# translation

lexentry: eng/plasma_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: plasma cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plasmazelle
sense_list:
(immunology) A form of B cell that produces antibodies after having reacted with its specific antigen in follicle centers.


lexentry: eng/plasma_display__Noun__1
written_rep: plasma display
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plasmabildschirm
sense_list:
A flat-screen display, for television or personal computers, consisting of a matrix of cells filled with an inert, ionized gas; three cells (red, green and blue) constituting a single pixel


lexentry: eng/plasma_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: plasma lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plasmalampe
sense_list:
A kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage.


lexentry: eng/plasmid__Noun__1
written_rep: plasmid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plasmid
sense_list:
(cytology) A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are most commonly found in bacteria, but they are also sometimes found in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and they are used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.


lexentry: eng/plasmolysis__Noun__1
written_rep: plasmolysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plasmolyse
sense_list:
(biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.


lexentry: eng/plasmon__Noun__1
written_rep: plasmon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plasmon
sense_list:
(physics, astronomy) The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.


lexentry: eng/plasmonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: plasmonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plasmonisch
sense_list:
(physics, nanotechnology) Of or pertaining to plasmons, the quasiparticles resulting from the quantization of plasma oscillations.


lexentry: eng/plaster__Noun__1
written_rep: plaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Putz | Gips | Verputz | Gipsputz | Kalkputz | Lehmputz
sense_list:
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.


lexentry: eng/plaster_cast__Noun__1
written_rep: plaster cast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gips | Gipsverband
sense_list:
(surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.


lexentry: eng/plaster_of_Paris__Noun__1
written_rep: plaster of Paris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gips | Gipsmörtel | Gipsputz | Stuckgips
sense_list:
A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds and sculpture.


lexentry: eng/plasterboard__Noun__1
written_rep: plasterboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gipskarton
sense_list:
A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core.


lexentry: eng/plastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: plastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: plastisch
sense_list:
(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/plastic__Noun__1
written_rep: plastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Plastik | Kunststoff
sense_list:
(figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.


lexentry: eng/plastic_art__Noun__1
written_rep: plastic art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plastik
sense_list:
An art form which involves physical manipulation of a three-dimensional medium by moulding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics.


lexentry: eng/plastic_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: plastic bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plastiktüte | Plastiksack | Plastiksackerl | Plastikbeutel
sense_list:
A type of packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film, starch, or plastic textile, used for containing and transporting food, waste, and consumer goods. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/plasticizer__Noun__1
written_rep: plasticizer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weichmacher
sense_list:
Any of various substances added to a material (such as plastic or concrete) in order to make it more pliable.


lexentry: eng/plastid__Noun__1
written_rep: plastid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plastid | Plastide
sense_list:
(cytology) Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/plastination__Noun__1
written_rep: plastination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plastination
sense_list:
(anatomy) A technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
written_rep: plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: Platte | Belag | Beschichtung | Schicht
sense_list:
A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
written_rep: plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 16
trans_list: Tafel | Abbildung
sense_list:
(printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.


lexentry: eng/platelet__Noun__1
written_rep: platelet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Thrombozyt | Blutplättchen
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology) A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.


lexentry: eng/platen__Noun__1
written_rep: platen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brett
sense_list:
(printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. | The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
written_rep: platform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bahnsteig | Plattform | Perron | Podest
sense_list:
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
written_rep: platform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Plattform
sense_list:
(figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion. | (Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform (“a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.”). | (computing) Ellipsis of computing platform (“a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software”).


lexentry: eng/platform_edge__Noun__1
written_rep: platform edge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bahnsteigkante
sense_list:
A special zone at the edge of the metro platform that passengers are not allowed to enter, except when the vehicle stands still and is available for getting in or out.


lexentry: eng/platform_game__Noun__1
written_rep: platform game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plattformer | Plattformspiel
sense_list:
(video game genre) A video game of the genre characterized by jumping (or otherwise moving) to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles.


lexentry: eng/platform_screen_door__Noun__1
written_rep: platform screen door
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bahnsteigtür
sense_list:
(rail) One of a series of doors at a train or subway station, at the edge of a platform, that prevent access beyond the platform when there is no train to be boarded.


lexentry: eng/platitude__Noun__1
written_rep: platitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plattitüde | Floskel | Gemeinplatz | Klischee
sense_list:
(countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.


lexentry: eng/platoon__Noun__1
written_rep: platoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zug | Kolonne | Sanitätszug
sense_list:
(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.


lexentry: eng/platter__Noun__1
written_rep: platter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Datenscheibe | Festplatte | Festplattenscheibe | Magnetplatte
sense_list:
A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate. | (computing) One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.


lexentry: eng/platykurtic__Adjective__1
written_rep: platykurtic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: platykurtic
sense_list:
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.


lexentry: eng/platypus__Noun__1
written_rep: platypus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnabeltier
sense_list:
A semi-aquatic, egg-laying monotreme mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet – males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus.


lexentry: eng/plausibility__Noun__1
written_rep: plausibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Plausibilität
sense_list:
(now in more positive sense) The fact of being believable; believability, credibility. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/plausible_deniability__Noun__1
written_rep: plausible deniability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glaubhafte Abstreitbarkeit | glaubhafte Bestreitbarkeit
sense_list:
(politics, business, military, espionage) The organization of clandestine activity in such a way that knowledge of its existence may be denied by those in authority.


lexentry: eng/play-acting__Noun__1
written_rep: play-acting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schauspielerei
sense_list:
(figuratively) The act of engaging in pretence or insincere behavior, often in order to mislead someone or gain an advantage.


lexentry: eng/play__Noun__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Spiel
sense_list:
(uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play). | (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.


lexentry: eng/play__Noun__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Stück
sense_list:
(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spielen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. | (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game). | (transitive, intransitive, especially, of a, person) To produce music using a musical instrument.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: spielen | abspielen
sense_list:
(transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced. | (AAVE, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: täuschen | hinters Licht führen | verarschen
sense_list:
(transitive, of a, theatrical company, or, band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).


lexentry: eng/play_by_ear__Verb__1
written_rep: play by ear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nach Gehör spielen
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, of, music) To play guided by one's musical perception and intuition, rather than from a written score.


lexentry: eng/play_by_ear__Verb__1
written_rep: play by ear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.

