentry: eng/West_Slavic__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West Slavic
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: westslawisch
sense_list:
A subgrouping of the Slavic language family spoken mainly in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lusatia (a small area in Germany).


lexentry: eng/West__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Okzident | Abendland | Westen | Westeuropa | westliche Welt
sense_list:
The western world; i.e. Western Europe, the US and Canada (sometimes includes Latin America), and Australia and New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/West__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: West
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westen
sense_list:
(US) The Western United States (sometimes excluding the West Coast), particularly (historical) in reference to the 19th century Wild West.


lexentry: eng/Westcentrism__Noun__1
written_rep: Westcentrism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westzentrismus
sense_list:
The practice of viewing the world from a Western perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of Western culture.


lexentry: eng/Western_Abenaki__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Western Abenaki
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abenaki | Abenakisch
sense_list:
The Abenaki language (an Algonquian) language), originally spoken in the northeastern United States; now spoken in Quebec.


lexentry: eng/Western_Armenian__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Western Armenian
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westarmenisch
sense_list:
One of the two standardized forms of the modern Armenian language, the other being Eastern Armenian. Following the Genocide of Armenians of 1915, it is now spoken by the descendants of Armenian survivors from the Ottoman Empire fleeing to Armenian diaspora, mainly in North America and South America, Europe and most of the Middle East except for Iran.


lexentry: eng/Western_Australia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Western Australia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Western Australia
sense_list:
A state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901. Capital: Perth.


lexentry: eng/Western_Hemisphere__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Western Hemisphere
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: westliche Hemisphäre
sense_list:
The hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia.


lexentry: eng/Western_Sahara__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Western Sahara
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westsahara
sense_list:
A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory.


lexentry: eng/Western_Wall__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Western Wall
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klagemauer
sense_list:
(Judaism) An ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple. It is the holiest site in Judaism.


lexentry: eng/Western__Adjective__1
written_rep: Western
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Westen
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a certain genre of film, television, literature, and so on, dealing with the American Old West.


lexentry: eng/Westernizer__Noun__1
written_rep: Westernizer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westler
sense_list:
(historical) A member of a group of 19th-century intellectuals who believed that Russia's development depended upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.


lexentry: eng/Westminster_Abbey__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Westminster Abbey
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abtei von Westmünster | Westminster Abbey | Westmünsterabtei
sense_list:
A large Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, next to the Houses of Parliament in London; the traditional place of coronation and burial of English monarchs.


lexentry: eng/Westminster_system__Noun__1
written_rep: Westminster system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westminster-Demokratie | Westminster-System
sense_list:
(politics) A democratic parliamentary system of government, used by and modelled after the British parliament in Westminster.


lexentry: eng/Westphalia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Westphalia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westfalen
sense_list:
(politics) Westfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. | Westfalen, a region of Germany in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.


lexentry: eng/Westphalian__Adjective__1
written_rep: Westphalian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: westfälisch
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture. | (linguistics) Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.


lexentry: eng/Westphalian__Noun__1
written_rep: Westphalian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Westfale | Westfälin
sense_list:
A native or inhabitant of Westphalia, a geographic region, part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. | A warmblood horse bred in the Westphalia region.


lexentry: eng/Wetherill_diagram__Noun__1
written_rep: Wetherill diagram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wetherill-Diagramm
sense_list:
(geology, geochronology) A type of concordia diagram, used in the context of uranium–lead dating, whose axes are the ratios 206Pb/238U and 237Pb/235Pb.


lexentry: eng/Wheel_of_Fortune__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wheel of Fortune
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glücksrad
sense_list:
(mythology, philosophy) The mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable. | A television game show where word puzzles are solved by filling in the missing letters.


lexentry: eng/Wheel_of_Fortune__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wheel of Fortune
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rad des Schicksals
sense_list:
(tarot) A tarot card with an image of Fortuna's wheel (sense 1), generally the tenth of 22 trumps of the major arcana in most tarot decks.


lexentry: eng/Whig__Noun__1
written_rep: Whig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Whig
sense_list:
(UK politics, historic) A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.


lexentry: eng/White's_thrush__Noun__1
written_rep: White's thrush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erddrossel
sense_list:
A thrush found mainly in eastern Asia and Siberia and rare vagrant to western Europe, of species Zoothera aurea (or formerly, sometimes of subspecies Zoothera dauma aurea).


lexentry: eng/White_Army__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: White Army
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weiße Armee
sense_list:
(historical, military) a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War


lexentry: eng/Whitsunday__Noun__1
written_rep: Whitsunday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pfingsten | Pfingstfest | Pfingstsonntag | Pfingsttag
sense_list:
(Christianity) The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.


lexentry: eng/Wi-Fi__Noun__1
written_rep: Wi-Fi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: WLAN | Wi-Fi | kabellose Netzverbindung
sense_list:
(networking, uncountable) Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).


lexentry: eng/Wicca__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wicca
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wicca
sense_list:
A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.


lexentry: eng/Wigner_crystal__Noun__1
written_rep: Wigner crystal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wigner-Kristall
sense_list:
(condensed matter physics) A solid, crystalline phase of ions or charged particles (originally, and especially electrons) in a uniform, inert neutralising background, such that said ions have insufficient momentum to overcome their mutual repulsion and so remain fixed in a lattice formation.


lexentry: eng/Wii__Noun__1
written_rep: Wii
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wii
sense_list:
(video games) A video game system released worldwide by Nintendo in 2006, noted for its unique motion-based control system.


lexentry: eng/Wiimote__Noun__1
written_rep: Wiimote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiimote
sense_list:
(video games, informal) The Wii Remote, the primary controller for the Nintendo Wii game console, noted for its motion-sensing capabilities.


lexentry: eng/Wikipedian__Noun__1
written_rep: Wikipedian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wikipedianer | Wikipedianerin
sense_list:
(WMF) A person who contributes to Wikipedia, especially a regular contributor well versed in the ways of the website.


lexentry: eng/Wiktionarian__Noun__1
written_rep: Wiktionarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiktionärist | Wiktionäristin
sense_list:
(Wikimedia jargon) A person who contributes to Wiktionary, especially a regular contributor well versed in the ways of the site.


lexentry: eng/Wiktionary__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wiktionary
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wikiwörterbuch | Wiktionary
sense_list:
A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).


lexentry: eng/Wild_West__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wild West
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wilder Westen
sense_list:
(historical) The western United States during the 19th-century era of settlement, commonly believed to be lawless and unruly. | (by extension) A place or situation in which disorderly behavior prevails, especially due to a lack of regulatory oversight or an inadequate legal system.


lexentry: eng/Williamite__Noun__1
written_rep: Williamite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wilhelmit
sense_list:
A member of the Hermits of Saint William, a religious order founded by disciples of William of Maleval.


lexentry: eng/Williams_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: Williams syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Williams-Beuren-Syndrom | Williams-Syndrom
sense_list:
(medical genetics) A rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a distinctive elfin facial appearance, developmental delay coupled with strong language skills, and cardiovascular problems.


lexentry: eng/Wilson's_storm_petrel__Noun__1
written_rep: Wilson's storm petrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe
sense_list:
A small seabird of species Oceanites oceanicus in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.


lexentry: eng/Windows__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Windows
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Windows
sense_list:
(operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.


lexentry: eng/Winnie_the_Pooh__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Winnie the Pooh
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pu der Bär | Winnie Puuh
sense_list:
A talking bear from an English children's book series carrying the same name, noted for his sweet, simple nature, and his love of honey.


lexentry: eng/Winter_Triangle__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Winter Triangle
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Winterdreieck
sense_list:
[the W- T-] (asterism) A bright asterism of the northern winter sky. Its corners are the three 1st-magnitude stars Betelgeuse (α Ori), Procyon (α CMi), and Sirius (α CMa).


lexentry: eng/Wisconsin_Dells__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wisconsin Dells
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wisconsin Dells
sense_list:
A city in Adams County, Columbia County, Juneau County and Sauk County, where these counties meet in Wisconsin, United States.


lexentry: eng/Wisdom_of_Solomon__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wisdom of Solomon
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weisheit Salomos
sense_list:
A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.


lexentry: eng/Witt_group__Noun__1
written_rep: Witt group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Witt-Gruppe
sense_list:
(algebra) Given a field k of characteristic ≠ 2, the abelian group of equivalence classes of nondegenerate symmetric bilinear forms over k (where the equivalence relation is such that two forms are equivalent if each is obtainable from the other by adding a metabolic quadratic space), with the group operation corresponding to that of orthogonal direct sum of forms;(algebraic geometry, by extension) given a variety X, the quotient of the Grothendieck group of isometry classes of quadratic spaces on X, with respect to orthogonal sum, modulo the subgroup generated by metabolic spaces(category theory, by extension) given a category with duality, the quotient of isometry classes of symmetric spaces, modulo metabolic spaces.


lexentry: eng/Woden__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Woden
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wotan
sense_list:
The Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war (corresponding to Odin), especially in his Anglo-Saxon form.


lexentry: eng/Wolffian_duct__Noun__1
written_rep: Wolffian duct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Urnierengang
sense_list:
(embryology) A paired structure found in mammals including humans that develops in the early stages of embryonic development and plays a critical role in the formation of internal male reproductive organs; precursor to the vasa deferentia, seminal vesicles, and epididymides.


lexentry: eng/Worcestershire_sauce__Noun__1
written_rep: Worcestershire sauce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Worcestershiresauce
sense_list:
An English condiment made with vinegar, onions, garlic, etc.; a thin piquant sauce used as a table sauce, to flavour casseroles etc. and as an ingredient in Bloody Marys.


lexentry: eng/World_Bank__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: World Bank
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltbank
sense_list:
A group of five financial organizations whose purpose is economic development and the elimination of poverty.


lexentry: eng/World_Exposition__Noun__1
written_rep: World Exposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weltausstellung | Expo
sense_list:
Any of various large international expositions held since the mid 19th century, often called "Expo".


lexentry: eng/World_Trade_Organization__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: World Trade Organization
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Welthandelsorganisation
sense_list:
An international organization designed by its founders to supervise and liberalize international trade.


lexentry: eng/World_War_II__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: World War II
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zweiter Weltkrieg
sense_list:
(history) The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.


lexentry: eng/World_War_I__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: World War I
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erster Weltkrieg
sense_list:
(history) The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.


lexentry: eng/World_Wide_Web__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: World Wide Web
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: World Wide Web
sense_list:
(Internet) Usually preceded by the: collectively, all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet stored in different computers around the world that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media, and are typically retrieved by the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS).


lexentry: eng/Wrocław__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wrocław
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Breslau | Wrocław
sense_list:
A city, located in Silesia in what is now southwestern Poland. (At different points in history, the city has been part of Bohemia, Prussia, Germany, and Poland.)


lexentry: eng/Wu__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wu
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wu
sense_list:
(historic) The kingdom ruled by the Ji family from Wuxi and then Suzhou during the Spring and Autumn period of China's Zhou dynasty. | The family of Chinese languages spoken in that region, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese, the second-most spoken family after Mandarin.


lexentry: eng/Wuischke__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Wuischke
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wuischke
sense_list:
A village in Hochkirch, Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany. | A quarter in Weißenberg, Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.


lexentry: eng/X-ray__Noun__1
written_rep: X-ray
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Röntgenstrahl
sense_list:
Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.


lexentry: eng/X-ray__Verb__1
written_rep: X-ray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: röntgen
sense_list:
(transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.


lexentry: eng/X-ray_radiation__Noun__1
written_rep: X-ray radiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Röntgenstrahlung
sense_list:
electromagnetic radiation consisting of X-rays, radiation in the X-ray spectrum, of shorter wavelength and higher frequency than ultraviolet and longer wavelength and lower frequency than gamma rays


lexentry: eng/X-ray_vision__Noun__1
written_rep: X-ray vision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Röntgenblick
sense_list:
(literally) Vision into the X-ray portion of the light spectrum, enabling visibility through certain solid matter.


lexentry: eng/XHTML__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: XHTML
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: XHTML
sense_list:
Initialism of w:Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, a reformulation of HTML as an XML application.


lexentry: eng/XML__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: XML
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: XML
sense_list:
(computer languages, file format) Initialism of Extensible Markup Language, a flexible text format for creating structured computer documents in machine-readable form.


lexentry: eng/X_chromosome__Noun__1
written_rep: X chromosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: X-Chromosom
sense_list:
(genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.


lexentry: eng/Xavier__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Xavier
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Xaver
sense_list:
Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).


lexentry: eng/Xbox__Noun__1
written_rep: Xbox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: X-Box | Xbox
sense_list:
(video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.


lexentry: eng/Xinjiang__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Xinjiang
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sinkiang
sense_list:
A Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest. Official name: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Capital: Ürümqi.


lexentry: eng/Xiongnu__Noun__1
written_rep: Xiongnu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xiongnu
sense_list:
(historical) An ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han dynasty.


lexentry: eng/Xuan_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: Xuan paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Xuan-Papier
sense_list:
A kind of paper originating in ancient China, used for writing and painting, and renowned for its fine, soft texture.


lexentry: eng/YHWH__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: YHWH
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: JHVH | JHWH | Jahve | Jahveh | Jahwe | Jahweh
sense_list:
Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (also IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).


lexentry: eng/YOLO__Phrase__1
written_rep: YOLO
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: YOLO
sense_list:
(slang) Acronym of you only live once, i.e. expressing the view that one should make the most of the present moment.


lexentry: eng/Y_chromosome__Noun__1
written_rep: Y chromosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Y-Chromosom
sense_list:
(genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome, occurring only in male cells. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y.


lexentry: eng/Yakutia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yakutia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jakutien
sense_list:
A republic and federal subject of eastern Russia. Official name: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Capital and largest city: Yakutsk.


lexentry: eng/Yandex__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yandex
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yandex
sense_list:
A Russian Internet company which operates the largest search engine in Russia. | (computing) A search engine that popularized the company of the same name.


lexentry: eng/Yangon__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yangon
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rangun | Yangon
sense_list:
The largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).


lexentry: eng/Yangtze__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yangtze
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jangtse
sense_list:
The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.


lexentry: eng/Yankee__Noun__1
written_rep: Yankee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Yankee | Ami
sense_list:
(chiefly, Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States. | (chiefly southern, _, Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.


lexentry: eng/Yazidi__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yazidi
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jeside | Jesidin | Jezidin | Jezide | Yezide | Yezidin
sense_list:
member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, Armenia and Caucasus, whose religion is Yazidism


lexentry: eng/Yekaterinburg__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yekaterinburg
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jekaterinburg
sense_list:
A city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.


lexentry: eng/Yelena__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yelena
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jelena
sense_list:
A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Еле́на (Eléna), equivalent to Helen.


lexentry: eng/Yellow_River__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yellow River
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelber Fluss
sense_list:
The chief river of the North China Plain, the second-longest river in China and sixth-longest river system on Earth, historically prone to massive floods which repeatedly drastically changed its course; it passes through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions.


lexentry: eng/Yemen_Arab_Republic__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yemen Arab Republic
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jemenitische Arabische Republik
sense_list:
Official name of North Yemen: a former country in West Asia on the Arabian Peninsula; used from 1962–1990, when the country was a republic.


lexentry: eng/Yenisei__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yenisei
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jenissei
sense_list:
A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.


lexentry: eng/Yevpatoria__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yevpatoria
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jewpatorija
sense_list:
A resort city and raion in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is located on the Black Sea coast.


lexentry: eng/Yezhovshchina__Noun__1
written_rep: Yezhovshchina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jeschowschtschina
sense_list:
(historical) A period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938.


lexentry: eng/Yggdrasil__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yggdrasil
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yggdrasil
sense_list:
(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds.


lexentry: eng/Yiddish__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yiddish
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jiddisch | Jidisch | Judendeutsch | Judenteutsch | Jüdisch-Deutsch | Jüdischdeutsch
sense_list:
A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.


lexentry: eng/Yom_Kippur__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yom Kippur
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jom Kippur
sense_list:
(Judaism) A particular Jewish holiday, the day of atonement, falling on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei.


lexentry: eng/Yoneda_lemma__Noun__1
written_rep: Yoneda lemma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lemma von Yoneda
sense_list:
(category theory) Given a category \mathcal{C} with an object A, let H be a hom functor represented by A, and let F be any functor (not necessarily representable) from \mathcal{C} to Sets, then there is a natural isomorphism between Nat(H,F), the set of natural transformations from H to F, and the set F(A). (Any natural transformation \alpha from H to F is determined by what \alpha_A(\mbox{id}_A) is.)


lexentry: eng/Yorkshire__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yorkshire
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yorkshire
sense_list:
England's largest county. Situated in the north-east of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.


lexentry: eng/Yoruba__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yoruba
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yoruba
sense_list:
A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and has nearly 40 million speakers in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Sierra Leone, as well as communities in The United States, Brazil and Cuba.


lexentry: eng/YouTube_Poop__Noun__1
written_rep: YouTube Poop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: YouTube Poop | YouTube-Kacke
sense_list:
(Internet slang, uncountable) On YouTube, a style of video mashups composed of clips from preexisting media with visual and auditory effects for humorous or surreal purposes.


lexentry: eng/YouTube__Verb__1
written_rep: YouTube
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: youtuben
sense_list:
(transitive) To upload a video of something to YouTube. | (transitive) To search for and view on YouTube.


lexentry: eng/Young_Earth_creationism__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Young Earth creationism
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Junge-Erde-Kreationismus | Kurzzeitkreationismus
sense_list:
(creationism, pseudoscience) Belief that the universe and the Earth are 6,000 to 10,000 years old as inferred from a literal interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis.


lexentry: eng/Young_Poland__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Young Poland
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Junges Polen
sense_list:
(historical) The modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature, and music which lasted from the end of the 19th century to 1918.


lexentry: eng/Your_Majesty__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Your Majesty
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Euer Majestät | Eure Majestät
sense_list:
(formal) A term of address used in direct address to a monarch of higher rank than a prince, such as a king, queen, emperor, or empress.


lexentry: eng/Your_Serene_Highness__Pronoun__1
written_rep: Your Serene Highness
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: (Deine)<sup>†</sup> Durchlaucht
sense_list:
(formal) A term of address used in addressing a personage of any of a variety of certain dignities, but chiefly a reigning or sovereign prince, such as those of Liechtenstein and of Monaco.


lexentry: eng/Yucatán__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yucatán
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Yucatán
sense_list:
A peninsula in North America incorporating the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo as well as Belize and northeastern Guatemala. | A state of Mexico.


lexentry: eng/Yugoslavia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yugoslavia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jugoslawien
sense_list:
(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 7 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia, and Slovenia.


lexentry: eng/Yule__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yule
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jul | Julfest
sense_list:
Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25th and January 5th). | A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.


lexentry: eng/Yule_log__Noun__1
written_rep: Yule log
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bûche de Noël
sense_list:
A log-shaped Christmas sponge cake, covered in chocolate, traditionally from French-speaking countries.


lexentry: eng/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Juschno-Sachalinsk | Jushno-Sachalinsk
sense_list:
A city, the administrative centre of Sakhalin Oblast, on Sakhalin Island, in the Far East of Russia.


lexentry: eng/Z-boson__Noun__1
written_rep: Z-boson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Z-Boson
sense_list:
(particle) a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the W-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of 0


lexentry: eng/ZWNJ__Noun__1
written_rep: ZWNJ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bindehemmer
sense_list:
(computing, typography) Initialism of zero-width non-joiner (“non-printing character used to avoid ligatures”).


lexentry: eng/Zaire__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zaire
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zaire
sense_list:
(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997.


lexentry: eng/Zambezi__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zambezi
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sambesi
sense_list:
A river in Southern Africa, flowing south and west from Zambia through east Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Zanclean_flood__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zanclean flood
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zancleum-Flut
sense_list:
(geology) A theorised flood, 5.33 million years ago, of the Mediterranean basin, then dry due to the Messinian salinity crisis, triggered by its reconnection with the Atlantic Ocean, that marks the transition from the Miocene epoch (Messinian age) to the Pliocene epoch (Zanclean age).


lexentry: eng/Zante_currant__Noun__1
written_rep: Zante currant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Korinthe
sense_list:
A small, sweet, seedless black grape with an intense flavour when dried, from a cultivar of Vitis vinifera the grape vine.


lexentry: eng/Zaporizhzhia__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zaporizhzhia
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Saporischschja | Saporoschje
sense_list:
An industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River.


lexentry: eng/Zapotec__Noun__1
written_rep: Zapotec
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zapoteke
sense_list:
A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.


lexentry: eng/Zebulun__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zebulun
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sebulon
sense_list:
(biblical character) Tenth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. | (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Zebulun. | A en given name.


lexentry: eng/Zechariah__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zechariah
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Secharja | Sacharja
sense_list:
(biblical character) A king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings. | (book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.


lexentry: eng/Zechariah__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zechariah
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Secharja | Sacharja | Zacharias
sense_list:
(biblical character) A Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.


lexentry: eng/Zeelandic__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zeelandic
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seeländisch
sense_list:
A regional language similar to Dutch, spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland and on the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee.


lexentry: eng/Zen__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zen
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zen
sense_list:
(religion) A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.


lexentry: eng/Zeppelin__Noun__1
written_rep: Zeppelin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeppelin
sense_list:
(aviation) A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.


lexentry: eng/Zerubbabel__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zerubbabel
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Serubbabel
sense_list:
(biblical character) a governor of the Persian Province of Judah, who led the first group of Jews returned from the Babylonian Captivity.


lexentry: eng/Zhuyin_fuhao__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zhuyin fuhao
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bopomofo | Zhuyin | Zhuyin Fuhao
sense_list:
A phonetic alphabet used to transcribe Mandarin for students of that language and for inputting Chinese, now used primarily only in Taiwan. Variants also exist for other Chinese lects spoken in Taiwan.


lexentry: eng/Zhvanets__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zhvanets
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwanez
sense_list:
A village, the administrative centre of Zhvanets rural hromada, Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1431.


lexentry: eng/Zimbabwe__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zimbabwe
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Simbabwe
sense_list:
A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.


lexentry: eng/Zion__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zion
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zion
sense_list:
(biblical) A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.