trans_list:
improvisieren | es auf sich zukommen lassen | es nehmen, wie es kommt | kucken | sehen | spontan entscheiden


lexentry: eng/play_doctor__Verb__1
written_rep: play doctor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Doktorspiel
sense_list:
(sexuality, usually of minors) To explore or sexually engage with another person's private parts, particularly in the context of roleplay of a medical nature.


lexentry: eng/play_gooseberry__Verb__1
written_rep: play gooseberry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: den Anstandswauwau spielen
sense_list:
(dated, UK, _, slang) To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon.


lexentry: eng/play_house__Verb__1
written_rep: play house
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: [[Vater-Mutter-Kind]] spielen
sense_list:
(children's games) To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.


lexentry: eng/play_money__Noun__1
written_rep: play money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spielgeld
sense_list:
Noticeably fake bills or coins intended for use as toy currency, especially with board games, rather than currency in a legitimate exchange market.


lexentry: eng/play_with_fire__Verb__1
written_rep: play with fire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mit dem Feuer spielen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially.


lexentry: eng/playable__Adjective__1
written_rep: playable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spielbar
sense_list:
Able to be played. | (games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing. | (games) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.


lexentry: eng/playboy__Noun__1
written_rep: playboy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Playboy | Lebemann | Salonlöwe
sense_list:
A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.


lexentry: eng/playground__Noun__1
written_rep: playground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spielplatz | Kinderspielplatz | Schulhof | Spielwiese
sense_list:
(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]


lexentry: eng/playground__Noun__1
written_rep: playground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Spielwiese
sense_list:
(figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.


lexentry: eng/playing_card__Noun__1
written_rep: playing card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spielkarte | Karte
sense_list:
(cards) Any of the usually 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play numerous games, featuring either one to 10 pips or a picture and belonging of one of four suits.


lexentry: eng/playing_field__Noun__1
written_rep: playing field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Spielfeld
sense_list:
(figuratively) Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies.


lexentry: eng/playlist__Noun__1
written_rep: playlist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wiedergabeliste | Playlist
sense_list:
(radio) A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station. | (computing) A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.


lexentry: eng/playoff__Noun__1
written_rep: playoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Barrage
sense_list:
A final game in a series needed to break a tie. | (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.


lexentry: eng/plea__Noun__1
written_rep: plea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Plädoyer
sense_list:
That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification. | (legal) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.


lexentry: eng/plea_bargain__Noun__1
written_rep: plea bargain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verständigung
sense_list:
(US, legal) An agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one


lexentry: eng/pleach__Noun__1
written_rep: pleach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geflecht
sense_list:
An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.


lexentry: eng/pleach__Verb__1
written_rep: pleach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flechten
sense_list:
(transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.


lexentry: eng/please_find_attached__Phrase__1
written_rep: please find attached
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
sense_list: (formal) The following item or items are attached to this message.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
anbei erhalten Sie | anbei finden Sie | beigefügt erhalten Sie | im Anhang finden Sie | in der Anlage finden Sie


lexentry: eng/please_repeat_after_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: please repeat after me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sprechen Sie mir bitte nach
sense_list:
A request for the interlocutor to repeat what the speaker says next. Often used in language training.


lexentry: eng/please_turn_left__Phrase__1
written_rep: please turn left
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bitte biegen Sie links ab
sense_list:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn left.


lexentry: eng/please_turn_right__Phrase__1
written_rep: please turn right
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bitte biegen Sie rechts ab
sense_list:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn right.


lexentry: eng/pleasure_garden__Noun__1
written_rep: pleasure garden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lustgarten
sense_list:
A park or garden that is open to the public for entertainment, typically including concert halls, bandstands, amusement rides, and zoos.


lexentry: eng/pleasure_principle__Noun__1
written_rep: pleasure principle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lustprinzip
sense_list:
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freudianism) The principle that human decisions and behavior are strongly motivated by the instinctual desire of the id, arising in infancy, to experience pleasure and avoid pain.


lexentry: eng/pleat__Noun__1
written_rep: pleat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Falte
sense_list:
(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.


lexentry: eng/plebiscite__Noun__1
written_rep: plebiscite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plebiszit | Volksabstimmung
sense_list:
(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.


lexentry: eng/plectrum__Noun__1
written_rep: plectrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plektrum | Plektron
sense_list:
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.


lexentry: eng/pledge__Noun__1
written_rep: pledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Fuchs
sense_list:
(college slang) A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.


lexentry: eng/plenary_indulgence__Noun__1
written_rep: plenary indulgence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vollkommener Ablass
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) An indulgence that remits all of a person’s sins, and thus the whole of their time in purgatory.


lexentry: eng/plenipotentiary__Noun__1
written_rep: plenipotentiary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bevollmächtigter | Generalbevollmächtigter
sense_list:
A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter. [from c. 1645]


lexentry: eng/pleonasm__Noun__1
written_rep: pleonasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pleonasmus
sense_list:
(uncountable, rhetoric) Redundancy in wording. | (countable) A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.


lexentry: eng/pleophony__Noun__1
written_rep: pleophony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volllaut
sense_list:
(phonology) The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.


lexentry: eng/pleroma__Noun__1
written_rep: pleroma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pleroma
sense_list:
(Christianity) A state of perfect fullness, especially of God's being as incarnated in Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/pleroma__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: pleroma
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pleroma
sense_list:
(Gnosticism, historical) Often preceded by the: the spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God.


lexentry: eng/pleura__Noun__1
written_rep: pleura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pleura
sense_list:
(anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.


lexentry: eng/plexiglass__Noun__1
written_rep: plexiglass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acrylglas | Plexiglas
sense_list:
polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.


lexentry: eng/pliers__Noun__1
written_rep: pliers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zange | Kneifzange
sense_list:
A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.


lexentry: eng/plimsoll__Noun__1
written_rep: plimsoll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sneaker
sense_list:
(UK, Irish) A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.


lexentry: eng/plodder__Noun__1
written_rep: plodder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arbeitstier
sense_list:
A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.


lexentry: eng/plot__Noun__1
written_rep: plot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handlung | Plot
sense_list:
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]


lexentry: eng/plot__Noun__1
written_rep: plot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Komplott
sense_list:
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/plot_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: plot hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ungereimtheit
sense_list:
(authorship) A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.


lexentry: eng/plot_twist__Noun__1
written_rep: plot twist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unerwartete Wendung | Plottorsion | Plottwist | überraschende Wendung der Handlung
sense_list:
A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.


lexentry: eng/plotter__Noun__1
written_rep: plotter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Plotter
sense_list:
(computing) An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.


lexentry: eng/plough__Noun__1
written_rep: plough
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pflug
sense_list:
(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.


lexentry: eng/plough__Verb__1
written_rep: plough
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pflügen
sense_list:
(transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting. | (joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.


lexentry: eng/plough__Verb__1
written_rep: plough
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: ficken | pflügen
sense_list:
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough. | (transitive, vulgar) To sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.


lexentry: eng/pluck__Verb__1
written_rep: pluck
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: schlagen | zupfen
sense_list:
(transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.


lexentry: eng/plug__Noun__1
written_rep: plug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stecker
sense_list:
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.


lexentry: eng/plug__Verb__1
written_rep: plug
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schleichwerbung machen
sense_list:
(transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.


lexentry: eng/plum__Noun__1
written_rep: plum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pflaume | Zwetschge
sense_list:
An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/plum__Noun__1
written_rep: plum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Leckerbissen
sense_list:
A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/plum_rains__Noun__1
written_rep: plum rains
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Baiu | Tsuyu
sense_list:
Also occasionally in the singular form plum rain: the East Asian rainy season from early summer to midsummer in the fourth and fifth lunar months (early June to early or mid-July); also, the rain which falls during this season.


lexentry: eng/plumage__Noun__1
written_rep: plumage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefieder | Federkleid | Federschmuck | Vogelgefieder
sense_list:
(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.


lexentry: eng/plumber's_snake__Noun__1
written_rep: plumber's snake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rohrreinigungsspirale
sense_list:
A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions.


lexentry: eng/plumber__Noun__1
written_rep: plumber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Klempner | Installateur | Klempnerin | Spengler
sense_list:
One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.


lexentry: eng/plumbing__Noun__1
written_rep: plumbing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Installation | Rohrleitung | Verrohrung
sense_list:
The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.


lexentry: eng/plumbism__Noun__1
written_rep: plumbism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bleivergiftung
sense_list:
(medicine) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. Symptoms include lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
written_rep: plume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feder
sense_list:
(archaic, literary, and, poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
written_rep: plume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Federbusch | Federschmuck | Hutfeder
sense_list:
(archaic, literary, and, poetic) A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
written_rep: plume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Plume
sense_list:
(geology) Ellipsis of mantle plume (“an upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere”).


lexentry: eng/plummet__Noun__1
written_rep: plummet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lot | Senkblei | Senklot | Blei | Senker
sense_list:
(archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.


lexentry: eng/plunge__Verb__1
written_rep: plunge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stürzen | stecken | stoßen | treiben
sense_list:
(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.


lexentry: eng/plunge_pool__Noun__1
written_rep: plunge pool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gumpe
sense_list:
A pool that is small in diameter, but deep, usually resulting from erosion by a natural force such as a waterfall or rapids.


lexentry: eng/pluperfect_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: pluperfect tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plusquamperfekt | vollendete Vergangenheit | Vorvergangenheit
sense_list:
(grammar, of a verb) Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.


lexentry: eng/plural__Noun__1
written_rep: plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehrzahl | Plural
sense_list:
(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.


lexentry: eng/plural__Noun__1
written_rep: plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Plural | Pluralform | Mehrzahl
sense_list:
(grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.


lexentry: eng/plurale_tantum__Noun__1
written_rep: plurale tantum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pluraletantum | Pluralwort
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.


lexentry: eng/pluralism__Noun__1
written_rep: pluralism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Pluralismus
sense_list:
(sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.


lexentry: eng/plus_sign__Noun__1
written_rep: plus sign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pluszeichen | Additionszeichen
sense_list:
(arithmetic) The symbol + used to denote the operation of addition, to indicate that a number is positive, and so on.


lexentry: eng/pluton__Noun__1
written_rep: pluton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pluton
sense_list:
(mineralogy) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma


lexentry: eng/plutonium__Noun__1
written_rep: plutonium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Plutonium
sense_list:
The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/pluviograph__Noun__1
written_rep: pluviograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pluviograph
sense_list:
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.


lexentry: eng/ply__Noun__1
written_rep: ply
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Halbzug
sense_list:
(artificial intelligence, combinatorial, _, game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.


lexentry: eng/ply__Verb__1
written_rep: ply
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biegen | falten
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.


lexentry: eng/pneumatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: pneumatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pneumatisch
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases | Of or relating to pneumatics | Powered by, or filled with, compressed air | Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma


lexentry: eng/pneumatics__Noun__1
written_rep: pneumatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pneumatik | Pneumatologie
sense_list:
(theology, obsolete) The study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.


lexentry: eng/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quarzstaublunge | Quarzstaublungenkrankheit | Silikose
sense_list:
(nonce) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano.


lexentry: eng/pneumothorax__Noun__1
written_rep: pneumothorax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pneumothorax
sense_list:
(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.


lexentry: eng/po-faced__Adjective__1
written_rep: po-faced
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grimmig | mürrisch | streng
sense_list:
(British) Wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression; humourless; priggish. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/poach__Verb__1
written_rep: poach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pochieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).


lexentry: eng/poach__Verb__2
written_rep: poach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: klauen | stehlen
sense_list:
(by extension, ambitransitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly. | (obsolete) To stab; to pierce; to spear or drive or plunge into something.


lexentry: eng/poach__Verb__2
written_rep: poach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: abwerben
sense_list:
(business, ambitransitive) To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.


lexentry: eng/poacher__Noun__1
written_rep: poacher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wilderer | Wilddieb | Wildschütz
sense_list:
A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.


lexentry: eng/pochard__Noun__1
written_rep: pochard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tafelente
sense_list:
Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.


lexentry: eng/pocket__Noun__1
written_rep: pocket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tasche
sense_list:
(clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. | An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.


lexentry: eng/pocket__Verb__1
written_rep: pocket
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: einstecken
sense_list:
(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.


lexentry: eng/pocket_call__Noun__1
written_rep: pocket call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hosentaschenanruf
sense_list:
An unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in one's (pants/trouser) pocket due to body movement.