lexentry: eng/Zionism__Noun__1
written_rep: Zionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zionismus
sense_list:
(politics) Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported first the reestablishment of a Jewish homeland and now supports the continuation of a Jewish state in Israel.


lexentry: eng/Zionist_entity__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zionist entity
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zionistisches Gebilde
sense_list:
(Middle East, derogatory, dysphemism) Israel, viewed by Palestinians and their supporters as an illegitimate regime ruled by Zionists.


lexentry: eng/Zip_drive__Noun__1
written_rep: Zip drive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zip-Laufwerk
sense_list:
(computing) A storage device, similar to a floppy disk drive but using disks with a much larger capacity (100, 250, or 750 MB, compared to a normal floppy disk capacity of 1.44 MB).


lexentry: eng/Ziploc__Noun__1
written_rep: Ziploc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Druckverschlussbeutel | Gleitverschlussbeutel
sense_list:
Any of a range of disposable, resealable storage bags that are fastened by a pair of interlocking plastic flanges.


lexentry: eng/Zmiivka__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zmiivka
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlangendorf
sense_list:
A village in Beryslav urban hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1804 but incorporating an older settlement (Verbivka) founded in 1782.


lexentry: eng/Zmiyovka__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zmiyovka
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Smijowka
sense_list:
An urban-type settlement and urban settlement, the administrative centre of Sverdlovsky Raion, Oryol Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1868.


lexentry: eng/Zoroaster__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zoroaster
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zarathustra
sense_list:
An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.


lexentry: eng/Zorro__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zorro
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zorro
sense_list:
A fictional character, a daring and mysterious avenger, created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley.


lexentry: eng/Zouave__Noun__1
written_rep: Zouave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zuave
sense_list:
(military, historical) One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.


lexentry: eng/Zulu__Noun__1
written_rep: Zulu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zulu
sense_list:
A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.


lexentry: eng/Zweihänder__Noun__1
written_rep: Zweihänder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großschwert
sense_list:
(historical) A two-handed sword primarily of Renaissance Germany, up to a fathom in length, invented in the 14th century.


lexentry: eng/Zwingli__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: Zwingli
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwingli
sense_list:
A surname from German [in turn from Alemannic German], notably borne by Huldrych Zwingli, a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.


lexentry: eng/a.m.__Adverb__1
written_rep: a.m.
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morgens | vormittags
sense_list:
(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.


lexentry: eng/a_bad_workman_always_blames_his_tools__Proverb__1
written_rep: a bad workman always blames his tools
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: It is not the tools we use that make us good, but rather how we employ them.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
ein schlechter Handwerker schimpft immer auf sein Werkzeug | wenn der Reiter nichts taugt, hat das Pferd Schuld


lexentry: eng/a_blessing_and_a_curse__Noun__1
written_rep: a blessing and a curse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fluch und Segen | Segen und Fluch
sense_list:
Something that is both a benefit and a burden, or that may seem initially beneficial but also brings unforeseen negative consequences


lexentry: eng/a_chain_is_only_as_strong_as_its_weakest_link__Proverb__1
written_rep: a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eine Kette ist nur so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied
sense_list:
An organization is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person; a group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.


lexentry: eng/a_cold_day_in_July__Noun__1
written_rep: a cold day in July
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: (idiomatic, colloquial) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
am Sankt Nimmerleinstag | wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen | wenn Ostern und Weihnachten auf einen Tag fallen


lexentry: eng/a_few__Determiner__1
written_rep: a few
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ein paar | einige
sense_list:
A small number of (a set of countable items); more than one but not very many; especially, more than two but not very many (explained in usage note at several).


lexentry: eng/a_friend_in_need_is_a_friend_indeed__Proverb__1
written_rep: a friend in need is a friend indeed
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: If a friend helps one when one is in need, that person is a true friend.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
wahre Freunde erkennt man in der Not | Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot | in der Not erkennt man seine Freunde


lexentry: eng/a_hit_dog_will_holler__Proverb__1
written_rep: a hit dog will holler
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: getroffene Hunde bellen
sense_list:
(US) An offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining.


lexentry: eng/a_little_bird_told_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: a little bird told me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ein Vöglein hat mir gezwitschert
sense_list:
(idiomatic, chiefly, humorous) I received the information from a source which I am not prepared to disclose.


lexentry: eng/a_promise_is_a_promise__Proverb__1
written_rep: a promise is a promise
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: One must keep one's promises.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
ein Mann, ein Wort | versprochen ist versprochen | versprochen ist versprochen und wird nicht gebrochen


lexentry: eng/a_spoonful_of_sugar_helps_the_medicine_go_down__Proverb__1
written_rep: a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ein Löffelchen voll Zucker bittre Medizin versüßt
sense_list:
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.


lexentry: eng/a_stitch_in_time_saves_nine__Proverb__1
written_rep: a stitch in time saves nine
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen
sense_list:
A little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later.


lexentry: eng/a_stopped_clock_is_right_twice_a_day__Proverb__1
written_rep: a stopped clock is right twice a day
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn
sense_list:
A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident. | Someone who repeats the same thing constantly will at some point be correct, if only briefly.


lexentry: eng/a_woman_without_a_man_is_like_a_fish_without_a_bicycle__Phrase__1
written_rep: a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eine Frau ohne Mann ist wie ein Fisch ohne Fahrrad
sense_list:
(figuratively, humorous, simile) A woman is capable of living a complete and independent life without a man. [from 1970]


lexentry: eng/aa__Noun__1
written_rep: aa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aa-Lava | Brockenlava
sense_list:
(volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [From 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/aardvark__Noun__1
written_rep: aardvark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erdferkel
sense_list:
The nocturnal, insectivorous primarily eating ants and termites, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/aardwolf__Noun__1
written_rep: aardwolf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erdwolf
sense_list:
A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/ab_initio__Adverb__1
written_rep: ab initio
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: -e
sense_list:
(legal) From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force. [Early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/ab_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: ab wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauchroller
sense_list:
A piece of exercise equipment designed to be gripped in one or both hands and torqued in the course of sagittally abducting the pronated shoulders with the core resisting flexion and extension.


lexentry: eng/aba__Noun__3
written_rep: aba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großnilhecht
sense_list:
An electric fish of species Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.


lexentry: eng/abaca__Noun__1
written_rep: abaca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abaka
sense_list:
(uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abacist__Noun__1
written_rep: abacist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abakist
sense_list:
One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/aback__Adverb__1
written_rep: aback
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: hinten
sense_list:
(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abaculus__Noun__1
written_rep: abaculus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mosaikstein
sense_list:
(archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.


lexentry: eng/abacus__Noun__1
written_rep: abacus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abakus
sense_list:
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing. [attested from c. 1387] | (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/abacus__Noun__1
written_rep: abacus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abakus | Rechenbrett
sense_list:
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abacus__Noun__1
written_rep: abacus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Kapitelldeckplatte | Abakus
sense_list:
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abaft__Preposition__1
written_rep: abaft
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achtern | hintern
sense_list:
(nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. [First attested around the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/abalone__Noun__1
written_rep: abalone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meerohr | Seeohr | Abalone
sense_list:
(North America, Australia, Hong Kong) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Noun__1
written_rep: abandon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ungezwungenheit | Hingabe | Selbstvergessenheit
sense_list:
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.] (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)


lexentry: eng/abandon__Verb__1
written_rep: abandon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufgeben | verlassen
sense_list:
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Verb__1
written_rep: abandon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aufgeben | zurücklassen | aussetzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abandon__Verb__1
written_rep: abandon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: verbannen
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abandoned__Adjective__1
written_rep: abandoned
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verlassen | herrenlos
sense_list:
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]


lexentry: eng/abandonment__Noun__1
written_rep: abandonment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufgabe | Preisgabe | Überlassen
sense_list:
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abandonware__Noun__1
written_rep: abandonware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abandonware
sense_list:
(software, chiefly, _, video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.


lexentry: eng/abase__Verb__1
written_rep: abase
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erniedrigen
sense_list:
(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]


lexentry: eng/abash__Verb__1
written_rep: abash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beschämen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]


lexentry: eng/abate__Verb__1
written_rep: abate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abziehen | reduzieren | weglassen
sense_list:
Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abatement__Noun__1
written_rep: abatement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verminderung | Abnahme | Unterdrückung | Verringerung
sense_list:
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abatis__Noun__1
written_rep: abatis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baumverhau | Verhau
sense_list:
A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abax__Noun__1
written_rep: abax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abakus
sense_list:
An ancient counting board containing grooves in which counters were placed; a forerunner of the abacus.


lexentry: eng/abaxial__Adjective__1
written_rep: abaxial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achsenentfernt
sense_list:
(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abbacy__Noun__1
written_rep: abbacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abtei
sense_list:
The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abbess__Noun__1
written_rep: abbess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Äbtissin | Oberin | Priorin
sense_list:
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]


lexentry: eng/abbey__Noun__1
written_rep: abbey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abtei
sense_list:
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abbreviate__Verb__1
written_rep: abbreviate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abkürzen | kürzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abbreviation__Noun__1
written_rep: abbreviation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abkürzung | Abbreviatur | Kurzbezeichnung | Kurzform | Kürzel | Abbreviation
sense_list:
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abbreviation__Noun__1
written_rep: abbreviation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Abkürzung
sense_list:
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.


lexentry: eng/abbreviature__Noun__1
written_rep: abbreviature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abkürzung
sense_list:
An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract. [since the late 16th century] | A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation. [since the mid 17th century]


lexentry: eng/abc_conjecture__Noun__1
written_rep: abc conjecture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abc-Vermutung
sense_list:
(number theory) Given coprime positive integers a, b and c, such that a + b = c, and d the radical of abc (the product of its distinct prime factors), the conjecture that d is usually not much smaller than c (in other words, that if a and b are divisible by large powers of primes, then c usually is not).


lexentry: eng/abdicate__Verb__1
written_rep: abdicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausstoßen
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdicate__Verb__1
written_rep: abdicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: abdanken | abtreten
sense_list:
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdicate__Verb__1
written_rep: abdicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: abdanken | abdizieren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdication__Noun__1
written_rep: abdication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abdankung | Abdikation
sense_list:
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abdomen__Noun__1
written_rep: abdomen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abdomen
sense_list:
(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abdominal_cavity__Noun__1
written_rep: abdominal cavity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauchhöhle
sense_list:
(anatomy) The hollow portion of the torso within the abdomen, containing the abdominal organs, in mammals below the diaphragm.


lexentry: eng/abdominal_pore__Noun__1
written_rep: abdominal pore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauchpore
sense_list:
(ichthyology) A pair of sphincters near the cloaca that allow for communication between the abdominal cavity and the exterior.


lexentry: eng/abdominoplasty__Noun__1
written_rep: abdominoplasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bauchdeckenstraffung | Abdominoplastik | Bauchdeckenplastik
sense_list:
(surgery, uncountable) The surgical removal of excess flesh from the abdomen, usually for cosmetic reasons.


lexentry: eng/abduce__Verb__1
written_rep: abduce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abduzieren
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct. [Mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abducens_nerve__Noun__1
written_rep: abducens nerve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nervus abducens
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) Each of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are the motor nerves supplying the lateral rectus in the eye. [19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abduct__Verb__1
written_rep: abduct
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entführen | abspreizen | wegziehen
sense_list:
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abduction__Noun__1
written_rep: abduction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Entführung
sense_list:
Leading away; a carrying away. [from early 17th century.] | (legal) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [from mid-18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abduction__Noun__1
written_rep: abduction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abduktion
sense_list:
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [from mid-17th century.] | (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [from late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abductive__Adjective__1
written_rep: abductive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abduktiv
sense_list:
(logic, computing) Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference. [Early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abductor__Noun__2
written_rep: abductor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abduktor
sense_list:
(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body [early 17th century]


lexentry: eng/abeam__Adverb__1
written_rep: abeam
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Querab
sense_list:
(nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abecedary__Noun__1
written_rep: abecedary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Alphabet
sense_list:
One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian. [from late 16th century]


lexentry: eng/abelian__Adjective__1
written_rep: abelian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abelsch | kommutativ
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of an algebraic structure (usually a group or algebra), having a commutative defining operation. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberrance__Noun__1
written_rep: aberrance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abweichung
sense_list:
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. [Mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberrant__Adjective__1
written_rep: aberrant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aberrante
sense_list:
(sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
written_rep: aberration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abweichung | Aberration
sense_list:
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16th century.] | (medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
written_rep: aberration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Aberration | Abweichung
sense_list:
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18th century.] | A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19th century.] | (zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration__Noun__1
written_rep: aberration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Aberration | Abweichung | Verirrung | Abartigkeit
sense_list:
(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/aberration_of_light__Noun__1
written_rep: aberration of light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aberration des Lichts
sense_list:
(astronomy) A phenomenon that produces an apparent motion of celestial objects about their true positions, dependent on the velocity of the observer.


lexentry: eng/abessive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: abessive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abessiv
sense_list:
(grammatical case) A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.


lexentry: eng/abet__Verb__1
written_rep: abet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ermutigen | anstiften | aufhetzen
sense_list:
(transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]


lexentry: eng/abet__Verb__1
written_rep: abet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: helfen | stützen
sense_list:
(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abetalipoproteinemia__Noun__1
written_rep: abetalipoproteinemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abetalipoproteinämie
sense_list:
(disease) A rare autosomal recessive disorder that interferes with the normal absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins from food.


lexentry: eng/abettor__Noun__1
written_rep: abettor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anstifterin | Anstifter | Anstachler | Helfershelfer | Komplize | Kumpan
sense_list:
One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abeyance__Noun__1
written_rep: abeyance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwebezustand | Unentschiedenheit
sense_list:
(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]


lexentry: eng/abhor__Verb__1
written_rep: abhor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verabscheuen | abhorrieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abhorrence__Noun__1
written_rep: abhorrence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abscheu | Ekel
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abide__Verb__1
written_rep: abide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: verweilen | weilen
sense_list:
Used in a phrasal verb: . | (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from ca. 1150—1350 to mid-17th c.] | (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode. [from ca. 1350—1470] | (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from ca. 1350—1470] | (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th c.] | (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from ca. 1150—1350 to early 18th c.] | (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from ca. 1350—1470]


lexentry: eng/abide__Verb__1
written_rep: abide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: verbleiben | verweilen | weilen
sense_list:
(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]


lexentry: eng/abide_by__Verb__1
written_rep: abide by
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: befolgen | einhalten
sense_list:
(transitive) To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law).


lexentry: eng/abietic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: abietic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abietinsäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A yellowish resin acid isolated from rosin and used in varnishes and esters for plasticizers; C19H29COOH


lexentry: eng/abietin__Noun__1
written_rep: abietin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abietin
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A resin obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.


lexentry: eng/ability__Noun__1
written_rep: ability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fähigkeit
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] | (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abiogenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: abiogenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abiogenese | Abiogenesis
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents. [from 1870]


lexentry: eng/abiotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: abiotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abiotisch
sense_list:
Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter. [Mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abjad__Noun__1
written_rep: abjad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abdschad
sense_list:
A writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified. | (linguistics) Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.


lexentry: eng/abject__Adjective__1
written_rep: abject
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abjekt | verächtlich | armselig | bitter | erniedrigt
sense_list:
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/abject__Adjective__1
written_rep: abject
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: elend | jämmerlich | kläglich
sense_list:
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile. [from mid 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/abjection__Noun__1
written_rep: abjection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Infamie
sense_list:
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abjuration__Noun__1
written_rep: abjuration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abjuration | Abschwören | Abschwörung
sense_list:
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abjure__Verb__1
written_rep: abjure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abschwören
sense_list:
(historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw. [from 15th c.] | To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/ablactation__Noun__1
written_rep: ablactation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abstillen
sense_list:
The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/ablation__Noun__1
written_rep: ablation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ablation
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/ablative__Adjective__1
written_rep: ablative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ablativisch | Ablativ
sense_list:
(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/ablative_absolute__Noun__1
written_rep: ablative absolute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ablativus absolutus
sense_list:
(grammar) A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence.


lexentry: eng/ablative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: ablative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ablativ | sechster Fall
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning". In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ablative, instrumental, comitative, associative and locative cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "of"/"from", "by", "with", "to"/"with", and "at"/"in", respectively. Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.


lexentry: eng/ablaut__Noun__1
written_rep: ablaut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ablaut | Vokalabstufung
sense_list:
(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. [Mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/able-bodied_seaman__Noun__1
written_rep: able-bodied seaman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vollmatrose
sense_list:
(nautical) A seaman, especially one in the merchant navy, who has been trained or certified in all routine duties; a member of the Royal Navy rated between ordinary seaman and leading seaman or boatswain's mate.


lexentry: eng/able__Adjective__1
written_rep: able
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fähig | imstande
sense_list:
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/able__Adjective__1
written_rep: able
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fähig | tüchtig
sense_list:
Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/ablution__Noun__1
written_rep: ablution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waschung | Ablution | Abwaschung
sense_list:
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. [From mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnegate__Verb__1
written_rep: abnegate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entsagen
sense_list:
(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormal__Adjective__1
written_rep: abnormal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unnormal | abnormal | abnorm | ungewöhnlich
sense_list:
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormal__Adjective__1
written_rep: abnormal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abnormal | anormal | abnorm
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormality__Noun__1
written_rep: abnormality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abnormalität | Abweichung
sense_list:
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormality__Noun__1
written_rep: abnormality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abnormalität
sense_list:
Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormally__Adverb__1
written_rep: abnormally
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unnormal
sense_list:
In an abnormal manner; in a way that deviates from a standard, norm, or average. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abnormity__Noun__1
written_rep: abnormity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abnormität
sense_list:
(rare) [First attested in the mid 18th century.] | A monstrosity [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abode__Noun__1
written_rep: abode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Wohnung | Aufenthalt | Bleibe
sense_list:
(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abolish__Verb__1
written_rep: abolish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vernichten
sense_list:
(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abolition__Noun__1
written_rep: abolition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abschaffung (der Sklaverei / des Sklavenhandels)
sense_list:
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abolitionism__Noun__1
written_rep: abolitionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abolitionismus
sense_list:
Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abolitionist__Noun__1
written_rep: abolitionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abolitionist
sense_list:
A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice. [since the late 18th century]


lexentry: eng/abomasum__Noun__1
written_rep: abomasum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Labmagen
sense_list:
(biology, food) The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.


lexentry: eng/abominable__Adjective__1
written_rep: abominable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abscheulich | verabscheuungswürdig | verhasst
sense_list:
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]


lexentry: eng/abominate__Verb__1
written_rep: abominate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verabscheuen
sense_list:
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abonnement__Noun__1
written_rep: abonnement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abonnement
sense_list:
A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/aboriginal__Adjective__1
written_rep: aboriginal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eingeboren | einheimisch
sense_list:
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/aborigine__Noun__1
written_rep: aborigine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Urbewohner | Aborigine
sense_list:
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Noun__1
written_rep: abort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abort
sense_list:
(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.


lexentry: eng/abort__Noun__1
written_rep: abort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Abort | Schwangerschaftsabbruch
sense_list:
(now, rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.] | (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abort__Verb__1
written_rep: abort
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: abtreiben
sense_list:
(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abortifacient__Noun__1
written_rep: abortifacient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abortiv
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abortion__Noun__1
written_rep: abortion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abtreibung | Schwangerschaftsabbruch
sense_list:
An induced abortion. | (medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.] | (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/abortionist__Noun__1
written_rep: abortionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(now, sometimes, offensive) A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly. [from 1844]

trans_list:
Abtreiber | Abtreiberin | Abtreibungsarzt | Abtreibungshelfer | Abtreibungshelferin | Abtreibungsärztin


lexentry: eng/abortive__Noun__1
written_rep: abortive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abort | Abtreibung | Interruptio
sense_list:
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/abound__Verb__1
written_rep: abound
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: im Überfluss vorhanden sein | wimmeln
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/about-turn__Noun__1
written_rep: about-turn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Änderung
sense_list:
(British, military) A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation[First attested in the mid 20th century.].


lexentry: eng/about__Adverb__1
written_rep: about
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ungefähr | etwa
sense_list:
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. [from before 1150]


lexentry: eng/about__Preposition__1
written_rep: about
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: über
sense_list:
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. [from ca. 1150–1350] | Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect. [from ca. 1150–1350]


lexentry: eng/about_to__Phrase__1
written_rep: about to
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gleich | wollen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, with infinitive verb) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent; ready to; went to


lexentry: eng/above__Adverb__1
written_rep: above
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: früher | oben | vorher
sense_list:
Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. [first attested before 1150.]


lexentry: eng/above__Preposition__1
written_rep: above
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: über
sense_list:
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing. [first attested before 1150.] | In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface. [first attested before 1150] | Surpassing in number or quantity; more than. [first attested around 1350–1470] | Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;


lexentry: eng/above_ground__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: above ground
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: öffentlich
sense_list:
Not of or relating to the social or political underground; in the open; existing within or produced by the establishment.


lexentry: eng/abracadabra__Noun__1
written_rep: abracadabra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Simsalabim
sense_list:
A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abrasion__Noun__1
written_rep: abrasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abrasion | Abnutzung | Abschürfen | Abtragen
sense_list:
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrasion__Noun__1
written_rep: abrasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abrasion | Abrieb | Abtrag
sense_list:
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrasion__Noun__1
written_rep: abrasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Abrasion | Abschürfung
sense_list:
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrasion_platform__Noun__1
written_rep: abrasion platform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abrasionsplatte | Abrasionsplattform
sense_list:
(geology) A sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone, that was created by marine abrasion.


lexentry: eng/abrasive__Adjective__1
written_rep: abrasive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rauh | schroff
sense_list:
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]


lexentry: eng/abrasive__Noun__1
written_rep: abrasive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schleifmittel
sense_list:
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrasively__Adverb__1
written_rep: abrasively
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plötzlich
sense_list:
In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.