lexentry: eng/podcast__Noun__1
written_rep: podcast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Podcast | Audio-Internetsendung
sense_list:
A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones. [from early 21st c.] | (loosely, by extension) An individual episode of such a program.


lexentry: eng/podiatrist__Noun__1
written_rep: podiatrist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Podologe | Podologin | Fußpfleger | Fußpflegerin | Fußspezialist | Fußspezialistin
sense_list:
(medicine) A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.


lexentry: eng/podium__Noun__1
written_rep: podium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Podium
sense_list:
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.


lexentry: eng/podium__Noun__1
written_rep: podium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Podest | Treppchen | Podium
sense_list:
(sports, and, other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.


lexentry: eng/poetic_licence__Noun__1
written_rep: poetic licence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Narrenfreiheit
sense_list:
Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect.


lexentry: eng/poetry__Noun__1
written_rep: poetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Poesie
sense_list:
A poet's literary production. | (figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.


lexentry: eng/pogo_stick__Noun__1
written_rep: pogo stick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Springstock | Hüpfstock
sense_list:
A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.


lexentry: eng/poikilothermy__Noun__1
written_rep: poikilothermy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaltblütigkeit | Poikilothermie
sense_list:
(biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.


lexentry: eng/poinsettia__Noun__1
written_rep: poinsettia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weihnachtsstern
sense_list:
A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers surrounded by large bright red leaves; native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated as a garden plant.


lexentry: eng/point-blank__Adjective__1
written_rep: point-blank
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mir nichts, dir nichts
sense_list:
(ballistics) The distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
written_rep: point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Punkt
sense_list:
(mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.] | A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. [from 14th c.] | (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.] | A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. [from 14th c.] | A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful. [from 14th c.] | (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
written_rep: point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Komma | Punkt | Standpunkt
sense_list:
(automotive, mostly, in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.


lexentry: eng/point__Verb__1
written_rep: point
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zeigen | weisen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.


lexentry: eng/point_blank__Adverb__1
written_rep: point blank
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in Kernschussweite
sense_list:
Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target).


lexentry: eng/point_guard__Noun__1
written_rep: point guard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Point Guard
sense_list:
(basketball) A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.


lexentry: eng/point_of_departure__Noun__1
written_rep: point of departure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ausgangspunkt | Ausgangsposition
sense_list:
(formal, figuratively) of abstract processes that can be compared to a voyage: initial circumstances. Frequent collocations include, but are not limited to:


lexentry: eng/point_of_inflection__Noun__1
written_rep: point of inflection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wendepunkt
sense_list:
(mathematics) A point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes; at this point the second derivative of the underlying function will be zero, but positive on one side and negative on the other.


lexentry: eng/point_of_interest__Noun__1
written_rep: point of interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sonderziel
sense_list:
A location that is worth visiting because it is a tourist attraction or the base for some type of service such as a restaurant or shop.


lexentry: eng/point_of_no_return__Noun__1
written_rep: point of no return
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Umkehrgrenzpunkt
sense_list:
(aviation) The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.


lexentry: eng/point_of_sale__Noun__1
written_rep: point of sale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kasse | Verkaufsort | Verkaufsplatz | Verkaufsstelle
sense_list:
(retail) The location at which payment for goods is made in an establishment that sells goods or services.


lexentry: eng/point_out__Verb__1
written_rep: point out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hinweisen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.


lexentry: eng/pointed__Adjective__1
written_rep: pointed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spitz
sense_list:
(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull. | (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant. | (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.


lexentry: eng/pointed_cabbage__Noun__1
written_rep: pointed cabbage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Spitzkohl
sense_list:
An F1 hybrid variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) that forms compact conical rather than rounded heads and is noted for its delicate flavor.


lexentry: eng/pointer__Noun__1
written_rep: pointer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zeiger | Pointer | Nadel
sense_list:
A needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.


lexentry: eng/pointing-trowel__Noun__1
written_rep: pointing-trowel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fugeisen | Fugeneisen | Fugenkelle
sense_list:
A fine trowel, (metal) tool used in construction to shape mortar neatly into the seams which joint bricks, stones etc. in masonry.


lexentry: eng/pointing__Noun__1
written_rep: pointing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Fugenmasse | Fugenmörtel
sense_list:
(usually singular or collective, sometimes, proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.


lexentry: eng/pointing__Noun__1
written_rep: pointing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Hinweisen | Zeigen
sense_list:
(art) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.


lexentry: eng/pointlessness__Noun__1
written_rep: pointlessness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ziellosigkeit
sense_list:
(countable) The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.


lexentry: eng/points__Noun__2
written_rep: points
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Weiche
sense_list:
(rail transport, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.


lexentry: eng/poison_ivy__Noun__1
written_rep: poison ivy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Giftsumach
sense_list:
Any of three ivy-like species of Toxicodendron, known for their ability to cause an itching rash and blistering for most people, through urushiol, an oil that is a skin irritant.


lexentry: eng/poisoned_chalice__Noun__1
written_rep: poisoned chalice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Danaergeschenk | Bärendienst | vergiftetes Geschenk
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something which is initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful; an apparently beneficial or benign instrument or scheme for causing death or harm.


lexentry: eng/poker__Noun__1
written_rep: poker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schürhaken | Schüreisen
sense_list:
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. [from earlier 16th c.] | (historical) A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.


lexentry: eng/poker_face__Noun__1
written_rep: poker face
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pokerface
sense_list:
(poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing. | Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation.


lexentry: eng/pokeweed__Noun__1
written_rep: pokeweed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kermesbeere
sense_list:
A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.


lexentry: eng/polar__Adjective__1
written_rep: polar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polar
sense_list:
(geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. | (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.


lexentry: eng/polar_bear__Noun__1
written_rep: polar bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eisbär | Polarbär
sense_list:
A hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.


lexentry: eng/polar_circle__Noun__1
written_rep: polar circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarkreis
sense_list:
(geography) Either of the two parallels of the Earth located at the latitude of 66° 33′ 44″ N and 66° 33′ 44″ S.


lexentry: eng/polar_night__Noun__1
written_rep: polar night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarnacht
sense_list:
A period of continual darkness that occurs in winter in the polar regions of Earth, during which the sun never rises above the horizon.


lexentry: eng/polar_vortex__Noun__1
written_rep: polar vortex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarwirbel
sense_list:
A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front.


lexentry: eng/polarimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: polarimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarimeter
sense_list:
An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarized light as it passes through a sample of an optically active compound.


lexentry: eng/polariton__Noun__1
written_rep: polariton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polariton
sense_list:
(physics) Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter.


lexentry: eng/polarity__Noun__1
written_rep: polarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarität
sense_list:
The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles. | Either of the two extremes of such attributes. | (chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. Wp


lexentry: eng/polarization__Noun__1
written_rep: polarization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarisierung
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) The separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system. | (physics) The production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points. | (sociology) The grouping of opinions into two extremes. | The production or the condition of polarity.


lexentry: eng/polarize__Verb__1
written_rep: polarize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polarisieren
sense_list:
(transitive, US) To cause to have a polarization. | (transitive, US) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__1
written_rep: pole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stange | Stab
sense_list:
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__2
written_rep: pole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pol | Polstelle
sense_list:
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south). | (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__2
written_rep: pole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Pol
sense_list:
(figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available. | (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.


lexentry: eng/pole_position__Noun__1
written_rep: pole position
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Poleposition
sense_list:
(motor racing) The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line.


lexentry: eng/pole_star__Noun__1
written_rep: pole star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polarstern
sense_list:
(star) The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.


lexentry: eng/pole_vault__Noun__1
written_rep: pole vault
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stabhochsprung
sense_list:
(athletics) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit


lexentry: eng/polearm__Noun__1
written_rep: polearm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stangenwaffe
sense_list:
A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.


lexentry: eng/polemical__Adjective__1
written_rep: polemical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polemisch
sense_list:
(somewhat, _, derogative) Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy. | Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.


lexentry: eng/polemics__Noun__2
written_rep: polemics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polemik
sense_list:
The art or practice of making arguments or controversies. | The refutation of errors in theological doctrine.


lexentry: eng/polenta__Noun__1
written_rep: polenta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polenta
sense_list:
Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.


lexentry: eng/police__Noun__1
written_rep: police
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polizei
sense_list:
(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.


lexentry: eng/police_box__Noun__1
written_rep: police box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polizei-Box | Polizei-Zelle | Polizeiwache
sense_list:
(chiefly, British, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police. | A small community police station; a koban.


lexentry: eng/police_brutality__Noun__1
written_rep: police brutality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polizeibrutalität | Polizeigewalt
sense_list:
The use of excessive, unjustified force, typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation, by a police officer while carrying out, or under the cover of carrying out, law enforcement duties.


lexentry: eng/police_court__Noun__1
written_rep: police court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polizeigericht
sense_list:
(historical, _, in UK, law) A court of justice for trying minor criminal cases brought before it by the police, often in summary proceedings.


lexentry: eng/police_procedural__Noun__1
written_rep: police procedural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krimi
sense_list:
A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.


lexentry: eng/police_state__Noun__1
written_rep: police state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polizeistaat
sense_list:
(usually, pejorative) A polity whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people.


lexentry: eng/police_station__Noun__1
written_rep: police station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polizeiwache | Polizeirevier | Polizeidienststelle | Polizeistation | Polizeipräsidium
sense_list:
A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.


lexentry: eng/policy__Noun__1
written_rep: policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Politik | Handlungsgrundsatz | Richtlinie | Verfahrensweise | Vorgehensweise
sense_list:
A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/policy__Noun__1
written_rep: policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Politik | Geschicklichkeit | Handlungsgrundsatz | Richtlinie | Umsicht | Verfahrensweise
sense_list:
Wise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/poliomyelitis__Noun__1
written_rep: poliomyelitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Poliomyelitis | Kinderlähmung
sense_list:
(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.


lexentry: eng/politburo__Noun__1
written_rep: politburo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Politbüro
sense_list:
(communism, Marxism) The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.


lexentry: eng/political__Adjective__1
written_rep: political
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politisch
sense_list:
Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing. | (pejorative) Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral; or, more generally, power, standing, influence or conflict) calculation. | Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.


lexentry: eng/political_asylum__Noun__1
written_rep: political asylum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Asyl | politisches Asyl
sense_list:
The protection, by a sovereign state, of a person who is persecuted in their own country for their political opinions or activity


lexentry: eng/political_commissar__Noun__1
written_rep: political commissar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Politkommissar | Politoffizier
sense_list:
(communism, military) A supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization.


lexentry: eng/political_economy__Noun__1
written_rep: political economy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politische Ökonomie
sense_list:
(economics, politics) Interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science in explaining how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system — capitalist, socialist, mixed, and so on — influence each other.


lexentry: eng/political_party__Noun__1
written_rep: political party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politische Partei | Partei
sense_list:
A political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power through representation in government.


lexentry: eng/politicize__Verb__1
written_rep: politicize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: politisieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue. | (transitive) To make someone politically active or aware.


lexentry: eng/politico__Noun__1
written_rep: politico
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Politikaster | Politprofi
sense_list:
(colloquial, often, _, derogatory) A politician. | (colloquial, often, _, derogatory) Someone involved in the professional life of a politician or a political campaign to varying degrees.


lexentry: eng/polity__Noun__1
written_rep: polity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gemeinwesen
sense_list:
(politics, religion, usually, uncountable) Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.


lexentry: eng/pollen_tube__Noun__1
written_rep: pollen tube
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pollenschlauch
sense_list:
(botany) The tube that develops from the wall of a pollen grain and, in seed plants, provides a passage through which the male nuclei reach the embryo sac to effect fertilization.


lexentry: eng/pollination__Noun__1
written_rep: pollination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bestäubung
sense_list:
(botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.


lexentry: eng/polling_day__Noun__1
written_rep: polling day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahltag
sense_list:
(politics) The day voting takes place in a local, general, or national election, apart from postal votes made beforehand.


lexentry: eng/polling_station__Noun__1
written_rep: polling station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahllokal
sense_list:
(Britain, Canada, Australia) a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station


lexentry: eng/pollinium__Noun__1
written_rep: pollinium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pollinium
sense_list:
(palynology) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.


lexentry: eng/pollution__Noun__1
written_rep: pollution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verschmutzung | Umweltverschmutzung | Verunreinigung | Pollution
sense_list:
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/polo__Noun__1
written_rep: polo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.


lexentry: eng/polo_shirt__Noun__1
written_rep: polo shirt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polohemd | Poloshirt
sense_list:
A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).