lexentry: eng/abreact__Verb__1
written_rep: abreact
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abreagieren
sense_list:
(transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abreaction__Noun__1
written_rep: abreaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abreaktion
sense_list:
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abreast__Adverb__1
written_rep: abreast
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schritt | auf dem Laufenden | auf der Höhe
sense_list:
Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abreast__Adverb__1
written_rep: abreast
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: auf gleicher Höhe
sense_list:
(nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam. [First attested in the late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abridge__Verb__1
written_rep: abridge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: kürzen | verkürzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abridge__Verb__1
written_rep: abridge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: verkürzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense[First attested in 1384.]. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]


lexentry: eng/abridgment__Noun__1
written_rep: abridgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Auszug | Kurzfassung | Kurzform
sense_list:
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]


lexentry: eng/abridgment__Noun__1
written_rep: abridgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Beschneiden | Kürzen | Kürzung | Schneiden | Verkürzen | Verkürzung
sense_list:
(dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.


lexentry: eng/abrogate__Verb__1
written_rep: abrogate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abschaffen
sense_list:
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. [First attested in the early 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abrupt__Adjective__1
written_rep: abrupt
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abrupt | jäh
sense_list:
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [First attested in the late 16th century.] | Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abruptly__Adverb__1
written_rep: abruptly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plötzlich | abgerissen | abrupt | abschüssig | schlagartig | unerwartet
sense_list:
In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscess__Noun__1
written_rep: abscess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abszess | Eiterbeule
sense_list:
(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscise__Verb__1
written_rep: abscise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ausscheiden
sense_list:
(intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscisic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: abscisic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abscisinsäure
sense_list:
(hormone) A terpenoid best known as a plant hormone that inhibits seed germination and was once thought to be important in abscission.


lexentry: eng/abscissa__Noun__1
written_rep: abscissa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abszisse
sense_list:
(geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes. [First attested in the late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abscissa__Noun__1
written_rep: abscissa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rechtsachse
sense_list:
(geometry) The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.


lexentry: eng/abscissin__Noun__1
written_rep: abscissin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abscisinsäure
sense_list:
(biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.


lexentry: eng/abseil__Noun__1
written_rep: abseil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abseilen
sense_list:
A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abseil__Verb__1
written_rep: abseil
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abseilen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absence__Noun__1
written_rep: absence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abwesenheit
sense_list:
Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] | Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind). [First attested in the early 18th century.] | (fencing) Lack of contact between blades.


lexentry: eng/absence__Noun__1
written_rep: absence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Absence
sense_list:
(medical) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absence_of_mind__Noun__1
written_rep: absence of mind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abwesenheit
sense_list:
A state or the quality of being absent-minded (abstracted, preoccupied). [First attested in the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absent-minded__Adjective__1
written_rep: absent-minded
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zerstreut | geistesabwesend | schusselig
sense_list:
Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absent-mindedness__Noun__1
written_rep: absent-mindedness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zerstreutheit | Stumpfsinn
sense_list:
The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absent__Adjective__1
written_rep: absent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abwesend
sense_list:
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] | (not comparable) Not existing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] | (comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [First attested in the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absent__Verb__1
written_rep: absent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fehlen | fernbleiben
sense_list:
(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absentee__Noun__1
written_rep: absentee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abwesende | Abwesender
sense_list:
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] | (attributive) Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.


lexentry: eng/absenteeism__Noun__1
written_rep: absenteeism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absentismus
sense_list:
The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absinthe__Noun__1
written_rep: absinthe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Absinth | Wermutbranntwein
sense_list:
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/absolute__Adjective__1
written_rep: absolute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absolut
sense_list:
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s] | Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. [first attested in the mid 1500s] | Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed. [first attested in the mid 1500s] | (especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. [first attested in the late 1700s] | (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left". [first attested around 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/absolute__Adjective__1
written_rep: absolute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rein | absolut
sense_list:
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400]


lexentry: eng/absolute_ceiling__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute ceiling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maximale Gipfelhöhe
sense_list:
(aviation) The maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal conditions.


lexentry: eng/absolute_deviation__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute deviation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausnahme
sense_list:
(statistics) The absolute value of the difference between a given value (such as mean or expected value) and a variate value (usually an observed value).


lexentry: eng/absolute_humidity__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute humidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absolute Feuchtigkeit
sense_list:
(meteorology) In a system of moist air, the ratio of the mass of water vapor present to the volume occupied by the mixture, that is, the density of the water vapor component. Absolute humidity is usually expressed in grams of water vapor per cubic meter or, in engineering practice, in grains per cubic foot. Because this measure of atmospheric humidity is not conservative with respect to adiabatic expansion or compression, it is not commonly used by meteorologists. (Also called vapor concentration and vapor density). See relative humidity.


lexentry: eng/absolute_magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absolute Helligkeit
sense_list:
(astronomy) The intrinsic luminosity that a celestial body would have if viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs or about 32.6 light years.


lexentry: eng/absolute_music__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absolute Musik
sense_list:
Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure.


lexentry: eng/absolute_space__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absolute Raum
sense_list:
(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of spatial (and temporal) coordinates that is the same for all observers


lexentry: eng/absolute_superlative__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute superlative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Elativ | absoluter Superlativ
sense_list:
In Greek: one of the degrees of comparison in an adjective that stresses an exceptional property without making a direct comparison, its closest equivalent in English being a most important letter, a very high mountain or absolutely pure water. It is formed by adding the suffix -τατος (declined) to the adjective's nominative, neuter singular.


lexentry: eng/absolute_time__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absolute Zeit
sense_list:
(physics) The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time (and spatial) coordinates that is the same for all observers.


lexentry: eng/absolute_value__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absolutbetrag | Absolutwert | Betrag
sense_list:
(mathematics) For a complex number a+bi, the principal square root of the sum of the squares of its real and imaginary parts, \sqrt{a^2+b^2}. Denoted by vertical bars | \, |.


lexentry: eng/absolute_zero__Noun__1
written_rep: absolute zero
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absoluter Nullpunkt
sense_list:
(physics) The coldest possible temperature, equivalent to zero on the Kelvin scale, or approximately −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F; a total absence of heat; the temperature at which the motion of all molecules would cease. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absoluteness__Noun__1
written_rep: absoluteness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absolutheit
sense_list:
(obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the 17th century.] | The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality. [First attested in the 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolution__Noun__1
written_rep: absolution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absolution
sense_list:
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.] | The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] | An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absolutism__Noun__1
written_rep: absolutism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Absolutismus | Alleinherrschaft
sense_list:
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolutist__Noun__1
written_rep: absolutist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Absolutist
sense_list:
(metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/absolutive__Adjective__1
written_rep: absolutive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absolutiv
sense_list:
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.


lexentry: eng/absolutive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: absolutive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absolutiv
sense_list:
(grammatical case) case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action. The absolutive case is used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb, as well as the object of a transitive verb (inasmuch as they are codified in the English nominative-accusative system). Some languages that employ the absolutive case include Abkhaz, Basque, Chechen, Dyirbal, Hindi, Inuktitut, Hiligaynon, and Yup'ik.


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
written_rep: absolve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: befreien | entbinden | entlassen
sense_list:
(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
written_rep: absolve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: freisprechen | lossprechen | absolvieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
written_rep: absolve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: freisprechen | für unschuldig erklären
sense_list:
(transitive, legal) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
written_rep: absolve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Absolution erteilen
sense_list:
(transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/absolve__Verb__1
written_rep: absolve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: erreichen | vollbringen
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorb__Verb__1
written_rep: absorb
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absorbieren | aufnehmen | (ganz) in Anspruch nehmen | aufbrauchen | aufnehen | aushalten
sense_list:
(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/absorb__Verb__1
written_rep: absorb
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aufsaugen
sense_list:
(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorbance__Noun__1
written_rep: absorbance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absorbanz
sense_list:
(physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorbency__Noun__1
written_rep: absorbency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absorbierfähigkeit
sense_list:
The quality of being absorbent. | (physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.


lexentry: eng/absorbent__Adjective__1
written_rep: absorbent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: saugfähig
sense_list:
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorber__Noun__1
written_rep: absorber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absorber | Augsauger
sense_list:
A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorption__Noun__1
written_rep: absorption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absorption
sense_list:
(physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. [First attested in the mid 18th century.] | The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, | (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]


lexentry: eng/absorption_line__Noun__1
written_rep: absorption line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absorptionslinie
sense_list:
(physics, astronomy) A spectral line that corresponds to the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength; the pattern of such lines is characteristic of specific atoms or molecules in the path of the radiation.


lexentry: eng/absorption_spectrum__Noun__1
written_rep: absorption spectrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absorptionsspektrum
sense_list:
(physics) The characteristic pattern of dark lines or bands that occurs when electromagnetic radiation is passed through an absorbing medium into a spectroscope.


lexentry: eng/absorptive__Adjective__1
written_rep: absorptive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absorbierend
sense_list:
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstain__Verb__1
written_rep: abstain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: enthalten | verzichten
sense_list:
(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstain__Verb__1
written_rep: abstain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: abhalten
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstainer__Noun__1
written_rep: abstainer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: der Abstinenter
sense_list:
One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstemious__Adjective__1
written_rep: abstemious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enthaltsam
sense_list:
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. [From early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abstention__Noun__1
written_rep: abstention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Enthaltung | Abstandnehmen
sense_list:
(obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. [Attested from the early 16th century until the med 17th century.] | The act of abstaining or refraining (from). [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstentionist__Noun__1
written_rep: abstentionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nichtwähler
sense_list:
A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically. [First attested in the late 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
written_rep: abstinence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abstinenz
sense_list:
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism). [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
written_rep: abstinence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abstinenz | Enthaltsamkeit
sense_list:
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
written_rep: abstinence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keuschheit
sense_list:
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]


lexentry: eng/abstinence__Noun__1
written_rep: abstinence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Enthaltsamkeit
sense_list:
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstinent__Adjective__1
written_rep: abstinent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstinent | enthaltsam
sense_list:
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Adjective__1
written_rep: abstract
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abstrakt
sense_list:
(now, rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] | Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied. | Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] | (arts, often, capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract__Verb__1
written_rep: abstract
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstrahieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. [First attested in the early 17th century.] | To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.


lexentry: eng/abstract__Verb__1
written_rep: abstract
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entziehen
sense_list:
(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstract_algebra__Noun__1
written_rep: abstract algebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstrakte Algebra
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics concerned with algebraic structures, such as groups, rings, and fields.


lexentry: eng/abstract_art__Noun__1
written_rep: abstract art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstrakte Kunst
sense_list:
Art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way.


lexentry: eng/abstract_data_type__Noun__1
written_rep: abstract data type
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstrakter Datentyp
sense_list:
(programming) A data type defined only by data properties and operations to be performed on the data without any specification as to how the data will be represented or the operations performed.


lexentry: eng/abstract_factory_pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: abstract factory pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstrakte Fabrik
sense_list:
(software, object-oriented) A creational design pattern that decouples the object creation by providing a group of individual factories by defining an abstract factory class.


lexentry: eng/abstract_method__Noun__1
written_rep: abstract method
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstrakte Methode
sense_list:
(object-oriented) A method of an abstract class that has no implementation in that class and must therefore be implemented by all subtyping classes.


lexentry: eng/abstract_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: abstract noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abstraktum | Begriffswort | abstraktes Substantiv
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun that denotes an idea, emotion, feeling, quality, generalization, representation or other abstract or intangible concept, as opposed to a concrete item, or a physical object.


lexentry: eng/abstracted__Adjective__1
written_rep: abstracted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schussel
sense_list:
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstraction__Noun__1
written_rep: abstraction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abstraktion
sense_list:
The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas. [First attested in the late 16th century.] | The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstractionism__Noun__1
written_rep: abstractionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abstraktionismus
sense_list:
The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/abstractive__Adjective__1
written_rep: abstractive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abstrakt
sense_list:
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.] | Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]


lexentry: eng/absurd__Adjective__1
written_rep: absurd
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: absurd
sense_list:
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/absurdism__Noun__1
written_rep: absurdism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absurdismus
sense_list:
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absurdist__Noun__1
written_rep: absurdist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absurdist
sense_list:
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/absurdity__Noun__1
written_rep: absurdity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absurdität
sense_list:
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.] | (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/abugida__Noun__1
written_rep: abugida
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abugida
sense_list:
(linguistics) A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, typically such that symbols for different syllables are generated by adding, altering or removing the vowel portion, often by applying a diacritic to a stable consonant symbol.


lexentry: eng/abulia__Noun__1
written_rep: abulia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abulie | Entschlussunfähigkeit
sense_list:
(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/abundance__Noun__1
written_rep: abundance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Überfluss
sense_list:
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abundant__Adjective__1
written_rep: abundant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reichlich | wohlhabend
sense_list:
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abundant_number__Noun__1
written_rep: abundant number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abundante Zahl
sense_list:
(number theory) A number that is less than the sum of its proper divisors (all divisors except the number itself).


lexentry: eng/abundantly__Adverb__1
written_rep: abundantly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reichlich
sense_list:
In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Noun__1
written_rep: abuse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Missbrauch
sense_list:
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. [from around 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Noun__1
written_rep: abuse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schmähung | Beleidigung | Beschimpfung
sense_list:
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Verb__1
written_rep: abuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: missbrauchen | beleidigen | beschimpfen | vergewaltigen
sense_list:
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Verb__1
written_rep: abuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: beleidigen | beschimpfen
sense_list:
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/abuse__Verb__1
written_rep: abuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: missbrauchen | vergewaltigen
sense_list:
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate. [from around 1350 to 1470]


lexentry: eng/abut__Verb__1
written_rep: abut
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: angrenzen | berühren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abuttal__Noun__1
written_rep: abuttal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gemarkung
sense_list:
(rare, pluralonly) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals. [First attested in the early 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/abyss__Noun__1
written_rep: abyss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abgrund | Hölle
sense_list:
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]


lexentry: eng/abyss__Noun__1
written_rep: abyss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abgrund
sense_list:
(frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.] | Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.


lexentry: eng/abyssal__Adjective__1
written_rep: abyssal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abyssisch
sense_list:
(geography) Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]


lexentry: eng/abyssal_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: abyssal zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abyssal
sense_list:
(geography) The oceanic realm consisting of the deep ocean, typified by a dearth of plant life, and plentiful carnivorous animals that are able to withstand extreme pressure.


lexentry: eng/academese__Noun__1
written_rep: academese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fachchinesisch
sense_list:
(pejorative) A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.


lexentry: eng/academia__Noun__1
written_rep: academia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akademia | die akademische Welt
sense_list:
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. [from 1956]


lexentry: eng/academian__Noun__1
written_rep: academian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Akademiker | Akademikerin
sense_list:
(obsolete) A member of an academy, university, or college. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.]


lexentry: eng/academic__Adjective__1
written_rep: academic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: akademisch
sense_list:
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato. [from late 16th century] | Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century] | In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.


lexentry: eng/academic__Noun__1
written_rep: academic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: akademisch
sense_list:
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/academic_institution__Noun__1
written_rep: academic institution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Akademie | Bildungseinrichtung | Hochschule
sense_list:
An educational institution, dedicated to higher education and research, that grants academic degrees.


lexentry: eng/academical__Adjective__1
written_rep: academical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hochschul
sense_list:
Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education. [First attested in the late 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/academically__Adverb__1
written_rep: academically
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: akademisch | wissenschaftlich
sense_list:
In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective. [First attested in the late 16th century]


lexentry: eng/academician__Noun__1
written_rep: academician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akademiker | Akademikerin | Student | Studentin
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/academician__Noun__1
written_rep: academician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Akademiker | Akademikerin
sense_list:
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/academy__Noun__1
written_rep: academy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Akademie | akademische Einrichtung
sense_list:
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]


lexentry: eng/academy__Noun__1
written_rep: academy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Akademie
sense_list:
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. [First attested in the late 16th century.] | A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.] | (UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.


lexentry: eng/acai_berry__Noun__1
written_rep: acai berry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Açaíbeere
sense_list:
A fruit that grows on the Brazilian wild palmberry tree, Euterpe olearacea, used for nutritive support as an antioxidant. It is similar in size to a grape.


lexentry: eng/acalculia__Noun__1
written_rep: acalculia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akalkulie
sense_list:
(pathology) The condition of lacking basic mathematical skills caused by a brain injury, or more specifically an injury to the parietal lobe. [First attested in the early 20th century.]


lexentry: eng/acanthesthesia__Noun__1
written_rep: acanthesthesia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akanthästhesie | Nadelgefühl
sense_list:
A type of paresthesia characterized by a tingling, numbing sensation as of being pierced by needles, usually caused by the (temporary) clamping of nerves.


lexentry: eng/acanthite__Noun__1
written_rep: acanthite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akanthit
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag2S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.


lexentry: eng/acanthus__Noun__1
written_rep: acanthus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akanthus | Bärenklau
sense_list:
A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India. [from mid 16th century]


lexentry: eng/acarus__Noun__1
written_rep: acarus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Milbe
sense_list:
(zoology, acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.


lexentry: eng/accede__Verb__1
written_rep: accede
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anschließen | beitreten
sense_list:
(intransitive, now, _, rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/accede__Verb__1
written_rep: accede
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: antreten | besteigen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/accelerant__Noun__1
written_rep: accelerant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beschleuniger
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.


lexentry: eng/accelerant__Noun__1
written_rep: accelerant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brandbeschleuniger
sense_list:
In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.


lexentry: eng/acceleration__Noun__1
written_rep: acceleration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beschleunigung
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration. | (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). | (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).


lexentry: eng/accelerationism__Noun__1
written_rep: accelerationism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akzelerationismus
sense_list:
The idea that either the prevailing system of capitalism, or certain technosocial processes that historically characterised it, should be expanded and accelerated in order to generate radical social change.


lexentry: eng/accelerator__Noun__1
written_rep: accelerator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Gaspedal
sense_list:
(vehicle) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed. | (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
written_rep: accent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betonung | Akzent
sense_list:
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. | A word; a significant tone or sound. | (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse. | (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. | (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. | (music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.The third and fourth symbols are accents (marks used to represent special emphasis in music).


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
written_rep: accent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Akzent | Akzentzeichen
sense_list:
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.


lexentry: eng/accent__Noun__1
written_rep: accent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Akzent | Betonung
sense_list:
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.


lexentry: eng/accentuate__Verb__1
written_rep: accentuate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: akzentuieren | betonen
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize. [from 1865]


lexentry: eng/acceptance__Noun__1
written_rep: acceptance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Annahme
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval. | The state of being accepted. | (law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.


lexentry: eng/acceptance__Noun__1
written_rep: acceptance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Annahme | Vertrag
sense_list:
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.


lexentry: eng/access__Noun__1
written_rep: access
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Zugang | Zutritt
sense_list:
(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.


lexentry: eng/access__Noun__1
written_rep: access
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: Zugriff | Zugang
sense_list:
(countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory. | (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.


lexentry: eng/access_token__Noun__1
written_rep: access token
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zugriffsinformation
sense_list:
(computing) An object that describes the security context of a process or thread, such as the user's identity and privileges.


lexentry: eng/accessibility__Noun__1
written_rep: accessibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Barrierefreiheit
sense_list:
(computing, web design) Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.


lexentry: eng/accessible__Adjective__1
written_rep: accessible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zugänglich
sense_list:
Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s] | (of a person) Easy to get along with. | (art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated. [from 1961]


lexentry: eng/accession__Noun__1
written_rep: accession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Verbindung
sense_list:
(legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).


lexentry: eng/accessory__Adjective__1
written_rep: accessory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nebensächlich | zusätzlich | begleitend
sense_list:
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. [from 1550s]


lexentry: eng/accessory__Adjective__1
written_rep: accessory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Beihilfe leistend | beihelfend
sense_list:
(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.


lexentry: eng/accessory__Noun__1
written_rep: accessory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Accessoire | Zubehör | modisches Zubehör
sense_list:
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.


lexentry: eng/accessory__Noun__1
written_rep: accessory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Beihilfeleistender | Beihilfeleister | Gehilfe | Handlanger | Komplize
sense_list:
(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. [from 1414]


lexentry: eng/accessory__Noun__1
written_rep: accessory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Accessoire
sense_list:
(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.


lexentry: eng/accessory_after_the_fact__Noun__1
written_rep: accessory after the fact
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handlanger
sense_list:
(legal) An individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from legal prosecution.


lexentry: eng/accessory_fruit__Noun__1
written_rep: accessory fruit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scheinfrucht
sense_list:
(botany) A fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry.


lexentry: eng/accessory_mineral__Noun__1
written_rep: accessory mineral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: akzessorisches Mineral
sense_list:
(mineral) any mineral that is present in small amounts in a rock, but is not considered to be characteristic of the rock


lexentry: eng/acciaccatura__Noun__1
written_rep: acciaccatura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akkordbrechung
sense_list:
(music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.


lexentry: eng/accident__Noun__1
written_rep: accident
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unfall | Unglück
sense_list:
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.


lexentry: eng/accident__Noun__1
written_rep: accident
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Unfall | Zufall
sense_list:
(transportation) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)


lexentry: eng/accidental__Adjective__1
written_rep: accidental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: zufällig | versehentlich
sense_list:
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/acclaim__Verb__1
written_rep: acclaim
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: applaudieren | klatschen
sense_list:
(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.


lexentry: eng/acclimatize__Verb__1
written_rep: acclimatize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: akklimatisieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.


lexentry: eng/acclivity__Noun__1
written_rep: acclivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abhang
sense_list:
(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.


lexentry: eng/accolade__Noun__1
written_rep: accolade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Akkolade | Ritterschlag | Schwertleite
sense_list:
(historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.


lexentry: eng/accommodate__Verb__1
written_rep: accommodate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: anpassen | machen | endigen
sense_list:
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.


lexentry: eng/accommodation__Noun__1
written_rep: accommodation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unterkunft | Übernachtung
sense_list:
(chiefly, British, usually, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc. | (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.


lexentry: eng/accommodation__Noun__1
written_rep: accommodation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Anpassung | Akkomodation
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.


lexentry: eng/accommodation_ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: accommodation ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fallreep
sense_list:
(nautical) a flight of stairs or a ladder for lowering over the side of a ship for access to and from a small boat.