lexentry: eng/poltergeist__Noun__1
written_rep: poltergeist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Poltergeist | Klopfgeist
sense_list:
(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.


lexentry: eng/polyamide__Noun__1
written_rep: polyamide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyamid
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon.


lexentry: eng/polyamorous__Adjective__1
written_rep: polyamorous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polyamor | polyamorös
sense_list:
Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory.


lexentry: eng/polyamory__Noun__1
written_rep: polyamory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyamorie
sense_list:
Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.


lexentry: eng/polyandry__Noun__1
written_rep: polyandry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyandrie | Vielmännerei
sense_list:
The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.


lexentry: eng/polycarbonate__Noun__1
written_rep: polycarbonate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polykarbonat | Polycarbonate
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible alternatives to glass. Abbreviation: PC


lexentry: eng/polycondensation__Noun__1
written_rep: polycondensation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polykondensation
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any condensation reaction, of a monomer having two functional groups, which leads to the formation of a polymer (a polycondensate).


lexentry: eng/polycule__Noun__1
written_rep: polycule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polykül
sense_list:
A polyamorous group of individuals connected by their overlapping romantic, sexual, or platonic relationships.


lexentry: eng/polycystic_ovary_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: polycystic ovary syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: PCO-Syndrom | polyzystisches Ovar-Syndrom
sense_list:
(medicine) A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin.


lexentry: eng/polydactyly__Noun__1
written_rep: polydactyly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polydaktylie
sense_list:
(medicine, teratology) A congenital condition in which a person or animal has more than the usual number of digits (fingers or toes) on at least one of their hands or feet.


lexentry: eng/polyethylene__Noun__1
written_rep: polyethylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyethylen | Polyäthylen | Plastik
sense_list:
(organic compound) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.


lexentry: eng/polyethylene_terephthalate__Noun__1
written_rep: polyethylene terephthalate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyethylenterephthalat
sense_list:
(organic compound) A thermoplastic resin of the polyester family used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene).


lexentry: eng/polygamy__Noun__1
written_rep: polygamy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Polygamie | Vielehe | Mehrehe
sense_list:
(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”).


lexentry: eng/polyglot__Adjective__1
written_rep: polyglot
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: polyglott | mehrsprachig
sense_list:
Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.


lexentry: eng/polyglot__Noun__1
written_rep: polyglot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyglotte
sense_list:
A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages.


lexentry: eng/polygon_mesh__Noun__1
written_rep: polygon mesh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polygonnetz
sense_list:
(computer graphics) A collection of vertices, edges and faces that defines the shape of a polyhedral object.


lexentry: eng/polygonum__Noun__1
written_rep: polygonum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vogelknöteriche
sense_list:
(botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.


lexentry: eng/polygyny__Noun__1
written_rep: polygyny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polygynie
sense_list:
The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.


lexentry: eng/polylectic__Adjective__1
written_rep: polylectic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polylektisch
sense_list:
(entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.


lexentry: eng/polymer__Noun__1
written_rep: polymer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polymer
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules. | A material consisting of such polymer molecules.


lexentry: eng/polymerase__Noun__1
written_rep: polymerase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polymerase
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.


lexentry: eng/polymerase_chain_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: polymerase chain reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polymerasekettenreaktion
sense_list:
(genetics, molecular biology, organic chemistry) A technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample; used in genetic fingerprinting etc.


lexentry: eng/polymethyl_methyacrylate__Noun__1
written_rep: polymethyl methyacrylate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Acrylglas | Plexiglas
sense_list:
(chemistry) A tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer of methyl methyacrylate; it is used as a substitute for glass under the proprietary names of Perspex, Plexiglass and Lucite


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: polymorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polymorphie | Polymorphismus
sense_list:
The ability to assume different forms or shapes. | (object-oriented programming) A feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for a method to have several definitions. | (mathematics, type theory) The property of certain typed formal systems of allowing for the use of type variables and binders/quantifiers over those type variables; likewise, the property of certain expressions (within such typed formal systems) of making use of at least one such typed variable.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: polymorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Polymorphismus | Polymorphie
sense_list:
(biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: polymorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Polymorphie
sense_list:
(crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: polymorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Polymorphismus | Vielgestaltigkeit
sense_list:
(genetics) The regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population; also, variability of amino acid sequences within a gene's protein.


lexentry: eng/polynitrogen__Noun__1
written_rep: polynitrogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polystickstoff
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Any of several unstable allotropes of nitrogen that have more than two atoms in each molecule


lexentry: eng/polynomial__Noun__1
written_rep: polynomial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polynom
sense_list:
(algebra, strict sense) An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_n x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + ... + a_0 x^0.


lexentry: eng/polynya__Noun__1
written_rep: polynya
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polynja | Wake
sense_list:
(hydrology, oceanography) A naturally formed transient area of open water surrounded by sea ice, especially in polar or subpolar seas. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/polyomino__Noun__1
written_rep: polyomino
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyomino
sense_list:
(geometry) A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)


lexentry: eng/polyp__Noun__1
written_rep: polyp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyp
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane. | (zoology) A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.


lexentry: eng/polypeptide__Noun__1
written_rep: polypeptide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Polypeptid
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein. | (protein) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.


lexentry: eng/polyphenol__Noun__1
written_rep: polyphenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyphenol
sense_list:
(organic compound, biochemistry) Any of a large class of organic compounds, of plant origin, having more than one phenol group; they tend to be colourful and to have antioxidant properties.


lexentry: eng/polyphony__Noun__1
written_rep: polyphony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyphonie | Mehrstimmigkeit
sense_list:
(music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).


lexentry: eng/polypropylene__Noun__1
written_rep: polypropylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polypropylen
sense_list:
A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.


lexentry: eng/polyptoton__Noun__1
written_rep: polyptoton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyptoton
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.


lexentry: eng/polyseme__Noun__1
written_rep: polyseme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polysem
sense_list:
(semantics) A word or phrase that has multiple meanings, or, more specifically, multiple etymologically related meanings.


lexentry: eng/polysemy__Noun__1
written_rep: polysemy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polysemie | Mehrdeutigkeit
sense_list:
(semantics) The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.


lexentry: eng/polysynthetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: polysynthetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polysynthetisch
sense_list:
(grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.


lexentry: eng/polytechnic__Noun__1
written_rep: polytechnic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fachhochschule
sense_list:
(UK, dated) An educational institute that teaches applied arts and sciences rather than academic subjects.


lexentry: eng/polytetrafluoroethylene__Noun__1
written_rep: polytetrafluoroethylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Teflon
sense_list:
A tough synthetic resin used to make seals and bearings and to create a nonstick coating on cooking utensils.


lexentry: eng/polytope__Noun__1
written_rep: polytope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polytop
sense_list:
(geometry) A geometric shape (of any number of dimensions) which is fully enclosed and has flat sides, making it a member of the generalized class of shapes which includes the two-dimensional polygon and three-dimensional polyhedron; (formally) a finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes.


lexentry: eng/polytunnel__Noun__1
written_rep: polytunnel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Folientunnel | Foliengewächshaus
sense_list:
A tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity than that which is available in the environment.


lexentry: eng/polyunsaturated__Adjective__1
written_rep: polyunsaturated
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mehrfach ungesättigt
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition.


lexentry: eng/polyurethane__Noun__1
written_rep: polyurethane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyurethan
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in very many industrial and domestic applications.


lexentry: eng/polyvinyl_chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: polyvinyl chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Polyvinylchlorid
sense_list:
A thermoplastic resin produced by the polymerization of vinyl chloride; used as an electrical insulator and in many other applications. Can be compounded into flexible and rigid forms through the use of plasticizers, stabilizers, fillers and other modifiers.


lexentry: eng/pomander__Noun__1
written_rep: pomander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bisamapfel
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, historical) A mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection against infection. [from late 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pome__Noun__1
written_rep: pome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Apfelfrucht | Kernobst
sense_list:
(botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.


lexentry: eng/pomegranate__Noun__1
written_rep: pomegranate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Granatapfel | Grenadine
sense_list:
The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart. | The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.


lexentry: eng/pomelo__Noun__1
written_rep: pomelo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pampelmuse | Pomelo
sense_list:
The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.


lexentry: eng/pommel_horse__Noun__1
written_rep: pommel horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pauschenpferd | Seitpferd
sense_list:
An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs. | An athletic event in which the pommel horse is used.


lexentry: eng/pompadour__Noun__1
written_rep: pompadour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Banane
sense_list:
A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.


lexentry: eng/pompom__Noun__1
written_rep: pompom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pompon
sense_list:
A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric, tinsel, plastic, or paper streamers bound at the center, most notably held, waved, and shaken in cheerleading.


lexentry: eng/pompon__Noun__1
written_rep: pompon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pompon
sense_list:
A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.


lexentry: eng/pond_hockey__Noun__1
written_rep: pond hockey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pond Hockey
sense_list:
(sports) A form of ice hockey played outdoors on the surface of a frozen lake or pond, or other body of water.


lexentry: eng/pondweed__Noun__1
written_rep: pondweed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Laichkraut
sense_list:
opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.


lexentry: eng/poniard__Noun__1
written_rep: poniard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dolch
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pontoon__Noun__1
written_rep: pontoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ponton
sense_list:
A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.


lexentry: eng/ponytail__Noun__1
written_rep: ponytail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pferdeschwanz | Rossschwanz
sense_list:
A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.


lexentry: eng/pood__Noun__1
written_rep: pood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pud
sense_list:
An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).


lexentry: eng/poodle__Noun__1
written_rep: poodle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pudel
sense_list:
A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.


lexentry: eng/poof__Interjection__1
written_rep: poof
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puff
sense_list:
Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.


lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__1
written_rep: pool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lache | Pfütze | Fundus
sense_list:
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.


lexentry: eng/pool_noodle__Noun__1
written_rep: pool noodle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Poolnudel | Schwimmnudel
sense_list:
A long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools.


lexentry: eng/pooper__Noun__1
written_rep: pooper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Miesmacher | Spielverderber
sense_list:
(slang) One who poops out on an activity; one who dampens the mood by lack of participation or negative attitude. Mostly used in the phrase party pooper.


lexentry: eng/poor__Adjective__1
written_rep: poor
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arm
sense_list:
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. | (attributive, _, only) Worthy of pity.


lexentry: eng/poor_box__Noun__1
written_rep: poor box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Almosenbüchse | Opferbüchse
sense_list:
A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy.


lexentry: eng/pop-up__Noun__1
written_rep: pop-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pop-up
sense_list:
(internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.


lexentry: eng/pop-up_advertisement__Noun__1
written_rep: pop-up advertisement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Popup
sense_list:
(Internet, advertising) An advertisement that takes the form of a window that appears automatically on a computer screen when certain websites are visited.


lexentry: eng/pop__Noun__1
written_rep: pop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sprudel | Sprudelwasser
sense_list:
(uncountable, regional, Midwest US, Canada, Inland North, Midlands, Northwestern US) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
written_rep: pop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: vorbeischauen
sense_list:
(intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart. | (intransitive, often with over, round, along, in, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
written_rep: pop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: platzen lassen
sense_list:
(transitive, UK, AU) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
written_rep: pop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: einwerfen
sense_list:
(transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).


lexentry: eng/pop_art__Noun__1
written_rep: pop art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pop-Art
sense_list:
(arts) A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture, often using techniques from commercial art and advertising.


lexentry: eng/pop_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: pop gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kindergewehr | Kinderspielpistole | Pufferchen
sense_list:
A toy gun that emits a loud pop by firing a cork from a barrel in which a piston slides, compressing the air and forcing the cork out. The cork is traditionally attached to the toy by a piece of string.


lexentry: eng/pop_music__Noun__1
written_rep: pop music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Popmusik
sense_list:
Music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music, and nowadays also from rock music.


lexentry: eng/pop_song__Noun__1
written_rep: pop song
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Popsong
sense_list:
(music) A type of song from the genre of music derived from rock and roll music of the 1950s characterized by a short, catchy tune and the frequent repetition of a chorus.


lexentry: eng/popery__Noun__1
written_rep: popery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Papismus
sense_list:
(usually, derogatory, Christianity) The teachings, practices and accoutrements of the Roman Catholic Church.


lexentry: eng/poplit__Noun__1
written_rep: poplit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kniekehle
sense_list:
The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint; the popliteal fossa or knee pit.


lexentry: eng/popliteus__Noun__1
written_rep: popliteus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kniekehlenmuskel
sense_list:
(anatomy) A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg.