lexentry: eng/accompaniment__Noun__1
written_rep: accompaniment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Begleitung
sense_list:
(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass. | That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.


lexentry: eng/accompany__Verb__1
written_rep: accompany
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: begleiten
sense_list:
(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with. | (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. | (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).


lexentry: eng/accomplice__Noun__1
written_rep: accomplice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Komplize | Mittäter | Komplizin | Mittäterin
sense_list:
(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.


lexentry: eng/accomplish__Verb__1
written_rep: accomplish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vollenden
sense_list:
(transitive) To complete, as time or distance. | (transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.


lexentry: eng/accomplishment__Noun__1
written_rep: accomplishment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Errungenschaft | Fertigkeit | Fähigkeit
sense_list:
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.


lexentry: eng/according_as__Adverb__1
written_rep: according as
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gemäß
sense_list:
Precisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.) [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/according_to_Hoyle__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: according to Hoyle
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nach Gesetz und Recht
sense_list:
(idiomatic) In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games; in the proper or expected manner.


lexentry: eng/accordion__Noun__1
written_rep: accordion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akkordeon | Ziehharmonika | Schifferklavier | Handharmonika | Handorgel | Quetsche
sense_list:
A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).


lexentry: eng/account__Noun__1
written_rep: account
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Konto | Bericht | Rechenschaft
sense_list:
(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]


lexentry: eng/account__Noun__1
written_rep: account
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Konto | Begründung
sense_list:
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.


lexentry: eng/account_executive__Noun__1
written_rep: account executive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kundenbetreuer
sense_list:
(business) An executive in an advertising agency, or public relations firm who manages a client's account.


lexentry: eng/account_manager__Noun__1
written_rep: account manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: AM
sense_list:
(business) A person who is in charge of sales to one or more named customers or to a specified segment of the market, especially in B2B marketing; supposedly refers to a somewhat more responsible job than the term salesman.


lexentry: eng/accountability__Noun__1
written_rep: accountability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verantwortlichkeit | Rechenschaftspflicht
sense_list:
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.


lexentry: eng/accountancy__Noun__1
written_rep: accountancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buchführungswesen
sense_list:
(uncountable, British, NZ, often, _, Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.


lexentry: eng/accountant__Noun__1
written_rep: accountant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Buchhalter | Buchhalterin
sense_list:
A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s). | (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.


lexentry: eng/accounting__Noun__1
written_rep: accounting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buchhaltung
sense_list:
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.


lexentry: eng/accounting_cost__Noun__1
written_rep: accounting cost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anschaffungskosten
sense_list:
(economics) The total amount of money or goods expended in an endeavor, in which it is paid out at some time and recorded in journal entries and ledgers.


lexentry: eng/accounts_payable__Noun__1
written_rep: accounts payable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verbindlichkeit
sense_list:
The total amount of money that is owed by a customer to its suppliers of goods and services and is counted by the customer as a current unpaid debt.


lexentry: eng/accounts_receivable__Noun__2
written_rep: accounts receivable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Debitorenbuchhaltung | Forderung
sense_list:
(accounting) The total monetary amount owed to a financial entity due to debts arising from sales on credit or on account.


lexentry: eng/accredit__Verb__1
written_rep: accredit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: akkreditieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. | (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.


lexentry: eng/accretion__Noun__1
written_rep: accretion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zunahme
sense_list:
(uncountable, also, figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/accretion__Noun__1
written_rep: accretion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zuwachs | Anwachsen
sense_list:
(uncountable) (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/accretion__Noun__1
written_rep: accretion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Akkretion
sense_list:
(astrophysics) The formation of planets, stars, and other celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; also, the growth of a celestial body through this process.


lexentry: eng/accretion_disk__Noun__1
written_rep: accretion disk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akkretionsscheibe
sense_list:
(astrophysics) A structure formed by matter falling into a gravitational source such as a galaxy, black hole, or protostar.


lexentry: eng/accrual__Noun__1
written_rep: accrual
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abgrenzungsposten | Anfall | Anhäufung | Anwachsen | Auflaufen | Entstehung
sense_list:
An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose


lexentry: eng/acculturate__Verb__1
written_rep: acculturate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: akkulturieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture. | (transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of a society (or of a region, industry, or company), as in the case of children growing up in that culture, immigrants learning that culture, or new hires learning the ropes of a job.


lexentry: eng/acculturation__Noun__1
written_rep: acculturation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akkulturation
sense_list:
A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one. | A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.


lexentry: eng/accumulate__Verb__1
written_rep: accumulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aufstauen | akkumulieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)


lexentry: eng/accumulation__Noun__1
written_rep: accumulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Anhäufung | Akkumulation
sense_list:
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.


lexentry: eng/accumulation_point__Noun__1
written_rep: accumulation point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Häufungspunkt
sense_list:
(topology, "of" a subset of a topological space) Given a subset S of a topological space X, a point x whose every neighborhood contains at least one point distinct from x that belongs to S. | (analysis, "of" a sequence) Given a sequence si, a point x whose every neighborhood contains at least one element of the sequence distinct from x.


lexentry: eng/accumulator__Noun__1
written_rep: accumulator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akkumulator
sense_list:
(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates. | (British) A wet-cell storage battery. | (programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.


lexentry: eng/accusative__Adjective__1
written_rep: accusative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Akkusativ | akkusativisch
sense_list:
(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.


lexentry: eng/accuse__Verb__1
written_rep: accuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beschuldigen | anklagen
sense_list:
(transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure | (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone


lexentry: eng/accustom__Verb__1
written_rep: accustom
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gewöhnen | pflegen
sense_list:
(transitive, often, passive, or, reflexive, with to) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.


lexentry: eng/accustomed__Adjective__1
written_rep: accustomed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gewohnt | gewöhnt
sense_list:
Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person) | Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)


lexentry: eng/ace__Noun__1
written_rep: ace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ass | As
sense_list:
(card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game. | (sometimes, _, attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent. | A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.


lexentry: eng/acenaphthene__Noun__1
written_rep: acenaphthene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acenaphthen
sense_list:
(organic compound) A hydrocarbon, found in coal tar, derived from naphthalene by the addition of a short aliphatic bridge.


lexentry: eng/acerb__Adjective__1
written_rep: acerb
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beißend
sense_list:
(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit. | (archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.


lexentry: eng/acetaldehyde__Noun__1
written_rep: acetaldehyde
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acetaldehyd
sense_list:
(organic compound) A colourless organic compound, CH3CHO, occurring widely in nature and being produced on a large scale in industry.


lexentry: eng/acetaminophen__Noun__1
written_rep: acetaminophen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Paracetamol
sense_list:
(North America) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.


lexentry: eng/acetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: acetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Essig
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar. | (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives.


lexentry: eng/acetic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: acetic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Essigsäure | Ethansäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid, fatty acid) A clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.


lexentry: eng/acetoacetic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: acetoacetic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acetessigsäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) The ketonic carboxylic acid CH3-CO-CH2-COOH, that is present in the urine of people suffering from starvation or some forms of diabetes.


lexentry: eng/acetonitrile__Noun__1
written_rep: acetonitrile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acetonitril
sense_list:
(organic compound) The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH3CN, formally derived from acetic acid


lexentry: eng/acetylation__Noun__1
written_rep: acetylation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Azetylieren
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance.


lexentry: eng/acetylcholine__Noun__1
written_rep: acetylcholine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Azetylcholin | Acetylcholin
sense_list:
(neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH3COOCH2CH2N+(CH3)3.


lexentry: eng/acetylcholinesterase__Noun__1
written_rep: acetylcholinesterase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acetylcholinesterase
sense_list:
(enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.


lexentry: eng/acetylenic__Adjective__1
written_rep: acetylenic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acetylen
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond


lexentry: eng/ach-laut__Noun__1
written_rep: ach-laut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ach-Laut
sense_list:
The guttural phoneme /x/ (the voiceless velar fricative) of the German language, the sound of the letters ch in German coming immediately after a, o and u (central and back vowels), also found in other languages.


lexentry: eng/ache__Verb__1
written_rep: ache
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schmerzen | weh tun
sense_list:
(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.


lexentry: eng/acheiropoieton__Noun__1
written_rep: acheiropoieton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acheiropoieton
sense_list:
(chiefly, Eastern Orthodoxy) A religion icon (chiefly of Christ or the Virgin Mary) believed not to have been created by human hands; a miraculous image.


lexentry: eng/achieve__Verb__1
written_rep: achieve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: erreichen | erlangen
sense_list:
(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/achromatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: achromatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achromatisch
sense_list:
(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion. | Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion. | (biology, of tissue) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid.


lexentry: eng/achromatopsia__Noun__1
written_rep: achromatopsia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achromatopsie
sense_list:
Full or partial color blindness; the inability to distinguish colors due to the absence of cone cells in the eyes.


lexentry: eng/acid__Adjective__1
written_rep: acid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sauer | Säure
sense_list:
Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar. | (figuratively) Sour-tempered. | Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.


lexentry: eng/acid_anhydride__Noun__1
written_rep: acid anhydride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säureanhydrid
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds having two acyl groups bonded to the same oxygen atom. They react with water to give carboxylic acids.


lexentry: eng/acid_jazz__Noun__1
written_rep: acid jazz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acid Jazz
sense_list:
(music genre, jazz) A genre of popular music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco.


lexentry: eng/acid_rain__Noun__1
written_rep: acid rain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: saurer Regen
sense_list:
Rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds.


lexentry: eng/acidaemia__Noun__1
written_rep: acidaemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acidose
sense_list:
(medicine) a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood


lexentry: eng/acidic__Adjective__1
written_rep: acidic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sauer
sense_list:
(chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.


lexentry: eng/acidifier__Noun__1
written_rep: acidifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Säuerungsmittel
sense_list:
(chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.


lexentry: eng/acinus__Noun__1
written_rep: acinus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: -n
sense_list:
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.


lexentry: eng/ackee__Noun__1
written_rep: ackee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akee
sense_list:
A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.


lexentry: eng/acknowledge__Verb__1
written_rep: acknowledge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anerkennen
sense_list:
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.


lexentry: eng/acknowledge__Verb__1
written_rep: acknowledge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: den Empfang bestätigen
sense_list:
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.


lexentry: eng/acknowledgment__Noun__1
written_rep: acknowledgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Anerkenntnis | Anerkennung | Danksagung
sense_list:
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.


lexentry: eng/acknowledgment__Noun__1
written_rep: acknowledgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Quittung
sense_list:
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood. | (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).


lexentry: eng/acknowledgment__Noun__1
written_rep: acknowledgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Bestätigung
sense_list:
(legal) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.


lexentry: eng/acme__Noun__1
written_rep: acme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gipfel | Höhepunkt
sense_list:
A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]


lexentry: eng/acolyte__Noun__1
written_rep: acolyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akolyth | Akoluth
sense_list:
(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.


lexentry: eng/aconite__Noun__1
written_rep: aconite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eisenhut
sense_list:
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.


lexentry: eng/aconitic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: aconitic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aconitsäure
sense_list:
(organic compound) An organic acid involved in the isomerization of citrate to isocitrate in the citric acid cycle.


lexentry: eng/acorn__Noun__1
written_rep: acorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Eichel
sense_list:
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.


lexentry: eng/acorn_woodpecker__Noun__1
written_rep: acorn woodpecker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eichelspecht
sense_list:
A woodpecker native to the area from the southwestern United States to Colombia, of species Melanerpes formicivorus.


lexentry: eng/acoustic__Adjective__1
written_rep: acoustic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: akustisch
sense_list:
Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds. | (music, musical instrument) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.


lexentry: eng/acoustic__Noun__1
written_rep: acoustic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akustik
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.


lexentry: eng/acoustic_coupler__Noun__1
written_rep: acoustic coupler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Akustikkoppler
sense_list:
(dated, telecommunications) A terminal device used to link data terminals and radio sets with the telephone network.


lexentry: eng/acqua_alta__Noun__1
written_rep: acqua alta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acqua alta | Hochwasser
sense_list:
A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.


lexentry: eng/acquaint__Verb__1
written_rep: acquaint
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vertraut machen
sense_list:
(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.


lexentry: eng/acquaintance__Noun__1
written_rep: acquaintance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bekanntschaft | Umgang
sense_list:
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/acquiesce__Verb__1
written_rep: acquiesce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gestatten
sense_list:
(intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.


lexentry: eng/acquiesce__Verb__1
written_rep: acquiesce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zustimmen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.


lexentry: eng/acquiescence__Noun__1
written_rep: acquiescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zustimmung | Einverständnis | Akquieszenz | Beistimmung | Duldung | Einwilligung
sense_list:
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.


lexentry: eng/acquiescence__Noun__1
written_rep: acquiescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Verwirkung | Hinnahme | Unterwerfung | stillschweigende Hinnahme
sense_list:
(legal) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.


lexentry: eng/acquired_immune_deficiency_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: acquired immune deficiency syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom
sense_list:
(disease) An infectious disease, caused by HIV, that causes the gradual degeneration of the body's immune system.


lexentry: eng/acquired_taste__Noun__1
written_rep: acquired taste
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: spezifisch
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something that is appreciated only after having initially been regarded as unappealing or unpleasant; a person who is regarded as difficult or dislikable but of whom at least some have grown to approve.


lexentry: eng/acquit__Verb__1
written_rep: acquit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abzahlen | begleichen | zurückzahlen
sense_list:
(transitive) to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. [with of or (formerly) from]


lexentry: eng/acquittal__Noun__1
written_rep: acquittal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Freispruch
sense_list:
(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/acridine__Noun__1
written_rep: acridine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akridin
sense_list:
(uncountable, organic compound) A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs


lexentry: eng/acrimonious__Adjective__1
written_rep: acrimonious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bissig | erbittert
sense_list:
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/acritarch__Noun__1
written_rep: acritarch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acritarcha
sense_list:
(paleontology, palynology) Any small, non-acid-soluble (i.e. non-carbonate, non-siliceous) organic fossil that cannot be classified.


lexentry: eng/acrobat__Noun__1
written_rep: acrobat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akrobat | Akrobatin
sense_list:
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.


lexentry: eng/acrocyanosis__Noun__1
written_rep: acrocyanosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acroasphyxia | Akroasphyxie | Akrozyanose
sense_list:
(pathology) A persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the digits, most commonly occurring in the hands although also occurring in the face and feet as well.


lexentry: eng/acrolect__Noun__1
written_rep: acrolect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akrolekt
sense_list:
(sociolinguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).


lexentry: eng/acrolein__Noun__1
written_rep: acrolein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acrolein
sense_list:
(organic compound) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH2=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.


lexentry: eng/acromegaly__Noun__1
written_rep: acromegaly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akromegalie
sense_list:
(disease) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.


lexentry: eng/acropolis__Noun__1
written_rep: acropolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akropolis
sense_list:
A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.


lexentry: eng/across__Preposition__1
written_rep: across
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: über | gegenüber
sense_list:
(Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).


lexentry: eng/acrostic__Noun__1
written_rep: acrostic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akrostichon
sense_list:
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/acroterium__Noun__1
written_rep: acroterium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akroter
sense_list:
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.


lexentry: eng/acrow_prop__Noun__1
written_rep: acrow prop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Deckenstütze
sense_list:
An adjustable-height steel support used in the construction industry, typically to temporarily support structures while work is carried out.


lexentry: eng/acrylamide__Noun__1
written_rep: acrylamide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acrylamid
sense_list:
(organic compound) The amide of acrylic acid, CH2=CH.CONH2; used in the manufacture of polyacrylamides.


lexentry: eng/acrylic_resin__Noun__1
written_rep: acrylic resin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acrylharz
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of many thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, esters of these acids, or acrylonitrile; used in paint and many plastics.


lexentry: eng/act__Verb__1
written_rep: act
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: benehmen | verhalten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time. | (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.


lexentry: eng/act__Verb__1
written_rep: act
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: spielen | benehmen | verhalten
sense_list:
(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.


lexentry: eng/act_of_parliament__Noun__1
written_rep: act of parliament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Parlamentsgesetz | förmliches Gesetz
sense_list:
A law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament.


lexentry: eng/act_on__Verb__1
written_rep: act on
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abfangen
sense_list:
To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced. | To act accordingly to a (usually sublimated) desire or impulse. | To take action against something. | (medicine) To affect something.


lexentry: eng/actigraphy__Noun__1
written_rep: actigraphy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktigraphie
sense_list:
The use of the actigraph to record the movements of a sleeping subject, and analyze the subject's sleep patterns.


lexentry: eng/actin__Noun__1
written_rep: actin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktin
sense_list:
(protein, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).


lexentry: eng/acting__Adjective__1
written_rep: acting
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stellvertretend | amtierend | geschäftsführend
sense_list:
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.


lexentry: eng/actinic__Adjective__1
written_rep: actinic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: aktinisch
sense_list:
(chemistry, photography) Of or relating to actinism, the range of photochemical effects produced by exposure to electromagnetic radiation, particularly sunlight.


lexentry: eng/actinide__Noun__1
written_rep: actinide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Actiniden
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.


lexentry: eng/actinium__Noun__1
written_rep: actinium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Actinium
sense_list:
A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores.


lexentry: eng/actinolite__Noun__1
written_rep: actinolite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktinolith
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2, belonging to the amphibole group.


lexentry: eng/actinometry__Noun__1
written_rep: actinometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktinometrie
sense_list:
the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation


lexentry: eng/action__Noun__1
written_rep: action
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bewegung | Funktion
sense_list:
A way of motion or functioning. | (literature) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.


lexentry: eng/action__Noun__1
written_rep: action
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: Handlung | Aktion | Bewegung | Funktion
sense_list:
(mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).


lexentry: eng/action_figure__Noun__1
written_rep: action figure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Action-Figur
sense_list:
A children's toy in the form of a posable plastic figurine of a character, often from a movie, video game, or television program, with moving parts and often capable of some form of spring-loaded movement. It is used to distinguish from dolls, which have acquired the reputation as a girl's toy, whereas action figures are more marketed toward boys.


lexentry: eng/action_movie__Noun__1
written_rep: action movie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Actionfilm
sense_list:
A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay.


lexentry: eng/action_potential__Noun__1
written_rep: action potential
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktionspotential
sense_list:
(physiology) A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/action_replay__Noun__1
written_rep: action replay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Videowiederholung | Wiederholung
sense_list:
In TV broadcasting, the reshowing of a short segment of action, especially slow-motion sporting action, shortly after it was broadcast live or in real-time.


lexentry: eng/actionism__Noun__1
written_rep: actionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktionismus
sense_list:
(philosophy) An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change in lieu of continuity, stability, and permanence.


lexentry: eng/activate__Verb__1
written_rep: activate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aktivieren | freischalten
sense_list:
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.


lexentry: eng/activated_carbon__Noun__1
written_rep: activated carbon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktivkohle
sense_list:
A very absorbent form of finely powdered carbon; used in purifying gases, and as an antidote for many poisons.


lexentry: eng/activation__Noun__1
written_rep: activation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Aktivierung
sense_list:
(physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.


lexentry: eng/activation_analysis__Noun__1
written_rep: activation analysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktivierungsanalyse
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) Any of several similar radiochemical techniques of analysis in which a subatomic particle or gamma ray is captured by a nuclide to form a second stable nuclide which is then measured.


lexentry: eng/activation_function__Noun__1
written_rep: activation function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktivierungsfunktion
sense_list:
(computer science) A function that defines the output of a particular node in an artificial neural network on the basis of its inputs.


lexentry: eng/activator__Noun__1
written_rep: activator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Aktivator | Beschleuniger
sense_list:
(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.


lexentry: eng/active__Adjective__1
written_rep: active
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aktiv | tätig
sense_list:
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives. | In action; actually proceeding; working; in force


lexentry: eng/active_duty__Noun__1
written_rep: active duty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aktiver Dienst | militärischer Einsatz
sense_list:
(military) A state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.


lexentry: eng/active_galactic_nucleus__Noun__1
written_rep: active galactic nucleus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aktiver galaktischer Kern
sense_list:
(astronomy) A compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion of the (measurable) electromagnetic spectrum.


lexentry: eng/active_ingredient__Noun__1
written_rep: active ingredient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Arzneimittelwirkstoff | Wirkstoff
sense_list:
(pharmacology) The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.


lexentry: eng/active_participle__Noun__1
written_rep: active participle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aktives Partizip
sense_list:
(grammar) A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the active voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb.


lexentry: eng/active_power__Noun__1
written_rep: active power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wirkleistung
sense_list:
The real component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is in phase with the voltage


lexentry: eng/active_volcano__Noun__1
written_rep: active volcano
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aktiver Vulkan
sense_list:
(vulcanology, geology) A volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years, although not necessarily venting lava or gases now.


lexentry: eng/activism__Noun__1
written_rep: activism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktivismus
sense_list:
The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.


lexentry: eng/activities_of_daily_living__Noun__1
written_rep: activities of daily living
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens
sense_list:
(healthcare) A set of common daily activities, including bathing, feeding, and relieving oneself. A person’s ability or inability to perform them is used as a measurement of their functional status.


lexentry: eng/activity__Noun__1
written_rep: activity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Aktivität | Tätigkeit | Handlung | Unternehmung
sense_list:
(countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.


lexentry: eng/actor__Noun__1
written_rep: actor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schauspieler | Schauspielerin | Akteur | Akteurin | Aktrice | Handelnde
sense_list:
A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/actual__Adjective__1
written_rep: actual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tatsächlich | konkret
sense_list:
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/actualism__Noun__1
written_rep: actualism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktualismus
sense_list:
(philosophy) The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not.


lexentry: eng/actuarial_science__Noun__1
written_rep: actuarial science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Versicherungsmathematik
sense_list:
(applied mathematics, insurance, finance) The discipline within applied mathematics dealing with risk assessment and the modelling of uncertainty; the rigorous application of mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk, in industries including insurance and finance.


lexentry: eng/actuary__Noun__1
written_rep: actuary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Aktuar | Versicherungsmathematiker | Versicherungsfachmann
sense_list:
A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.


lexentry: eng/actuator__Noun__1
written_rep: actuator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktor | Aktuator
sense_list:
Something that actuates something else. | A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.


lexentry: eng/actus_reus__Noun__1
written_rep: actus reus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: objektiver Tatbestand | strafbare Handlung
sense_list:
(legal) An act, or series of acts, considered as separate from the intentions or state of mind of the perpetrator in the context of criminal law. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/acumen__Noun__1
written_rep: acumen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Scharfsinn
sense_list:
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.


lexentry: eng/acupressure__Noun__1
written_rep: acupressure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akupressur
sense_list:
(uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.


lexentry: eng/acupuncture__Noun__1
written_rep: acupuncture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akupunktur
sense_list:
The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.


lexentry: eng/acupuncturist__Noun__1
written_rep: acupuncturist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akupunkteur
sense_list:
A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.


lexentry: eng/acute__Adjective__1
written_rep: acute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: akut
sense_list:
Urgent. | (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage. | (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.


lexentry: eng/acute__Adjective__1
written_rep: acute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: spitz | akut
sense_list:
(geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees. | (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.


lexentry: eng/acute_accent__Noun__1
written_rep: acute accent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Akut
sense_list:
(orthography) : A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.


lexentry: eng/acyl__Noun__1
written_rep: acyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acyl
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.


lexentry: eng/adamant__Noun__1
written_rep: adamant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adamant
sense_list:
An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.


lexentry: eng/adapt__Verb__1
written_rep: adapt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: herrichten | nachempfinden | nachgestalten | rezipieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character


lexentry: eng/adaptation__Noun__1
written_rep: adaptation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anpassung
sense_list:
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.


lexentry: eng/adaptation__Noun__1
written_rep: adaptation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Ad­ap­ta­ti­on | Anpassung
sense_list:
(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.


lexentry: eng/adaptee__Noun__1
written_rep: adaptee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adaptierte
sense_list:
(software, object-oriented) A class that is converted to another class using a so-called adapter class.


lexentry: eng/adapter__Noun__1
written_rep: adapter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Adapter
sense_list:
Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power. | Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.


lexentry: eng/adapter__Noun__1
written_rep: adapter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Steckdosenleiste | Steckerleiste
sense_list:
Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.


lexentry: eng/adaptogen__Noun__1
written_rep: adaptogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adaptogen
sense_list:
(alternative medicine) Any natural herbal substance, such as ginseng, that is purported to assist the body to adapt to stress, and to exert a normalizing effect upon body functions.


lexentry: eng/adaptometer__Noun__1
written_rep: adaptometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adaptometer
sense_list:
An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.


lexentry: eng/add-on__Noun__1
written_rep: add-on
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Add-On | Add-on | Addon | Erweiterung
sense_list:
(computer hardware, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.


lexentry: eng/add_insult_to_injury__Verb__1
written_rep: add insult to injury
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Salz in die Wunde streuen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an already unfavorable situation.


lexentry: eng/addend__Noun__1
written_rep: addend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Summand | zweiter Summand
sense_list:
(mathematics) Addendum, any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together.


lexentry: eng/adder's_tongue__Noun__1
written_rep: adder's tongue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Natternzunge
sense_list:
Any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum, whose spores are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.


lexentry: eng/adder__Noun__1
written_rep: adder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Viper | Otter | Kreuzotter
sense_list:
A common European adder (Vipera berus). | A northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), a venomous viper found in the eastern United States


lexentry: eng/adder_stone__Noun__1
written_rep: adder stone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hühnergott
sense_list:
A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.


lexentry: eng/addict__Verb__1
written_rep: addict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: süchtig machen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/adding_machine__Noun__1
written_rep: adding machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Addiermaschine
sense_list:
A simple mechanical or electromechanical calculator that performs simple calculations, such as addition or subtraction. It aids repetitive arithmetic, as compared with unaided human effort. It cannot do advanced functions like a scientific calculator can.


lexentry: eng/additive__Noun__1
written_rep: additive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zusatz | Additiv | Zusatzstoff
sense_list:
A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.


lexentry: eng/additive_group__Noun__1
written_rep: additive group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: additive Gruppe
sense_list:
(algebra) Any of certain algebraic objects (ring, field or vector space, etc., whose definition includes a commutative operation called addition) regarded as a group under addition.


lexentry: eng/additive_identity__Noun__1
written_rep: additive identity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: additive Identität
sense_list:
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure, generally denoted 0, which is an identity for an additive operation (generally denoted +). That is, x + 0 = 0 + x = x for any x in the structure.


lexentry: eng/address__Noun__1
written_rep: address
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adresse | Anschrift
sense_list:
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter. [from 17th c.] | (networking, Internet) A string of characters identifying a node or range of nodes on a network (especially the Internet), such as an e-mail address, IP address or URL. [from 1960s] | The location of a property. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/address__Noun__1
written_rep: address
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anrede | Art
sense_list:
(Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.


lexentry: eng/address__Noun__1
written_rep: address
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ansprache
sense_list:
(chiefly, in plural, now, archaic) A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance. [from 16th c.] | An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/address__Verb__1
written_rep: address
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: adressieren | ansprechen
sense_list:
(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.


lexentry: eng/address__Verb__1
written_rep: address
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: sich vorbereiten
sense_list:
(transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.


lexentry: eng/address_bar__Noun__1
written_rep: address bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adresszeile
sense_list:
(computing, graphical user interface) A bar in a web browser that displays the address (uniform resource identifier) of the page or resource being displayed.


lexentry: eng/address_space__Noun__1
written_rep: address space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adressraum
sense_list:
(computing) A range of discrete addresses, all the address locations available in a particular, named, subset of a computer's (virtual or real) memory.


lexentry: eng/addressee__Noun__1
written_rep: addressee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Empfänger | Adressat | Empfängerin | Adressatin | Rezipient | Rezipientin
sense_list:
The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.


lexentry: eng/adduce__Verb__1
written_rep: adduce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anführen
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.


lexentry: eng/adductor__Noun__1
written_rep: adductor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adduktor
sense_list:
(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.


lexentry: eng/adenine__Noun__1
written_rep: adenine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adenin
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.


lexentry: eng/adenohypophysis__Noun__1
written_rep: adenohypophysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adenohypophyse
sense_list:
(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.


lexentry: eng/adenoid__Noun__1
written_rep: adenoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandel | Nasenpolyp | Polyp
sense_list:
(symptom) an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children.


lexentry: eng/adenoidectomy__Noun__1
written_rep: adenoidectomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adenotomie
sense_list:
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.


lexentry: eng/adenopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: adenopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lymphadenopathie
sense_list:
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.


lexentry: eng/adenosine__Noun__1
written_rep: adenosine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adenosin
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics, organic compound) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/adenosine_monophosphate__Noun__1
written_rep: adenosine monophosphate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: AMP
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A nucleotide, found in all animal muscle cells, reversibly convertible to adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate.


lexentry: eng/adenosine_triphosphate__Noun__1
written_rep: adenosine triphosphate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adenosintriphosphat
sense_list:
(biochemistry, neurotransmitter) A nucleotide that is used as a source of energy in cellular reactions, in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and as a neurotransmitter recognized by purinergic receptors.


lexentry: eng/adermatoglyphia__Noun__1
written_rep: adermatoglyphia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adermatoglyphie
sense_list:
The rare congenital absence of epidermal ridges (fingerprints and toeprints). | The autosomally dominant genetic disorder which causes this condition.


lexentry: eng/adessive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: adessive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adessiv
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "near", "at", or "by". Languages that use the adessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Lezgi and Lithuanian.


lexentry: eng/adhan__Noun__1
written_rep: adhan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adhān | Gebetsruf | Muezzinruf
sense_list:
(Islam) The call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbirs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله.


lexentry: eng/adhesion__Noun__1
written_rep: adhesion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Verwachsung
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.


lexentry: eng/adhocracy__Noun__1
written_rep: adhocracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adhokratie
sense_list:
(business, organizational theory) An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic. [from 1964.]


lexentry: eng/adiabatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: adiabatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adiabatisch
sense_list:
(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).


lexentry: eng/adicity__Noun__1
written_rep: adicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stelligkeit
sense_list:
(logic, mathematics, computer science) The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.


lexentry: eng/adipic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: adipic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adipinsäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C4H8(COOH)2; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.


lexentry: eng/adipocere__Noun__1
written_rep: adipocere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fettwachs
sense_list:
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.


lexentry: eng/adipose_fin__Noun__1
written_rep: adipose fin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fettflosse
sense_list:
(ichthyology) A soft, fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin, found fish of certain families, believed to have some sensory function.


lexentry: eng/adit__Noun__1
written_rep: adit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stollen
sense_list:
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/adjective_phrase__Noun__1
written_rep: adjective phrase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adjektivphrase | adjektivisches Satzglied
sense_list:
(grammar) A phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and can include an adverbial phrase as a modifier within it.


lexentry: eng/adjika__Noun__1
written_rep: adjika
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adschika
sense_list:
A hot, spicy but subtly flavoured paste often used to flavour food, mainly in the Caucasian regions of Abkhazia and Samegrelo.


lexentry: eng/adjoin__Verb__1
written_rep: adjoin
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To be in contact or connection with. | (transitive, mathematics, chiefly, algebra, and, number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it an element not belonging to it and then ensuring closure, for example by also adding all finite power series of the element.


lexentry: eng/adjoint__Adjective__1
written_rep: adjoint
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adjungiert
sense_list:
(mathematics) Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation). | (mathematics, category theory, of a functor) That is related to another functor by an adjunction.


lexentry: eng/adjunct__Noun__1
written_rep: adjunct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Adjunkt | Angabe
sense_list:
(grammar) A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying its meaning.


lexentry: eng/adjustable_pliers__Noun__1
written_rep: adjustable pliers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wasserpumpenzange
sense_list:
A type of pliers used by plumbers that can be quickly changed in size and is primarily used for tightening nuts on water pipes.


lexentry: eng/adjutant__Noun__1
written_rep: adjutant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adjutant
sense_list:
(military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.


lexentry: eng/administer__Verb__1
written_rep: administer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verwalten | administrieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.


lexentry: eng/administer__Verb__1
written_rep: administer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: verabreichen | darreichen
sense_list:
(transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.


lexentry: eng/administration__Noun__1
written_rep: administration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verwaltung | Administration | Verabreichung
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.


lexentry: eng/administration__Noun__1
written_rep: administration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Verwaltung | Verabreichung
sense_list:
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.


lexentry: eng/administrative_court__Noun__1
written_rep: administrative court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verwaltungsgericht
sense_list:
(law) In many civil law jurisdictions, a specialized court separate from the ordinary court system in charge of reviewing decisions made by public authorities under administrative law.


lexentry: eng/administrator__Noun__1
written_rep: administrator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Administrator | Verwalter | Verwalterin | Sachbearbeiter | Verwaltungsleiter
sense_list:
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.


lexentry: eng/administrator__Noun__1
written_rep: administrator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nachlassverwalter | Verwalter
sense_list:
(legal) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority


lexentry: eng/administrator__Noun__1
written_rep: administrator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Administrator | Administratorin
sense_list:
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network


lexentry: eng/admiral__Noun__1
written_rep: admiral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Admiral
sense_list:
(military) The appointed commander of a navy, regardless of formal title. [1440] | (military) A high rank in the British and American Navies, NATO grade OF-9, equivalent ranks in other navies, in coast guards, etc. | (zoology) Any of several species of nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa. [1799]


lexentry: eng/admiral_of_the_fleet__Noun__1
written_rep: admiral of the fleet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Großadmiral
sense_list:
(military, UK) The highest rank in the Royal Navy and other Commonwealth navies, NATO grade OF-10, currently only ceremonial.


lexentry: eng/admiralty_law__Noun__1
written_rep: admiralty law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seerecht
sense_list:
(legal) The area of law that deals with ships at sea and the rights of sailors, passengers, and owners of cargo.


lexentry: eng/admission__Noun__1
written_rep: admission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Schuldeingeständnis
sense_list:
(legal) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.


lexentry: eng/admit__Verb__1
written_rep: admit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zulassen | einlassen | einweisen
sense_list:
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration


lexentry: eng/admit__Verb__1
written_rep: admit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: zugeben | eingestehen
sense_list:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).


lexentry: eng/admit__Verb__1
written_rep: admit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: erlauben
sense_list:
(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.


lexentry: eng/admonish__Verb__1
written_rep: admonish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: warnen
sense_list:
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.


lexentry: eng/adoption__Noun__1
written_rep: adoption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Adoption
sense_list:
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child. | An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. | The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.


lexentry: eng/adoptionism__Noun__1
written_rep: adoptionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adoptianismus
sense_list:
(Christianity) A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.


lexentry: eng/adoration__Noun__1
written_rep: adoration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Verehrung
sense_list:
(uncountable) Admiration or esteem. | (uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.


lexentry: eng/adposition__Noun__1
written_rep: adposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adposition | Lagewort | Präposition | Verhältniswort
sense_list:
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.


lexentry: eng/adrenal_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: adrenal gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nebenniere
sense_list:
(anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.


lexentry: eng/adrenochrome__Noun__1
written_rep: adrenochrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adrenochrom
sense_list:
(biochemistry) An oxidation product of adrenaline or epinephrine; its semicarbazone is used as a drug to reduce bleeding. | (fiction) A fictional drug obtained from human adrenal glands.


lexentry: eng/adret__Noun__1
written_rep: adret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sommerhalde
sense_list:
(geography) The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, especially south-facing slope.


lexentry: eng/adsorption__Noun__1
written_rep: adsorption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adsorption
sense_list:
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.


lexentry: eng/adstratum__Noun__1
written_rep: adstratum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adstrat
sense_list:
(linguistics) Any language having elements that are responsible for change in neighbouring languages


lexentry: eng/adularia__Noun__1
written_rep: adularia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adular
sense_list:
(mineral) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).


lexentry: eng/adult__Adjective__1
written_rep: adult
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: für Erwachsene
sense_list:
(of a beverage) Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults. | (of a cookie, gummy, etc.) Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults. | Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults.


lexentry: eng/adultery__Noun__1
written_rep: adultery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ehebruch
sense_list:
(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry


lexentry: eng/adumbration__Noun__1
written_rep: adumbration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abbild | Abriss | Andeutung | Metapher | Schattenriss | Umriss
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.


lexentry: eng/advance_guard__Noun__1
written_rep: advance guard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorhut
sense_list:
A unit or units leading the way of advancing or marching troops, guarding them from ambushes, reconnoitering and pursuing the enemy, etc.


lexentry: eng/advance_payment__Noun__1
written_rep: advance payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorauszahlung | Vorkasse
sense_list:
The part of a contractually due sum that is paid or received in advance for a good, service or social security payment.


lexentry: eng/advantage__Noun__1
written_rep: advantage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorteil
sense_list:
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. | (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party. | (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.


lexentry: eng/advection__Noun__1
written_rep: advection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Advektion | Strömungstransport
sense_list:
(meteorology, earth science, physical chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.


lexentry: eng/advection_fog__Noun__1
written_rep: advection fog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Advektionsnebel
sense_list:
(physics, meteorology) A type of fog caused by the passage of moist air horizontally over a relatively colder surface and the consequent cooling of that air to below its dew point.


lexentry: eng/adventitious__Adjective__1
written_rep: adventitious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unkraut
sense_list:
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. | (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.


lexentry: eng/adventure__Noun__1
written_rep: adventure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abenteuer
sense_list:
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event. | A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. | (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.


lexentry: eng/adventure__Noun__1
written_rep: adventure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abenteuer | Wagnis
sense_list:
A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.


lexentry: eng/adventure_travel__Noun__1
written_rep: adventure travel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abenteuerreise
sense_list:
A type of tourism, involving exploration or travel with a certain degree of risk (real or perceived), and which may require special skills and physical exertion.


lexentry: eng/adventurism__Noun__1
written_rep: adventurism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abenteuertum | Abenteurertum
sense_list:
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/adventurous__Adjective__1
written_rep: adventurous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abenteuerdurstig | abenteuerhungrig | abenteuerlustig | abenteuersüchtig
sense_list:
(of a, person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.


lexentry: eng/adverb__Noun__1
written_rep: adverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adverb | Umstandswort | Nebenwort | Adverbium | Zuwort | Zeitnebenwort
sense_list:
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. | (programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.


lexentry: eng/adverbial_participle__Noun__1
written_rep: adverbial participle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adverbialpartizip | Transgressiv
sense_list:
(grammar) A participle that modifies a verb in the same sentence and is equivalent to an adverbial clause in English. Adverbial participles may denote time, condition, cause, concession, manner, means, purpose, or attendant circumstance.


lexentry: eng/adverbial_phrase__Noun__1
written_rep: adverbial phrase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adverbphrase | adverbiales Satzglied | Adverbgruppe | Adverbialphrase
sense_list:
(grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.


lexentry: eng/adverse__Adjective__1
written_rep: adverse
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gegnerisch | widrig
sense_list:
Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.


lexentry: eng/adverse_possession__Noun__1
written_rep: adverse possession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ersitzung
sense_list:
(legal) A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.


lexentry: eng/advertise__Verb__1
written_rep: advertise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ankündigen | annoncieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/advertise__Verb__1
written_rep: advertise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: werben | inserieren
sense_list:
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/advertise__Verb__1
written_rep: advertise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: anbieten | anpreisen
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/advertising_agency__Noun__1
written_rep: advertising agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Werbeagentur
sense_list:
a business enterprise dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising on behalf of its client companies.


lexentry: eng/advertorial__Noun__1
written_rep: advertorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Advertorial
sense_list:
An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.


lexentry: eng/advise__Verb__1
written_rep: advise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: informieren | mitteilen | verständigen
sense_list:
(transitive) To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel. [with of ‘what is communicated’]


lexentry: eng/advisedly__Adverb__1
written_rep: advisedly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Absicht
sense_list:
With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.


lexentry: eng/advocacy_group__Noun__1
written_rep: advocacy group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Interessengruppe
sense_list:
A group of people, always allied and sometimes also formally organised, who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and policy.


lexentry: eng/adynaton__Noun__1
written_rep: adynaton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adynaton
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.


lexentry: eng/adytum__Noun__1
written_rep: adytum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allerheiligstes
sense_list:
(Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.


lexentry: eng/adze__Noun__1
written_rep: adze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dechsel | Queraxt
sense_list:
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.


lexentry: eng/aedile__Noun__1
written_rep: aedile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ädil
sense_list:
(historical, Ancient Rome) An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water.


lexentry: eng/aegis__Noun__1
written_rep: aegis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ägis
sense_list:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/aeration__Noun__1
written_rep: aeration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Belüftung
sense_list:
By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation.


lexentry: eng/aerial__Noun__1
written_rep: aerial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Antenne
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.


lexentry: eng/aerial_cableway__Noun__1
written_rep: aerial cableway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drahtseilbahn
sense_list:
A large assortment of cables, suspended above the ground at a minesite or quarry, used to transport tools and equipment over rough territory.


lexentry: eng/aerobe__Noun__1
written_rep: aerobe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerobier
sense_list:
(biology) Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.


lexentry: eng/aerobics__Noun__1
written_rep: aerobics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerobic
sense_list:
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]


lexentry: eng/aerobiology__Noun__1
written_rep: aerobiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerobiologie
sense_list:
(biology) The study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses.


lexentry: eng/aerodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: aerodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerodynamik
sense_list:
The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/aerogel__Noun__1
written_rep: aerogel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerogel
sense_list:
A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.


lexentry: eng/aerogram__Noun__1
written_rep: aerogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Aerogramm
sense_list:
A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.


lexentry: eng/aerology__Noun__1
written_rep: aerology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerologie
sense_list:
The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, kites, rockets, drones, airplanes, etc.


lexentry: eng/aerometry__Noun__1
written_rep: aerometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerometrie | Luftmessung
sense_list:
(archaic) The science of measuring the air, including air pressure, density, quality, direction and condensation; pneumatics.


lexentry: eng/aeronomy__Noun__1
written_rep: aeronomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aeronomie
sense_list:
A branch of science that deals with the upper atmosphere of the Earth and the other planets with reference to their chemical composition, physical properties, relative motion, and responses to radiation from space.


lexentry: eng/aerophone__Noun__1
written_rep: aerophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerophon
sense_list:
Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.


lexentry: eng/aerostat__Noun__1
written_rep: aerostat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerostatik
sense_list:
An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.


lexentry: eng/aerostatics__Noun__1
written_rep: aerostatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerostatik
sense_list:
(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions


lexentry: eng/aerothermodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: aerothermodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aerothermodynamik
sense_list:
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.


lexentry: eng/aesthete__Noun__1
written_rep: aesthete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ästhet | Schöngeist | Ästhetin
sense_list:
(often, derogatory) Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature, often in a manner perceived to prioritize beauty over other qualities such as virtue and utility.


lexentry: eng/aesthetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: aesthetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ästhetisch
sense_list:
Concerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance. | (rarely, proscribed) Beautiful or appealing to one's sense of beauty or art.


lexentry: eng/aesthetician__Noun__1
written_rep: aesthetician
part_of_speech: noun
trans_list:
Kosmetiker | Kosmetikerin | Schönheitskünstler | Schönheitskünstlerin | Schönheitspfleger | Schönheitspflegerin


lexentry: eng/aestivation__Noun__1
written_rep: aestivation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sommerschlaf
sense_list:
(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.


lexentry: eng/aetiology__Noun__1
written_rep: aetiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ätiologie
sense_list:
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.


lexentry: eng/affable__Adjective__1
written_rep: affable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umgänglich | leutselig | affabel | freundlich | nett
sense_list:
Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.


lexentry: eng/affair__Noun__1
written_rep: affair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Angelegenheit
sense_list:
(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. | Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.


lexentry: eng/affect__Noun__1
written_rep: affect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Affekt
sense_list:
(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/affect__Verb__2
written_rep: affect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fingieren | vortäuschen | gernhaben | leiden können | mögen | vorgaukeln
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/affectation__Noun__1
written_rep: affectation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschraubtheit | Affektiertheit
sense_list:
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. [from 1548]


lexentry: eng/affection__Noun__1
written_rep: affection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Zuneigung
sense_list:
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.


lexentry: eng/affiliate__Noun__1
written_rep: affiliate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

trans_list:
Tochtergesellschaft | Tochterunternehmen | Geschäftspartner | Mitgliedsorganisation | Tochter | Zweigniederlassung


lexentry: eng/affiliate__Verb__1
written_rep: affiliate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: beifügen | beitreten | verbinden | zufügen
sense_list:
(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.


lexentry: eng/affine_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: affine geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affine Geometrie
sense_list:
(geometry, uncountable) The branch of geometry dealing with what can be deduced in Euclidean geometry when the notions of line length and angle size are ignored.


lexentry: eng/affine_transformation__Noun__1
written_rep: affine transformation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affine Abbildung
sense_list:
(geometry, linear algebra) A geometric transformation that preserves lines and parallelism, but in general not lengths or angles; (more formally) an automorphism of an affine space: a mapping of an affine space onto itself that preserves both the dimension of any affine subspace and the ratio of the lengths of any pair of parallel line segments.


lexentry: eng/affinity__Noun__1
written_rep: affinity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Affinität | Zusammengehörigkeit
sense_list:
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing. | (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.


lexentry: eng/affinity__Noun__1
written_rep: affinity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schwägerschaft | Verwandtschaft
sense_list:
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).


lexentry: eng/affirm__Verb__1
written_rep: affirm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bejahen | bestätigen | zustimmen
sense_list:
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. | To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.


lexentry: eng/affirm__Verb__1
written_rep: affirm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bejahen | bestätigen | unterstützen | zustimmen
sense_list:
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.


lexentry: eng/affirmative__Noun__1
written_rep: affirmative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affirmativer Satz
sense_list:
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. | (grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.


lexentry: eng/affirmative_action__Noun__1
written_rep: affirmative action
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: positive Diskriminierung
sense_list:
(uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.


lexentry: eng/afford__Verb__1
written_rep: afford
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imstande sein | leisten
sense_list:
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.


lexentry: eng/afford__Verb__1
written_rep: afford
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gewähren
sense_list:
(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.


lexentry: eng/afforestation__Noun__1
written_rep: afforestation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aufforstung
sense_list:
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.


lexentry: eng/affreightment__Noun__1
written_rep: affreightment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Befrachtung | Chartern
sense_list:
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.


lexentry: eng/afield__Adverb__1
written_rep: afield
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abseits | fort | hinaus | jenseits | weg
sense_list:
Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).


lexentry: eng/afraid__Adjective__1
written_rep: afraid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bedauern | leider
sense_list:
Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. [with that (+ clause) or clause; or with so or not]


lexentry: eng/afrobeat__Noun__1
written_rep: afrobeat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Afrobeat
sense_list:
(music genre) Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) with American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.


lexentry: eng/aft__Adverb__1
written_rep: aft
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achtern
sense_list:
(nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).


lexentry: eng/after__Conjunction__1
written_rep: after
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nachdem
sense_list:
Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.


lexentry: eng/after__Preposition__1
written_rep: after
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wegen | nach
sense_list:
(Irish, Newfoundland, usually, preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity.


lexentry: eng/after_all__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: after all
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immerhin | schließlich | allerdings
sense_list:
(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.


lexentry: eng/afterbirth__Noun__1
written_rep: afterbirth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachgeburt
sense_list:
The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.


lexentry: eng/afterburner__Noun__1
written_rep: afterburner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachbrenner
sense_list:
(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.


lexentry: eng/afterings__Noun__1
written_rep: afterings
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Neige
sense_list:
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.


lexentry: eng/afterlife__Noun__1
written_rep: afterlife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jenseits | Leben nach dem Tod | Unterwelt
sense_list:
A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.


lexentry: eng/aftermath__Noun__1
written_rep: aftermath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grummet | Nachmahd | Zweiter Schnitt
sense_list:
(obsolete, agriculture) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; lattermath.


lexentry: eng/aftermath__Noun__1
written_rep: aftermath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nachspiel | Nachwirkung | Folge | Nachwehen
sense_list:
That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.


lexentry: eng/afternoon_tea__Noun__1
written_rep: afternoon tea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: schmecken
sense_list:
(Australia, NZ, Hong Kong) A small meal or snack eaten between lunch and dinner (supper); a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from work or from a conference.


lexentry: eng/afterpain__Noun__1
written_rep: afterpain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Nachwehe | Nachwehen
sense_list:
(pathology, often in the plural) Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).


lexentry: eng/aftershock__Noun__1
written_rep: aftershock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachbeben
sense_list:
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").


lexentry: eng/again__Adverb__1
written_rep: again
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: nochmal | noch | doch | gleich
sense_list:
Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.


lexentry: eng/again__Adverb__1
written_rep: again
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: wieder | erneut | wiederum | nochmal | noch einmal | schon wieder
sense_list:
Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/against__Preposition__1
written_rep: against
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gegen
sense_list:
In a contrary direction to. | Close to, alongside. | In exchange for. | As protection from. | (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.


lexentry: eng/agape__Noun__1
written_rep: agape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agape
sense_list:
(uncountable, Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others. | (countable) A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.


lexentry: eng/agar__Noun__1
written_rep: agar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agar
sense_list:
A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.


lexentry: eng/agarwood__Noun__1
written_rep: agarwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adlerholz
sense_list:
Heartwood from trees of genus Aquilaria, especially Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. A. agallocha), infected with mold (Phialophora parasitica), which produce an aromatic resin in response to this infestation.


lexentry: eng/agate__Noun__1
written_rep: agate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Achat
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, mineral) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. | (slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.


lexentry: eng/agave__Noun__1
written_rep: agave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agave
sense_list:
Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
written_rep: age
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Lebenszeit | Alter
sense_list:
(countable) Any particular stage of life. | (countable) Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
written_rep: age
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Volljährigkeit
sense_list:
(uncountable) Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
written_rep: age
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Alter | Epoche
sense_list:
(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.


lexentry: eng/age__Noun__1
written_rep: age
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Alter | Zeitalter | Ära
sense_list:
(countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.


lexentry: eng/age_gap__Noun__1
written_rep: age gap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altersunterschied
sense_list:
A difference in ages between two or more people, especially in the context of romantic or sexual relationships.


lexentry: eng/age_limit__Noun__1
written_rep: age limit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altersgrenze | Altersbeschränkung
sense_list:
A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.


lexentry: eng/age_of_consent__Noun__1
written_rep: age of consent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schutzalter
sense_list:
(legal) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.


lexentry: eng/age_of_majority__Noun__1
written_rep: age of majority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volljährigkeit | Volljährigkeitsalter
sense_list:
(legal) The age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted or recognized; i.e.; the age where a person ceases to be a minor legally and becomes a legal adult.


lexentry: eng/ageism__Noun__1
written_rep: ageism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altersdiskriminierung
sense_list:
The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.


lexentry: eng/ageless__Adjective__1
written_rep: ageless
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ewig
sense_list:
(relative to past) Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.


lexentry: eng/ageless__Adjective__1
written_rep: ageless
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zeitlos
sense_list:
(relative to future) Continuing infinitely or indefinitely. | Always appearing youthful; never seeming to age.


lexentry: eng/agency__Noun__1
written_rep: agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Agency | Handlungsfähigkeit
sense_list:
(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.


lexentry: eng/agency__Noun__1
written_rep: agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Agentur
sense_list:
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent. | An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.


lexentry: eng/agency__Noun__1
written_rep: agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Behörde | Agentur
sense_list:
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.


lexentry: eng/agent__Noun__1
written_rep: agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Agent | Agentin
sense_list:
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.


lexentry: eng/agent__Noun__1
written_rep: agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Agent
sense_list:
Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise). | (computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.


lexentry: eng/agent__Noun__1
written_rep: agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Wirkstoff
sense_list:
An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.


lexentry: eng/agent__Noun__1
written_rep: agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Agens
sense_list:
(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".


lexentry: eng/agent_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: agent noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nomen Agentis | Täterbezeichnung
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun that denotes an agent (human or nonhuman) that performs the action denoted by the verb from which the noun is derived, such as "rider" derived from "to ride", or "cutter" derived from "to cut".


lexentry: eng/agent_provocateur__Noun__1
written_rep: agent provocateur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Provokateur | Agent Provocateur | Lockspitzel
sense_list:
A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.


lexentry: eng/aggiornamento__Noun__1
written_rep: aggiornamento
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reform
sense_list:
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.


lexentry: eng/agglomeration__Noun__1
written_rep: agglomeration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Ballungsraum
sense_list:
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.


lexentry: eng/agglutination__Noun__1
written_rep: agglutination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agglutination
sense_list:
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.


lexentry: eng/aggrandizement__Noun__1
written_rep: aggrandizement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erhöhung
sense_list:
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.


lexentry: eng/aggravate__Verb__1
written_rep: aggravate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verschlimmern | erschweren
sense_list:
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/aggravating_circumstance__Noun__1
written_rep: aggravating circumstance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erschwerender Umstand
sense_list:
(legal, or general usage, chiefly, in the plural) A factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act.


lexentry: eng/aggravation__Noun__1
written_rep: aggravation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erschwerung | Verärgerung | Zuspitzung | erschwerender Umstand | med. Verschlechterung
sense_list:
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Adjective__1
written_rep: aggregate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: zusammengemischt
sense_list:
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
written_rep: aggregate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anhäufung | Ansammlung | Häufung
sense_list:
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
written_rep: aggregate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Aggregation | Ansammlung | Masse
sense_list:
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
written_rep: aggregate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Chromatische Tonleiter | Gesamtergebnis | Tonvorrat
sense_list:
(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.


lexentry: eng/aggregate__Noun__1
written_rep: aggregate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Zement (Medizin)
sense_list:
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.


lexentry: eng/aggregate_fruit__Noun__1
written_rep: aggregate fruit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sammelfrucht
sense_list:
(botany) A fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry.


lexentry: eng/aggregation__Noun__1
written_rep: aggregation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Aggregation
sense_list:
(networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route. | (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.


lexentry: eng/aggressive__Adjective__1
written_rep: aggressive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggressiv | angriffslustig
sense_list:
Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. | (pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.


lexentry: eng/aggressor__Noun__1
written_rep: aggressor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aggressor | Aggressorin | Angreiferin | Angreifer
sense_list:
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.


lexentry: eng/aggrieved_party__Noun__1
written_rep: aggrieved party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschädigte | Geschädigter
sense_list:
(law) An individual or collective whose rights have been violated and who is entitled to commence a lawsuit; victim.


lexentry: eng/aggro__Verb__1
written_rep: aggro
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verursachen
sense_list:
(gaming, transitive) To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.


lexentry: eng/agility__Noun__1
written_rep: agility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beweglichkeit | Agilität | Wendigkeit
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion


lexentry: eng/agio__Noun__1
written_rep: agio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agio
sense_list:
(economics, finance) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.


lexentry: eng/agitation__Noun__1
written_rep: agitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agitation | Aufwühlung
sense_list:
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.


lexentry: eng/agitprop__Noun__1
written_rep: agitprop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agitprop
sense_list:
(uncountable, also, attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/agnosticism__Noun__1
written_rep: agnosticism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Agnostizismus
sense_list:
The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.


lexentry: eng/agnotology__Noun__1
written_rep: agnotology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agnotologie
sense_list:
The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.


lexentry: eng/agon__Noun__1
written_rep: agon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agon
sense_list:
(countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work. | (countable) A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.


lexentry: eng/agonal_respiration__Noun__1
written_rep: agonal respiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnappatmung
sense_list:
(medicine) Shallow or labored breathing preceding death, or similar breathing associated with cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest.


lexentry: eng/agranulocytosis__Noun__1
written_rep: agranulocytosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agranulozytose
sense_list:
(disease) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.


lexentry: eng/agree__Verb__1
written_rep: agree
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zustimmen | einverstanden sein
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.


lexentry: eng/agree__Verb__1
written_rep: agree
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: akzeptieren | annehmen | sich verständigen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.


lexentry: eng/agree__Verb__1
written_rep: agree
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: übereinstimmen | kongruieren | nachfolgen
sense_list:
(intransitive, grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.


lexentry: eng/agreeableness__Noun__1
written_rep: agreeableness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Verbindlichkeit | Verträglichkeit
sense_list:
(psychology) A personality trait characterized by the adjectives kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm and considerate.


lexentry: eng/agreement__Noun__1
written_rep: agreement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Übereinstimmung | Einverständnis | Einigkeit | Abkommen | Einvernehmen
sense_list:
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.


lexentry: eng/agreement__Noun__1
written_rep: agreement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Kongruenz
sense_list:
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts. | (obsolete, chiefly, _, in the plural) An agreeable quality.


lexentry: eng/agribusiness__Noun__1
written_rep: agribusiness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agribusiness | Agrobusiness
sense_list:
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do. [from 1950s]


lexentry: eng/agriculture__Noun__1
written_rep: agriculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landwirtschaft | Ackerbau | Agrarwirtschaft | Agrikultur
sense_list:
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.


lexentry: eng/agrimi__Noun__1
written_rep: agrimi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agrimi | Kretische Gämse | Kretische Wildziege | Kri-kri
sense_list:
A type of goat with long horns that curl back, native to Crete, subspecies Capra hircus cretica, sometimes Capra aegagrus cretica et al.


lexentry: eng/agrimony__Noun__1
written_rep: agrimony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Odermennig
sense_list:
Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/agroecosystem__Noun__1
written_rep: agroecosystem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agroökosystem
sense_list:
A conceptual model of an agricultural system (crop, farm or whole economy), relating its functions to its inputs and outputs.


lexentry: eng/agroforestry__Noun__1
written_rep: agroforestry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agrarforstwirtschaft
sense_list:
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.


lexentry: eng/agrology__Noun__1
written_rep: agrology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agronomie
sense_list:
(rare) A subdiscipline of agronomy (the science of utilizing animals, plants, and soils) and of soil science which addresses the influence of edaphic (soil-related) conditions on crop production for optimizing it. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/agronomy__Noun__1
written_rep: agronomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Agronomie | Ackerbaukunde | Pflanzenbauwissenschaft | Landwirtschaft | Agrarökonomie
sense_list:
The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.


lexentry: eng/ague__Noun__1
written_rep: ague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schüttelfrost
sense_list:
(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. | A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.


lexentry: eng/ah__Interjection__1
written_rep: ah
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ach
sense_list:
An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.


lexentry: eng/aha_moment__Noun__1
written_rep: aha moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aha-Erlebnis
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.


lexentry: eng/ahead_of_one's_time__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: ahead of one's time
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seiner Zeit vorraus
sense_list:
(idiomatic) In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.


lexentry: eng/ahold__Adverb__1
written_rep: ahold
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dicht am Wind
sense_list:
(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.


lexentry: eng/aid_and_abet__Verb__1
written_rep: aid and abet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: begünstigen
sense_list:
To assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice. | To assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice.


lexentry: eng/aide-de-camp__Noun__1
written_rep: aide-de-camp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aide-de-camp | Flügeladjutant
sense_list:
A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.


lexentry: eng/aiglet__Noun__1
written_rep: aiglet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pinke
sense_list:
A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.


lexentry: eng/ail__Verb__1
written_rep: ail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plagen | weh tun
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)


lexentry: eng/aim__Noun__1
written_rep: aim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zielen
sense_list:
The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.


lexentry: eng/aim__Verb__1
written_rep: aim
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zielen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive | (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object


lexentry: eng/aioli__Noun__1
written_rep: aioli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aioli
sense_list:
A type of sauce made from garlic and olive oil, often with egg and lemon juice and similar to mayonnaise.


lexentry: eng/air-dry__Adjective__1
written_rep: air-dry
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luftgetrocknet | lufttrocken
sense_list:
Free of moisture to the degree possible by exposure to air (moisture contents of the object and air are in equilibrium); "naturally" dried.


lexentry: eng/air__Noun__1
written_rep: air
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luft
sense_list:
(historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans. | (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth. | (uncountable, usually, with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.


lexentry: eng/air_ball__Noun__1
written_rep: air ball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Airball
sense_list:
(basketball) A thrown ball that misses the basket, and completely fails to touch the net or supporting hoop.


lexentry: eng/air_bearing__Noun__1
written_rep: air bearing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftlager
sense_list:
A bearing in which a thin film of pressurized air is used to provide an exceedingly low-friction load-bearing interface between surfaces.


lexentry: eng/air_bubble__Noun__1
written_rep: air bubble
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftblase
sense_list:
A small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment.


lexentry: eng/air_commodore__Noun__1
written_rep: air commodore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brigadegeneral
sense_list:
A person holding a rank, in the Royal Air Force and many Commonwealth air forces, between that of group captain and air vice-marshal, equivalent to an army brigadier general, or equivalent rank in other air forces.


lexentry: eng/air_filter__Noun__1
written_rep: air filter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftfilter
sense_list:
A filter for removing dust and other particles from a stream of air, typically used in the air intake of an internal combustion engine, the output of an air compressor, the supply duct of a forced-air furnace, etc.


lexentry: eng/air_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: air gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftdruckgewehr | Luftgewehr
sense_list:
A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).


lexentry: eng/air_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: air hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftloch
sense_list:
A hole in any surface that allows air or other gases to pass, especially an opening in the surface of a frozen lake etc. | An air pocket.


lexentry: eng/air_marshal__Noun__1
written_rep: air marshal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Air Marshal
sense_list:
(British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, military) A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.


lexentry: eng/air_mass__Noun__1
written_rep: air mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftmasse
sense_list:
(meteorology) A particular volume of air, especially one having a roughly uniform temperature, pressure and water vapour content. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/air_out__Verb__1
written_rep: air out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auslüften
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate.


lexentry: eng/air_pistol__Noun__1
written_rep: air pistol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftpistole
sense_list:
A pistol that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.


lexentry: eng/air_pocket__Noun__1
written_rep: air pocket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftloch
sense_list:
A local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current; especially one that causes an aircraft to lose height suddenly.


lexentry: eng/air_rifle__Noun__1
written_rep: air rifle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftgewehr
sense_list:
A rifle that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.


lexentry: eng/air_superiority__Noun__1
written_rep: air superiority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftüberlegenheit
sense_list:
(military, aviation) A dominance in the airpower of one side's air forces over the other side's during a military campaign.


lexentry: eng/air_supremacy__Noun__1
written_rep: air supremacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftherrschaft | Luftüberlegenheit
sense_list:
In a war, the most favorable state of control of the air: air superiority so complete that the opposing air force is incapable of effective interference.


lexentry: eng/air_tanker__Noun__1
written_rep: air tanker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Löschflugzeug | Tankflugzeug
sense_list:
An aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air, usually either fuel, fire-retardants, or water.


lexentry: eng/air_traffic_control__Noun__1
written_rep: air traffic control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flugverkehrskontrolle
sense_list:
A system designed to give assistance to aircraft, to prevent collisions and to manage aircraft flow.


lexentry: eng/air_vice-marshal__Noun__1
written_rep: air vice-marshal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Generalmajor
sense_list:
A rank in the Royal Air Force, between that of air commodore and air marshal, equivalent to an army major general.


lexentry: eng/airbag__Noun__1
written_rep: airbag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Airbag | Prallkissen
sense_list:
(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.


lexentry: eng/airbrake__Noun__1
written_rep: airbrake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Luftbremse
sense_list:
(aviation) A movable control surface that extends to increase drag without affecting lift (unlike a spoiler); a device that provides aerodynamic braking.


lexentry: eng/airbrush__Noun__1
written_rep: airbrush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Airbrush
sense_list:
A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.


lexentry: eng/aircraft_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: aircraft carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flugzeugträger
sense_list:
A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.


lexentry: eng/airfield__Noun__1
written_rep: airfield
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flugplatz
sense_list:
(aviation) An open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.


lexentry: eng/airhead__Noun__1
written_rep: airhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftbrückenkopf | Luftlandekopf
sense_list:
(military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.


lexentry: eng/airhead__Noun__1
written_rep: airhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Luftbrückenkopf
sense_list:
(by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.


lexentry: eng/airing_cupboard__Noun__1
written_rep: airing cupboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Trockenschrank | Wäschetrockenschrank
sense_list:
A clothes storage cupboard built around a house's hot water system, using the heat to dry damp clothes.


lexentry: eng/airlock__Noun__1
written_rep: airlock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Druckschleuse | Luftschleuse
sense_list:
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.


lexentry: eng/airman__Noun__1
written_rep: airman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flieger
sense_list:
A pilot of an aircraft. | A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class.


lexentry: eng/airmass__Noun__1
written_rep: airmass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luftmasse
sense_list:
(physics, meteorology) a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing specific modifications while in transit away from the source region. An air mass is often defined as a widespread body of air that is approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent, particularly with reference to temperature and moisture distribution; in addition, the vertical temperature and moisture variations are approximately the same over its horizontal extent.


lexentry: eng/airport__Noun__1
written_rep: airport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flughafen | Flugplatz | Lufthafen
sense_list:
An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.


lexentry: eng/airport_lounge__Noun__1
written_rep: airport lounge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Flughafenlounge
sense_list:
A dedicated area in an airport which offers, for selected passengers, comforts beyond those afforded in the main parts of the airport.


lexentry: eng/airs_and_graces__Noun__1
written_rep: airs and graces
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Starallüren
sense_list:
(derogatory) Behaviour adopted to demonstrate (originally) one's good upbringing; or (now) one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour.


lexentry: eng/airshaft__Noun__1
written_rep: airshaft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abzugschacht | Abzugsschacht | Lüftungschacht | Lüftungsschacht
sense_list:
(architecture) A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.


lexentry: eng/airspace__Noun__1
written_rep: airspace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftraum
sense_list:
(politics, aviation) A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies. | (aviation) that part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft.


lexentry: eng/airy__Adjective__1
written_rep: airy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: belüftet | gelüftet | luftig | umweht | zugig
sense_list:
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. | Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.


lexentry: eng/aisle__Noun__1
written_rep: aisle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gang
sense_list:
A clear path through rows of seating. | A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.


lexentry: eng/ajwain__Noun__1
written_rep: ajwain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ajowan
sense_list:
A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed-like fruit, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.


lexentry: eng/akanbe__Noun__1
written_rep: akanbe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wer’s glaubt, wird selig
sense_list:
A Japanese gesture of pulling down one's eyelid and sticking out one's tongue, used to taunt people.


lexentry: eng/akin__Adjective__1
written_rep: akin
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verwandt | ähnlich | analog
sense_list:
(often, followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.


lexentry: eng/alanine__Noun__1
written_rep: alanine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alanin
sense_list:
(amino acid, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins


lexentry: eng/alarm__Noun__1
written_rep: alarm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alarm
sense_list:
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. | An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.


lexentry: eng/alarm__Noun__1
written_rep: alarm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Alarm | Alarmsignal
sense_list:
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.


lexentry: eng/alarm__Noun__1
written_rep: alarm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Alarmstimmung | Alarm
sense_list:
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.


lexentry: eng/alarm__Verb__1
written_rep: alarm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: alarmieren | Alarm schlagen
sense_list:
(transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert. | (transitive, of a device) To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.


lexentry: eng/alarm__Verb__1
written_rep: alarm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: alarmieren | in Alarmstimmung versetzen
sense_list:
(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.


lexentry: eng/alb__Noun__1
written_rep: alb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Albe
sense_list:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.


lexentry: eng/albatross__Noun__1
written_rep: albatross
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Albatros
sense_list:
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings. | (golf) A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.


lexentry: eng/albatross_around_one's_neck__Noun__1
written_rep: albatross around one's neck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klotz am Bein
sense_list:
(idiomatic, figurative) A characteristic, possession, associate, or previous deed that hinders one's ability to succeed.


lexentry: eng/albedo__Noun__1
written_rep: albedo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Albedo
sense_list:
(physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage. | (botany) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.


lexentry: eng/albinism__Noun__1
written_rep: albinism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Albinismus
sense_list:
Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.


lexentry: eng/albino__Adjective__1
written_rep: albino
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: albino-
sense_list:
Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.


lexentry: eng/albino__Noun__1
written_rep: albino
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Albino
sense_list:
(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.


lexentry: eng/album__Noun__1
written_rep: album
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Album
sense_list:
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs. | A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks | A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record. | A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.


lexentry: eng/albumin__Noun__1
written_rep: albumin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Albumin
sense_list:
(protein) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.


lexentry: eng/alchemy__Noun__1
written_rep: alchemy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alchemie | Alchimie
sense_list:
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.


lexentry: eng/alcid__Noun__1
written_rep: alcid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkenvogel
sense_list:
(ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.


lexentry: eng/alcohol__Noun__1
written_rep: alcohol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkohol
sense_list:
(organic compound, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).


lexentry: eng/alcoholism__Noun__1
written_rep: alcoholism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkoholismus | Alkoholkrankheit | Trunksucht
sense_list:
A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.


lexentry: eng/alcohology__Noun__1
written_rep: alcohology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkohologie
sense_list:
(sociology) The study of the effects of alcohol; on living organisms, people or social environments.


lexentry: eng/aldehyde__Noun__1
written_rep: aldehyde
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aldehyd
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/alder_buckthorn__Noun__1
written_rep: alder buckthorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Faulbaum
sense_list:
A deciduous shrub, Frangula alnus, native to Europe and neighboring areas of Asia and Africa, bearing glossy leaves, flowers in sessile umbels, and inedible red berries that turn black when ripe, and historically used as a laxative and to produce dyes.


lexentry: eng/aldolase__Noun__1
written_rep: aldolase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aldolase
sense_list:
(enzyme) An enzyme, present in some tissue, that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose to those of glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone


lexentry: eng/aldosterone__Noun__1
written_rep: aldosterone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aldosteron
sense_list:
(steroid hormone) A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.


lexentry: eng/alectryomancy__Noun__1
written_rep: alectryomancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alectryomantie
sense_list:
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.


lexentry: eng/alembic__Noun__1
written_rep: alembic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alambic | Destillierkolben
sense_list:
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.


lexentry: eng/aleph__Noun__1
written_rep: aleph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aleph | Alef
sense_list:
The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).


lexentry: eng/alexandrine__Noun__1
written_rep: alexandrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alexandriner
sense_list:
(poetry) A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.


lexentry: eng/alexandrite__Noun__1
written_rep: alexandrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alexandrit
sense_list:
(mineral) A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.


lexentry: eng/alexia__Noun__1
written_rep: alexia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alexie
sense_list:
(medicine, neurology) The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.


lexentry: eng/alexin__Noun__1
written_rep: alexin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Genitiv
sense_list:
(biochemistry, dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.


lexentry: eng/alga__Noun__1
written_rep: alga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alge
sense_list:
(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.


lexentry: eng/algebra__Noun__1
written_rep: algebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Algebra | Buchstabenrechnung
sense_list:
(uncountable, mathematics) Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations. | (countable, mathematics, algebra) Any of several objects of study in Algebra | (uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable) : a dislocation or fracture.


lexentry: eng/algebraic__Adjective__1
written_rep: algebraic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraisch
sense_list:
Of, or relating to, algebra. | (mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators. | (algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_closure__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic closure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraischer Abschluss
sense_list:
(algebra, field theory, of a field F) A field G such that every polynomial over F splits completely over G (i.e., every element of G is a root of some polynomial over F and every root of every polynomial over F is an element of G).


lexentry: eng/algebraic_equation__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic equation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Gleichung
sense_list:
(algebra) A mathematical equation in which one or both sides is an algebraic expression, such as 2x + 7y = 3.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_function__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Funktion
sense_list:
(algebraic geometry) Informally, any function expressible using (only) the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and raising to a rational power; more precisely, any continuous function definable as the root of some polynomial equation.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Geometrie
sense_list:
(mathematics) A branch of mathematics that studies algebraic varieties (solution sets of polynomial equations) and their generalisations, using techniques from both algebra (chiefly commutative algebra) and geometry.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_graph_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic graph theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Graphentheorie
sense_list:
(uncountable, mathematics, graph theory) The subbranch of graph theory in which algebraic methods are applied to problems about graphs.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_number__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Zahl
sense_list:
(algebra, number theory) A complex number (more generally, an element of a number field) that is a root of a polynomial whose coefficients are integers; equivalently, a complex number (or element of a number field) that is a root of a monic polynomial whose coefficients are rational numbers.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_number_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic number theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Zahlentheorie
sense_list:
(mathematics, number theory) The branch of number theory in which number-theoretic questions are expressed in terms of properties of algebraic number fields or related objects, and studied using techniques from algebra.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_statistics__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic statistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Statistik
sense_list:
(mathematics, statistics) A discipline within mathematical statistics in which algebra is used to describe and analyse problems;specifically, the use of algebraic geometry and commutative algebra in statistics.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_structure__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic structure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: algebraische Struktur
sense_list:
(more formally) A mathematical object comprising a carrier set (aka underlying set or domain), an optional scalar set, a set of operations (typically binary operations, but otherwise each of finite arity) and a set of identities (axioms) which the operations must satisfy.


lexentry: eng/algebraic_topology__Noun__1
written_rep: algebraic topology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraische Topologie
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces.


lexentry: eng/algebraical__Adjective__1
written_rep: algebraical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algebraisch
sense_list:
Pertaining to algebra or its laws. | (mathematics) Requiring a finite number of algebraic operations; the opposite of transcendental.


lexentry: eng/algid__Adjective__1
written_rep: algid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kalt
sense_list:
(medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.


lexentry: eng/alginic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: alginic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alginsäure
sense_list:
(biochemistry) An insoluble colloidal acid (C6H8O6)n that in the form of its salts is a constituent of the cell walls of brown algae and is used as a food additive.


lexentry: eng/algolagnia__Noun__1
written_rep: algolagnia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Algolagnie
sense_list:
A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.


lexentry: eng/algorithm__Noun__1
written_rep: algorithm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Algorithmus
sense_list:
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps. | (loosely) A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.


lexentry: eng/alibi__Noun__1
written_rep: alibi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alibi
sense_list:
(legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.


lexentry: eng/alien__Noun__1
written_rep: alien
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fremder | Ausländer | Ausländerin | Fremde | Fremdling
sense_list:
A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.


lexentry: eng/alienate__Verb__1
written_rep: alienate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entfremden
sense_list:
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.


lexentry: eng/alienation__Noun__1
written_rep: alienation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Veräußerung
sense_list:
The state of being alienated. | Emotional isolation or dissociation. | (property law) The transfer of property to another person.


lexentry: eng/alienation__Noun__1
written_rep: alienation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Entfremdung | Veräußerung
sense_list:
(Marxism) The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.


lexentry: eng/alight__Verb__1
written_rep: alight
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aussteigen
sense_list:
Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.


lexentry: eng/align__Verb__1
written_rep: align
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: absprechen | abstimmen | angleichen | anpassen | gleichrichten | sich abgleichen
sense_list:
(intransitive, reflexive) To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country. | (transitive, computing) To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.


lexentry: eng/align__Verb__1
written_rep: align
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: alignieren
sense_list:
(transitive, bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.


lexentry: eng/alignment__Noun__1
written_rep: alignment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abgleich | Ausrichtung | Einstellung | Justierung
sense_list:
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.


lexentry: eng/alignment__Noun__1
written_rep: alignment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: gerader Streckenverlauf
sense_list:
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.


lexentry: eng/alimony__Noun__1
written_rep: alimony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alimente | Unterhalt
sense_list:
(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.


lexentry: eng/aliphatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: aliphatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aliphatisch
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.


lexentry: eng/aliquot__Noun__1
written_rep: aliquot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aliquote
sense_list:
(chemistry, biotechnology, broadly) A portion of a total amount (of some substance or a sample/specimen thereof, usually a solution or suspension).


lexentry: eng/alive__Adjective__1
written_rep: alive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lebendig
sense_list:
Having life; living; not dead. | In a state of action; in force or operation; existent. | Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.


lexentry: eng/alive_and_kicking__Adjective__1
written_rep: alive and kicking
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gesund und munter | quicklebendig
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.


lexentry: eng/alizarin__Noun__1
written_rep: alizarin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alizarin
sense_list:
(organic compound) A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye.


lexentry: eng/alkali__Noun__1
written_rep: alkali
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkali
sense_list:
(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.


lexentry: eng/alkali_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: alkali metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkalimetall
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Any of the soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table; lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.


lexentry: eng/alkaline__Adjective__1
written_rep: alkaline
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alkalisch
sense_list:
Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases. | (chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.


lexentry: eng/alkaline_earth_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: alkaline earth metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erdalkalimetall
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Any of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with many acids to form salts.


lexentry: eng/alkaloid__Noun__1
written_rep: alkaloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkaloid | Alkaloide
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.


lexentry: eng/alkanet__Noun__1
written_rep: alkanet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Orkanette
sense_list:
The dyeing matter extracted from the roots of the plant with water or oil, used for cotton especially but also silk and wool, giving a deep red colour.


lexentry: eng/alkene__Noun__1
written_rep: alkene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alken
sense_list:
(organic compound) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.


lexentry: eng/alkoxide__Noun__1
written_rep: alkoxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkoholat
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species


lexentry: eng/alkyl__Noun__1
written_rep: alkyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkyl
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons. In other words, an alkane minus one hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/alkylate__Verb__1
written_rep: alkylate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alkylieren
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) To add one or more alkyl groups to a compound, especially by reacting with an alkylating agent


lexentry: eng/alkylation__Noun__1
written_rep: alkylation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alkylierung
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which an alkyl group is added to a molecule; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.


lexentry: eng/all-rounder__Noun__1
written_rep: all-rounder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hans Dampf in allen Gassen | Tausendsassa
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) A versatile person, able to do many things well; used especially in reference to being good at various sports. [from 1875] | (cricket) A player who is skilled in both batting and bowling.


lexentry: eng/all-weather_tire__Noun__1
written_rep: all-weather tire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allwetterreifen
sense_list:
(automotive, American spelling, Canadian spelling) A tire with rubber that remains soft in below-freezing conditions, but gives longer tread life in warm conditions than winter tires


lexentry: eng/all-wheel_drive__Noun__1
written_rep: all-wheel drive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allrad | Allradantrieb
sense_list:
A wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously, particularly where power is directed to the wheels with the best contact with the ground.


lexentry: eng/all__Determiner__1
written_rep: all
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: all | alle | jeder | jede | jedes
sense_list:
Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).


lexentry: eng/all_cats_are_grey_in_the_dark__Proverb__1
written_rep: all cats are grey in the dark
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nachts sind alle Katzen grau
sense_list:
(UK, sometimes, _, vulgar, _, &, _) Sex is enjoyable regardless of the physical attractiveness or social station of one's partner. | (uncommon) Under some circumstances, individual distinctions are not relevant.


lexentry: eng/all_hail__Interjection__1
written_rep: all hail
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Petermännchen
sense_list:
Used as a friendly or respectful salutation to acclaim, greet, or welcome someone: (I wish you) all health or good fortune! | Chiefly followed by to (someone or something): used as a salutation to indicate that someone or something is respected or welcome.


lexentry: eng/all_rights_reserved__Phrase__1
written_rep: all rights reserved
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alle Rechte vorbehalten
sense_list:
(idiomatic, legal) The copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.


lexentry: eng/all_talk_and_no_action__Noun__1
written_rep: all talk and no action
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hunde die bellen, beißen nicht
sense_list:
(informal) Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little; overpromising, but underdelivering.


lexentry: eng/all_that_glitters_is_not_gold__Proverb__1
written_rep: all that glitters is not gold
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt
sense_list:
Things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so; things that appear nice might not be as good as they appear.


lexentry: eng/all_the_more__Adverb__1
written_rep: all the more
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erst recht | umso mehr
sense_list:
Even more; notably, but even more notably due to additional information, either preceding or following the statement.


lexentry: eng/allantiasis__Noun__1
written_rep: allantiasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wurstvergiftung
sense_list:
(disease, archaic) Food poisoning (especially botulism) as a result of eating poorly cooked sausages.


lexentry: eng/allantoic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: allantoic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allantonsäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) An amidocarboxylic acid, 2,2-bis(carbamoylamino)acetic acid, derived from allantoin


lexentry: eng/allantois__Noun__1
written_rep: allantois
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allantois
sense_list:
(anatomy) A sac, having a number of functions, that develops in the alimentary canal of the embryos of mammals, birds and reptiles.


lexentry: eng/allative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: allative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allativ
sense_list:
(grammatical case) A case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions to or onto, as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.


lexentry: eng/allegorize__Verb__1
written_rep: allegorize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allegorisieren | sinnbildlich darstellen
sense_list:
To create an allegory from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences).


lexentry: eng/allegory__Noun__1
written_rep: allegory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allegorie | Sinnbild
sense_list:
(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols. | A picture, story, or other form of communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.


lexentry: eng/allele__Noun__1
written_rep: allele
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allel
sense_list:
(genetics) One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.


lexentry: eng/allergy__Noun__1
written_rep: allergy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allergie
sense_list:
(medicine, immunology, strictly) Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type. | (informal, figuratively) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.


lexentry: eng/allergy__Noun__1
written_rep: allergy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allergie | Überempfindlichkeit
sense_list:
(medicine, immunology, broadly) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.


lexentry: eng/alley__Noun__1
written_rep: alley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gasse
sense_list:
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.


lexentry: eng/alley_oop__Interjection__1
written_rep: alley oop
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alley oop
sense_list:
Encouraging or calling attention to a physical performance, especially one involving an upwards lift or leap.


lexentry: eng/alliance__Noun__1
written_rep: alliance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Allianz | Bündnis
sense_list:
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.


lexentry: eng/alliance__Noun__1
written_rep: alliance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Allianz | Bündnis | Bund
sense_list:
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.


lexentry: eng/allicin__Noun__1
written_rep: allicin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allicin
sense_list:
(organic compound) An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.


lexentry: eng/alligator__Noun__1
written_rep: alligator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alligator
sense_list:
Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.


lexentry: eng/alligator_clip__Noun__1
written_rep: alligator clip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krokodilklemme
sense_list:
(electronics) A spring-loaded metal clip, usually attached to a wire and used to create a temporary electrical connection.


lexentry: eng/alliteration__Noun__1
written_rep: alliteration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alliteration | Stabreim
sense_list:
The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.


lexentry: eng/allodium__Noun__1
written_rep: allodium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allod | Allodialbesitz | Allode
sense_list:
(dated, or, historical) Freehold land or property; land held in allodial tenure, or one's title to such land.


lexentry: eng/allonge__Noun__1
written_rep: allonge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allonge
sense_list:
(legal, banking) A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the document itself be unable to hold any more.


lexentry: eng/allostasis__Noun__1
written_rep: allostasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allostase
sense_list:
The process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, in the body, through physiological or behavioral change.


lexentry: eng/allosteric__Adjective__1
written_rep: allosteric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allosterisch
sense_list:
(biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive


lexentry: eng/allotrope__Noun__1
written_rep: allotrope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allotrop
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties. [from 1847]


lexentry: eng/allotropy__Noun__1
written_rep: allotropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allotropie
sense_list:
(chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.


lexentry: eng/allowance__Noun__1
written_rep: allowance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Erlaubnis
sense_list:
(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.


lexentry: eng/alloxan__Noun__1
written_rep: alloxan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alloxan
sense_list:
(biochemistry) An oxidation product of uric acid, 2,4,5,6(1H,3H)-pyrimidinetetrone, capable of inducing diabetes by destroying pancreatic tissue


lexentry: eng/alloy__Noun__1
written_rep: alloy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Legierung
sense_list:
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.


lexentry: eng/alloy_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: alloy wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leichtmetallfelge
sense_list:
(automotive) A wheel made from an alloy other than steel (a lighter and more expensive one), as for example one of aluminium alloy or magnesium alloy, and (usually) styled so as to draw attention to its sportiness and desirability.


lexentry: eng/allspice__Noun__1
written_rep: allspice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Piment | Nelkenpfeffer | Jamaikapfeffer | Modegewürz | Neugewürz
sense_list:
(uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.


lexentry: eng/allude__Verb__1
written_rep: allude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anspielen | andeuten | erwähnen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.


lexentry: eng/allusion__Noun__1
written_rep: allusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anspielung | Allusion
sense_list:
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.


lexentry: eng/alluvium__Noun__1
written_rep: alluvium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alluvialboden | Alluvium | Anschwemmung | Anschwemmungsboden | Schwemmland | Schwemmlandboden
sense_list:
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain


lexentry: eng/ally__Noun__1
written_rep: ally
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Alliierter | Bundesgenosse | Verbündete | Alliierte | Verbündeter | Bundesgenossin
sense_list:
A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.


lexentry: eng/allyl__Noun__1
written_rep: allyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Allyl
sense_list:
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical, CH2=CH-CH2-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.


lexentry: eng/almanac__Noun__1
written_rep: almanac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Almanach
sense_list:
(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.


lexentry: eng/almandine__Noun__1
written_rep: almandine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Almandin
sense_list:
(mineral) A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe3Al2(SiO4)3.


lexentry: eng/almond__Noun__1
written_rep: almond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Mandelfarbe | Mandel
sense_list:
(uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.


lexentry: eng/almond_paste__Noun__1
written_rep: almond paste
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandelmasse | Marzipanrohmasse | Marzipanmasse
sense_list:
A type of confection made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities, bound with some syrup or other similar substance in order to form a paste.


lexentry: eng/almond_potato__Noun__1
written_rep: almond potato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mandelkartoffel
sense_list:
A potato of an oval or almond-shaped variety, usually yellow or white, considered a delicacy in Norway and Sweden.


lexentry: eng/almoner__Noun__1
written_rep: almoner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Almosenier
sense_list:
A person who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses. | A person who dispenses alms on behalf of another person.


lexentry: eng/almost__Adverb__1
written_rep: almost
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fast
sense_list:
(mathematics) Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined). | (measure theory, probability theory) Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.


lexentry: eng/almost_prime__Noun__1
written_rep: almost prime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fastprimzahl
sense_list:
(number theory) A natural number for which there exists an absolute constant K such that the number has at most K prime factors.


lexentry: eng/almucantar__Noun__1
written_rep: almucantar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Höhenparallele
sense_list:
(astronomy, archaic, or, historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body.


lexentry: eng/almude__Noun__1
written_rep: almude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mütt
sense_list:
(historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, equal to 14–26 liters. | (historical, measure) , similar units of liquid volume in Spain and Turkey.


lexentry: eng/aloe__Noun__1
written_rep: aloe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aloe
sense_list:
(in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica. | Any plant of the large and variable genus Aloe.


lexentry: eng/aloe_vera__Noun__1
written_rep: aloe vera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Echte Aloe | Aloe vera
sense_list:
A plant of the species Aloe vera, grown as an ornamental, thought to have medicinal value; an extract, often a gel, made from the plant.


lexentry: eng/aloha_shirt__Noun__1
written_rep: aloha shirt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hawaiihemd
sense_list:
A collared shirt of a type originating in Hawaii, often brilliantly colored with floral or Polynesian patterns. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/alone__Adverb__1
written_rep: alone
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: allein | ausschließlich | nur
sense_list:
(hence) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset. | Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it. | Not permitting anything further; exclusively. | Not requiring anything further; merely.


lexentry: eng/alopecia__Noun__1
written_rep: alopecia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Haarausfall | Haarlosigkeit
sense_list:
(medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.


lexentry: eng/alpaca__Noun__1
written_rep: alpaca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpaka | Alpakahengst | Alpakastute
sense_list:
A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.


lexentry: eng/alpenglow__Noun__1
written_rep: alpenglow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpenglühen
sense_list:
A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.


lexentry: eng/alpha__Noun__1
written_rep: alpha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpha
sense_list:
The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.


lexentry: eng/alpha_male__Noun__1
written_rep: alpha male
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Alphamann | Leitwolf
sense_list:
(by extension) A dominant, assertive, protective, oftentimes successful, leadership-type man or male. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/alpha_particle__Noun__1
written_rep: alpha particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alphateilchen | α-Teilchen | Alpha-Teilchen
sense_list:
(physics) A doubly positively charged nucleus of a helium-4 atom (consisting of two protons and two neutrons), emitted as a consequence of radioactivity; α-particle


lexentry: eng/alpha_privative__Noun__1
written_rep: alpha privative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpha privativum
sense_list:
(grammar) The prefix a- (or an- when prefixing a root which begins with a vowel) found in some English words of Greek derivation. It expresses negation or absence. The prefix has cognates in other Indo-European languages, including in- in Latin and un- in English, all traceable back to Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.


lexentry: eng/alpha_version__Noun__1
written_rep: alpha version
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpha-Version
sense_list:
(computer, technology) An early version of a program or application, typically unstable, but useful to show what the product will do. Sometimes this stage is referred to as a preview version. Sometimes no more features are added after this release, but bug fixes continue. This release comes after a pre-alpha version and before a beta version. As opposed to a beta version an alpha version is usually not feature complete.


lexentry: eng/alphabet__Noun__1
written_rep: alphabet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alphabet | ABC
sense_list:
The set of letters used when writing in a language. | A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)


lexentry: eng/alphabet_soup__Noun__1
written_rep: alphabet soup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Buchstabensuppe
sense_list:
A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers.


lexentry: eng/alphabetical_order__Noun__1
written_rep: alphabetical order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alphabetische Reihenfolge
sense_list:
The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet.


lexentry: eng/alphabetize__Verb__1
written_rep: alphabetize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alphabetisieren | alphabetisch sortieren
sense_list:
(US, Canada, transitive) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.


lexentry: eng/alphanumeric__Adjective__1
written_rep: alphanumeric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alphanumerisch | alphanummerisch
sense_list:
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.


lexentry: eng/alphasyllabary__Noun__1
written_rep: alphasyllabary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alphasyllabar
sense_list:
A segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit, and where each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary; an abugida.


lexentry: eng/alphorn__Noun__1
written_rep: alphorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alphorn
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.


lexentry: eng/alpine__Adjective__1
written_rep: alpine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alpin
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline. | (skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.


lexentry: eng/alpine_chough__Noun__1
written_rep: alpine chough
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpendohle
sense_list:
A species of bird in the crow family (Corvidae) (Pyrrhocorax graculus), that breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and India.


lexentry: eng/alpine_combined__Noun__1
written_rep: alpine combined
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpine Kombination
sense_list:
(skiing) An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.


lexentry: eng/alpine_newt__Noun__1
written_rep: alpine newt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alpenmolch | Bergmolch
sense_list:
a newt of the salamander order Caudata, Ichthyosaura alpestris, formerly Triturus alpestris and Mesotriton alpestris.


lexentry: eng/alt-right__Noun__1
written_rep: alt-right
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alt-right | alternative Rechte
sense_list:
(uncountable) An amorphous movement of right-wing white nationalists opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet. | (countable, rare) A member of the alt-right; an alt-righter.


lexentry: eng/alt_key__Noun__1
written_rep: alt key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alt-Taste
sense_list:
(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.


lexentry: eng/altar_server__Noun__1
written_rep: altar server
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ministrant | Ministrantin
sense_list:
(Christianity) A layperson, often a child or adolescent, who assists a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy, attending to supporting tasks at the altar.


lexentry: eng/alter_ego__Noun__1
written_rep: alter ego
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Alter Ego | anderes Ich
sense_list:
(law) A corporation used by a person to conduct personal business in an attempt to shield himself or herself from personal liability, and which a court may penetrate by "piercing the corporate veil" to impose liability on the person when they commit fraud or injustice.


lexentry: eng/alternate__Adjective__1
written_rep: alternate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abwechselnd | alternierend | wechselnd | Wechsel-
sense_list:
Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).


lexentry: eng/alternate__Adjective__1
written_rep: alternate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: alternativ | andere | abgeändert | anderer | anderes | andersartig
sense_list:
(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.


lexentry: eng/alternate__Adjective__1
written_rep: alternate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: wechselständig
sense_list:
(botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence


lexentry: eng/alternate__Verb__1
written_rep: alternate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alternieren | abwechseln | wechseln
sense_list:
(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.


lexentry: eng/alternating__Adjective__1
written_rep: alternating
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alternierend | Wechsel | abwechselnd
sense_list:
That alternates. | (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.


lexentry: eng/alternating_current__Noun__1
written_rep: alternating current
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wechselstrom
sense_list:
(physics) An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.


lexentry: eng/alternative__Noun__1
written_rep: alternative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alternative
sense_list:
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. [from 17th c.] | One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/alternative_dispute_resolution__Noun__1
written_rep: alternative dispute resolution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alternative Konfliktllösung | Außergerichtliche Streitbeilegung
sense_list:
(legal) The resolution of a dispute through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or similar means, as opposed to litigation.


lexentry: eng/alternative_fact__Noun__1
written_rep: alternative fact
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: alternative Fakten
sense_list:
(politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie. [since the late 2010s]


lexentry: eng/alternative_hypothesis__Noun__1
written_rep: alternative hypothesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alternativhypothese
sense_list:
(statistics) A rival hypothesis to the null hypothesis. Their likelihoods are compared by a statistical hypothesis test.


lexentry: eng/alternative_investment_fund__Noun__1
written_rep: alternative investment fund
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alternativer Investmentfonds
sense_list:
(finance) collective investment scheme investing in all asset classes and a wide range of financial instruments


lexentry: eng/alternative_medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: alternative medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alternativmedizin
sense_list:
Any of various pseudoscientific medical methods and practices used in place of, or as well as, conventional (scientific) medicine.


lexentry: eng/alternator__Noun__1
written_rep: alternator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lichtmaschine | Wechselstromgenerator
sense_list:
(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.


lexentry: eng/although__Conjunction__1
written_rep: although
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obwohl | obgleich
sense_list:
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.


lexentry: eng/altitude__Noun__1
written_rep: altitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Höhe
sense_list:
The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level. | (geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex. | (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.


lexentry: eng/altitude_sickness__Noun__1
written_rep: altitude sickness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Höhenkrankheit
sense_list:
(medicine) A pathological condition caused by oxygen deficiency at high altitudes; symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, and nosebleed.


lexentry: eng/alto__Noun__1
written_rep: alto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alt
sense_list:
A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. | A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.


lexentry: eng/alto_flute__Noun__1
written_rep: alto flute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altflöte
sense_list:
An instrument in the Western concert flute family characterized by its rich, mellow tone in the lower portion of its range.


lexentry: eng/alto_saxophone__Noun__1
written_rep: alto saxophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altsaxofon
sense_list:
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the tenor saxophone but larger than the soprano saxophone, with a range of D♭3 to A♭5 or similar.


lexentry: eng/altocumulus__Noun__1
written_rep: altocumulus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altokumulus
sense_list:
(physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)


lexentry: eng/altruism__Noun__1
written_rep: altruism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Altruismus | Selbstlosigkeit | Uneigennützigkeit
sense_list:
Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness. | (biology, sociobiology) Action or behaviour that benefits another or others at some cost to the performer.


lexentry: eng/alum__Noun__1
written_rep: alum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alaun
sense_list:
An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O). [from 14th c.] | (inorganic compound) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/alum_slate__Noun__1
written_rep: alum slate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alaunschiefer
sense_list:
(geology) A slate consisting mainly of clay, iron pyrites, and coaly matter, from which alum is obtained.


lexentry: eng/alumina__Noun__1
written_rep: alumina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tonerde
sense_list:
Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound.


lexentry: eng/aluminium__Noun__1
written_rep: aluminium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aluminium
sense_list:
A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.


lexentry: eng/aluminium_foil__Noun__1
written_rep: aluminium foil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alufolie | Aluminiumfolie
sense_list:
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.


lexentry: eng/aluminium_hydroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: aluminium hydroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aluminiumhydroxid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The hydrated form of alumina, having the formula Al(OH)3; it reacts with bases to form aluminates.


lexentry: eng/aluminium_nitrate__Noun__1
written_rep: aluminium nitrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aluminiumnitrat
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) White, water-soluble salt of aluminium and nitric acid, most commonly existing as the crystalline hydrate, aluminium nitrate nonahydrate, Al(NO3)3·9H2O.


lexentry: eng/aluminium_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: aluminium oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aluminiumoxid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The solid, Al2O3, commonly known as alumina; it occurs as bauxite, sapphire, ruby and other forms; it is used in the manufacture of ceramics


lexentry: eng/alunite__Noun__1
written_rep: alunite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alunit
sense_list:
(mineral) A gray whitish, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6.


lexentry: eng/alveolar__Adjective__1
written_rep: alveolar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: alveolar
sense_list:
(phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.


lexentry: eng/alveolar_ridge__Noun__1
written_rep: alveolar ridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alveolarkamm | Zahndamm
sense_list:
(anatomy) A ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth.


lexentry: eng/alveolo-palatal__Adjective__1
written_rep: alveolo-palatal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alveolo-palatal | alveolopalatal
sense_list:
(phonetics) Of or relating to those consonants that are intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants.


lexentry: eng/alveolo-palatal__Noun__1
written_rep: alveolo-palatal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alveolopalatal | Alveolopalatallaut
sense_list:
(phonetics) Any consonant that is intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants.


lexentry: eng/alveolus__Noun__1
written_rep: alveolus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lungenbläschen | Alveole
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.


lexentry: eng/always__Adverb__1
written_rep: always
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: immer | stets
sense_list:
Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).


lexentry: eng/alyssum__Noun__1
written_rep: alyssum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Steinkraut
sense_list:
Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/amadou__Noun__1
written_rep: amadou
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zunder
sense_list:
A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.


lexentry: eng/amalgamation__Noun__1
written_rep: amalgamation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Amalgamierung
sense_list:
(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.


lexentry: eng/amaranth__Noun__1
written_rep: amaranth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Amarant
sense_list:
Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus. | The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants. | (cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.


lexentry: eng/amaranth_family__Noun__1
written_rep: amaranth family
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fuchsschwanzgewächse
sense_list:
(botany, taxonomic name) The taxonomic family Amaranthaceae, containing plants such as amaranths and goosefoots.


lexentry: eng/amaretto__Noun__1
written_rep: amaretto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amaretto
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits.


lexentry: eng/amateur_radio__Noun__1
written_rep: amateur radio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amateurfunk
sense_list:
The hobby or pastime of communicating by two-way radio, often striving for “DX” QSOs that are challenging because of distance.


lexentry: eng/amateurish__Adjective__1
written_rep: amateurish
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amateurhaft | laienhaft | stümperhaft | unfachmännisch
sense_list:
(pejorative) Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.


lexentry: eng/amazed__Adjective__1
written_rep: amazed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verblüfft
sense_list:
Astonished or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised (often with ensuing adpositions e.g. at, with, or by).


lexentry: eng/amazement__Noun__1
written_rep: amazement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verwunderung | Staunen
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.


lexentry: eng/amban__Noun__1
written_rep: amban
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amban
sense_list:
(now, _, historical) A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.


lexentry: eng/ambassador__Noun__1
written_rep: ambassador
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Botschafter | Botschafterin
sense_list:
A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence) | An official messenger and representative.


lexentry: eng/amber__Noun__1
written_rep: amber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bernstein
sense_list:
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/amber__Noun__1
written_rep: amber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Gelb
sense_list:
(British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.


lexentry: eng/ambergris__Noun__1
written_rep: ambergris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ambra | Amber
sense_list:
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/amberjack__Noun__1
written_rep: amberjack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gelbschwanzmakrele
sense_list:
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.


lexentry: eng/ambigram__Noun__1
written_rep: ambigram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ambigramm
sense_list:
A calligraphic design that may be read as the same word or phrase (or sometimes different words or phrases) when oriented in two different ways, usually when reflected along a vertical or horizontal axis or when rotated through 180 degrees.


lexentry: eng/ambiguity__Noun__1
written_rep: ambiguity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ambiguität | Mehrdeutigkeit | Vieldeutigkeit | Zweideutigkeit | Ambivalenz | Doppelbödigkeit
sense_list:
(countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.


lexentry: eng/ambit__Noun__1
written_rep: ambit
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Einflussbereich | Einflussgebiet | Einflusssphäre | Geltungsbereich | Herrschaftsbereich | Machtbereich


lexentry: eng/ambition__Noun__1
written_rep: ambition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ehrgeiz | Ambition
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. | (countable) An object of an ardent desire.


lexentry: eng/ambition__Noun__1
written_rep: ambition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Ehrgeiz
sense_list:
(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. | (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.


lexentry: eng/ambitious__Adjective__1
written_rep: ambitious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ehrgeizig | ambitioniert | aufstrebend
sense_list:
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.


lexentry: eng/ambivalence__Noun__1
written_rep: ambivalence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ambivalenz
sense_list:
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea. | A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.


lexentry: eng/ambivalent__Adjective__1
written_rep: ambivalent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ambivalent | zwiespältig | doppelwertig
sense_list:
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.


lexentry: eng/amblyopia__Noun__1
written_rep: amblyopia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amblyopie | Schwachsichtigkeit | Sehschwäche
sense_list:
Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.


lexentry: eng/ambrisentan__Noun__1
written_rep: ambrisentan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ambrisentan
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A drug, an endothelin receptor antagonist used to treat pulmonary hypertension.


lexentry: eng/ambrosia__Noun__1
written_rep: ambrosia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Ambrosia | Götterspeise
sense_list:
Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.


lexentry: eng/ambulance__Noun__1
written_rep: ambulance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krankenwagen | Ambulanz | Rettungswagen | Notarztwagen | Sanitätswagen | Sanka
sense_list:
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]


lexentry: eng/ameliorative__Adjective__1
written_rep: ameliorative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ameliorativ
sense_list:
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.


lexentry: eng/amend__Verb__1
written_rep: amend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verbessern
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become better. | (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).


lexentry: eng/amend__Verb__1
written_rep: amend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: novellieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.


lexentry: eng/amendment__Noun__1
written_rep: amendment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Änderung | Novelle | Gesetzesänderung
sense_list:
In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.


lexentry: eng/amenity__Noun__1
written_rep: amenity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Ausstattung | Einrichtung | Anlage | öffentliche Einrichtung
sense_list:
(cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.


lexentry: eng/ametropia__Noun__1
written_rep: ametropia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ametropie
sense_list:
(medicine, ophthalmology) Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability.


lexentry: eng/amicable_number__Noun__1
written_rep: amicable number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: befreundete Zahlen
sense_list:
(number theory) One of a pair of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the other number.


lexentry: eng/amide__Noun__1
written_rep: amide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amid
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides | (inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH- or R2N-)


lexentry: eng/aminal__Noun__1
written_rep: aminal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amine
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having two amino functional groups attached to the same carbon atom - R2C(NR2)2


lexentry: eng/amino_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: amino acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aminosäure
sense_list:
(amino acid) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group. | (amino acid) Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.


lexentry: eng/amino_sugar__Noun__1
written_rep: amino sugar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aminozucker
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) any monosaccharide in which a single hydroxy group has been replaced by an amino group


lexentry: eng/aminoacyl_tRNA_synthetase__Noun__1
written_rep: aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aminoacyl-tRNA-Synthetase
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the linkage of a tRNA molecule to an appropriate amino acid during protein synthesis.


lexentry: eng/aminocaproic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: aminocaproic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aminocapronsäure
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A drug C6H13NO2 that inhibits the breakdown of fibrin by blocking the activation of plasminogen and is used to control bleeding (as during surgery) especially in cases where blood clots are broken down too quickly. It is a chemical analog of lysine and is marketed under the trademark Amicar.


lexentry: eng/aminolevulinic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: aminolevulinic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aminolävulinsäure
sense_list:
(amino acid) Any amino derivative of levulinic acid, but especially 5-aminolevulinic acid which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of porphyrin


lexentry: eng/aminopeptidase__Noun__1
written_rep: aminopeptidase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aminopeptidase
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein


lexentry: eng/ammonia__Noun__1
written_rep: ammonia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ammoniak
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.


lexentry: eng/ammoniacum__Noun__1
written_rep: ammoniacum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ammoniakgummi
sense_list:
A gum-resin exuded from the several perennial herbs in the genus Ferula of the umbel family (Apiaceae).


lexentry: eng/ammonite__Noun__1
written_rep: ammonite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ammonit
sense_list:
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.


lexentry: eng/ammonium_chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: ammonium chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ammoniumchlorid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A water-soluble salt of ammonia and hydrochloric acid, having the formula NH4Cl.


lexentry: eng/ammonium_nitrate__Noun__1
written_rep: ammonium nitrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ammoniumnitrat
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH4NO3; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).


lexentry: eng/ammunition__Noun__1
written_rep: ammunition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Munition
sense_list:
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.


lexentry: eng/amnesty__Noun__1
written_rep: amnesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Amnestie
sense_list:
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.


lexentry: eng/amniocentesis__Noun__1
written_rep: amniocentesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fruchtwasseruntersuchung | Amniozentese
sense_list:
(medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Used in diagnosing possible genetic defects and/or obstetric complications.


lexentry: eng/amnion__Noun__1
written_rep: amnion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amnion | Schafhaut
sense_list:
(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.


lexentry: eng/amniotic_fluid__Noun__1
written_rep: amniotic fluid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fruchtwasser | Amnionflüssigkeit
sense_list:
(zoology) In placental mammals, a fluid contained within the amnion membrane that surrounds a developing embryo or fetus.


lexentry: eng/amoeba__Noun__1
written_rep: amoeba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amöbe | Wechseltierchen
sense_list:
(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.


lexentry: eng/amoebiasis__Noun__1
written_rep: amoebiasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Dysenterie
sense_list:
(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.


lexentry: eng/amorphous__Adjective__1
written_rep: amorphous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: amorph
sense_list:
(by extension) Being without definite character or nature. | (physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.


lexentry: eng/amortization__Noun__1
written_rep: amortization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Abschreibung | Amortisation
sense_list:
The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.


lexentry: eng/amortize__Verb__1
written_rep: amortize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amortisieren
sense_list:
(real estate, real estate law, transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain. | (business, finance, transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.


lexentry: eng/amount__Noun__1
written_rep: amount
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Menge | Betrag | Anzahl
sense_list:
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).


lexentry: eng/amount_of_substance__Noun__1
written_rep: amount of substance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stoffmenge
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) The number of particles or formula units (depending on type) present of some substance in some sample; SI unit: mole.


lexentry: eng/ampelography__Noun__1
written_rep: ampelography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ampelographie
sense_list:
(botany, oenology) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.


lexentry: eng/ampere-hour__Noun__1
written_rep: ampere-hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amperestunde
sense_list:
(physics) a unit of electric charge, equal to the charge transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour through a specified point in a circuit, equal to 3600 coulombs.


lexentry: eng/ampere__Noun__1
written_rep: ampere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ampere
sense_list:
A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A


lexentry: eng/amperometric__Adjective__1
written_rep: amperometric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amperometrisch
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) That involves measurement of an electric current during a process such as titration


lexentry: eng/amperometry__Noun__1
written_rep: amperometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amperometrie
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) An analytical technique that involves the continuous measurement of electric current during a reaction or titration.


lexentry: eng/amphibian__Noun__1
written_rep: amphibian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphibie | Amphibium | Lurch
sense_list:
An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.


lexentry: eng/amphibole__Noun__1
written_rep: amphibole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphibol
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium.


lexentry: eng/amphibrach__Noun__1
written_rep: amphibrach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Amphibrachys | Skolius
sense_list:
(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).


lexentry: eng/amphibrachic__Adjective__1
written_rep: amphibrachic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amphibrachisch
sense_list:
Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.


lexentry: eng/amphictyon__Noun__1
written_rep: amphictyon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphiktyone
sense_list:
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.


lexentry: eng/amphictyony__Noun__1
written_rep: amphictyony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphiktyonie
sense_list:
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.


lexentry: eng/amphimacer__Noun__1
written_rep: amphimacer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphimacer
sense_list:
A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented or light syllable between two accented or heavy syllables; a cretic.


lexentry: eng/amphisbaena__Noun__1
written_rep: amphisbaena
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphisbaena
sense_list:
(mythological creature) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.


lexentry: eng/amphitheatre__Noun__1
written_rep: amphitheatre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphitheater
sense_list:
An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.


lexentry: eng/amphora__Noun__1
written_rep: amphora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amphore | Amphora
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.


lexentry: eng/amphoric__Adjective__1
written_rep: amphoric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Amphore
sense_list:
(medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.


lexentry: eng/amphoteric__Adjective__1
written_rep: amphoteric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amphotere
sense_list:
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic. [from 1832]


lexentry: eng/amplexus__Noun__1
written_rep: amplexus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amplexus
sense_list:
(zoology) A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.


lexentry: eng/amplification__Noun__1
written_rep: amplification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Verstärkung
sense_list:
(electronics) Gain. | (organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).


lexentry: eng/amplifier__Noun__1
written_rep: amplifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verstärker
sense_list:
Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense. | (electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.


lexentry: eng/amplify__Verb__1
written_rep: amplify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ausschmücken
sense_list:
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.


lexentry: eng/amplitude__Noun__1
written_rep: amplitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Amplitude
sense_list:
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic. | (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.


lexentry: eng/amplitude_modulation__Noun__1
written_rep: amplitude modulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amplitudenmodulation
sense_list:
(radio) A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the intensity (amplitude) of a carrier wave.


lexentry: eng/amulet__Noun__1
written_rep: amulet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amulett | Gebetsriemen
sense_list:
A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.


lexentry: eng/amuse__Verb__1
written_rep: amuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amüsieren | vergnügen
sense_list:
(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.


lexentry: eng/amygdala__Noun__1
written_rep: amygdala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amygdala
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.


lexentry: eng/amygdalin__Noun__1
written_rep: amygdalin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amygdalin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.


lexentry: eng/amyl_nitrite__Noun__1
written_rep: amyl nitrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amylnitrit
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A yellowish volatile synthetic liquid C5H11NO2 of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used medicinally as a vasodilator. It is rapidly absorbed by the body on inhalation, and is sometimes used recreationally especially as an aphrodisiac.