lexentry: eng/poppy__Noun__1
written_rep: poppy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mohn
sense_list:
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.


lexentry: eng/poppy__Noun__1
written_rep: poppy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Mohnblume
sense_list:
(chiefly, Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.


lexentry: eng/popsicle__Noun__1
written_rep: popsicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eis am Stiel | Stieleis | Wassereis
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.


lexentry: eng/popular_culture__Noun__1
written_rep: popular culture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Popkultur
sense_list:
The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing/fashion, entertainment, fads, films, mass media, music, sports, and style.


lexentry: eng/popular_music__Noun__1
written_rep: popular music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: populäre Musik
sense_list:
(music) Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in contrast to classical music and folk music.


lexentry: eng/popular_science__Noun__1
written_rep: popular science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Populärwissenschaft
sense_list:
An interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students.


lexentry: eng/popular_science__Noun__1
written_rep: popular science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: populärwissenschaftlich
sense_list:
(attributive) Of, or having to do with science, but aimed at ordinary people as opposed to scientists; intended for general consumption.


lexentry: eng/popularity__Noun__1
written_rep: popularity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Popularität | Beliebtheit
sense_list:
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
written_rep: population
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bevölkerung | Population
sense_list:
A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
written_rep: population
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Population | Einwohnerzahl | Bevölkerungszahl
sense_list:
(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
written_rep: population
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Grundgesamtheit | Bevölkerung
sense_list:
(statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.


lexentry: eng/population_density__Noun__1
written_rep: population density
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bevölkerungsdichte
sense_list:
Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.


lexentry: eng/population_inversion__Noun__1
written_rep: population inversion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Besetzungsinversion
sense_list:
(physics) The creation of a system in which more atoms or molecules are in an excited state than in a ground state.


lexentry: eng/population_pyramid__Noun__1
written_rep: population pyramid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Alterspyramide | Bevölkerungspyramide
sense_list:
(demography) A graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.


lexentry: eng/populism__Noun__1
written_rep: populism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Populismus
sense_list:
(philosophy) A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.


lexentry: eng/populist__Adjective__1
written_rep: populist
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: populistisch
sense_list:
(of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular. | Of or pertaining to populism.


lexentry: eng/populist__Noun__1
written_rep: populist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Populist
sense_list:
A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).


lexentry: eng/porcelain__Noun__1
written_rep: porcelain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Porzellan
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods. | (countable, now, _, usually, in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.


lexentry: eng/porch__Noun__1
written_rep: porch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Veranda | Vorbau | Vordach | Vorraum | Windfang
sense_list:
(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.


lexentry: eng/porcupine__Noun__1
written_rep: porcupine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stachelschwein | Baumstachler | Urson
sense_list:
Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.


lexentry: eng/porcupine_fish__Noun__1
written_rep: porcupine fish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Igelfisch
sense_list:
Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pore__Noun__1
written_rep: pore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pore
sense_list:
A tiny opening in the skin. | By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.


lexentry: eng/pork-barrelling__Noun__1
written_rep: pork-barrelling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kirchturmpolitik
sense_list:
(politics) The practice of an elected politician giving favours or money to some or all voters in the politician's electorate, or to certain organizations, as compensation or payback for support from those voters or organizations in the past.


lexentry: eng/pork_barrel__Noun__1
written_rep: pork barrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Kirchturmpolitik
sense_list:
(chiefly, US politics, often, attributively) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pornocracy__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: pornocracy
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mätressenherrschaft | Pornokratie | Hurenherrschaft
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, historical, often, capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscūrum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pornography__Noun__1
written_rep: pornography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pornografie | Pornographie
sense_list:
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pornstache__Noun__1
written_rep: pornstache
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pornobalken
sense_list:
(slang) A moustache that resembles one worn by an adult film actor, especially associated with the 1970s.


lexentry: eng/porosity__Noun__1
written_rep: porosity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Porösität | Porosität
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being porous. | (countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume


lexentry: eng/porphyria__Noun__1
written_rep: porphyria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Porphyrie
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.


lexentry: eng/porphyrin__Noun__1
written_rep: porphyrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Porphyrin
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a square or other similar shape; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).


lexentry: eng/porphyrogenite__Noun__1
written_rep: porphyrogenite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purpurgeburt
sense_list:
(historical) An honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably borne by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.


lexentry: eng/porridge__Noun__1
written_rep: porridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brei | Grütze
sense_list:
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__1
written_rep: port
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Backbord | Port
sense_list:
(nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
written_rep: port
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hafen | Backbord
sense_list:
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
written_rep: port
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Port | Hafen
sense_list:
A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/port__Verb__2
written_rep: port
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hafen | Backbord | Port
sense_list:
(transitive, military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.


lexentry: eng/port_city__Noun__1
written_rep: port city
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hafenstadt
sense_list:
A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.


lexentry: eng/port_of_call__Noun__1
written_rep: port of call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anlaufhafen
sense_list:
(nautical) Any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.


lexentry: eng/portability__Noun__1
written_rep: portability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rufnummernmitnahme
sense_list:
(software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.


lexentry: eng/portable_art__Noun__1
written_rep: portable art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kleinkunst
sense_list:
(archaeology) Small pieces of prehistoric art that could be carried, as opposed to art applied to walls or cliffs, for example.


lexentry: eng/portable_executable__Noun__1
written_rep: portable executable
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Portable Executable
sense_list:
(software) A file format used for executable programs, DLLs, fonts, etc. in Microsoft Windows and some other operating systems.


lexentry: eng/portable_toilet__Noun__1
written_rep: portable toilet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dixi-Klo | Baustellenklo | Dixi | Dixiklo | Dixi® | Mobil-WC
sense_list:
A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).


lexentry: eng/portal__Noun__1
written_rep: portal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Portal
sense_list:
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. | (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. | A grandiose and often lavish entrance.


lexentry: eng/portal_vein__Noun__1
written_rep: portal vein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pfortader
sense_list:
(anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.


lexentry: eng/portamento__Noun__1
written_rep: portamento
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Accent und Mordant
sense_list:
(music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.


lexentry: eng/portcullis__Noun__1
written_rep: portcullis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fallgatter
sense_list:
A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
written_rep: portfolio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Geschäftsbereich | Portefeuille | Ressort
sense_list:
(politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
written_rep: portfolio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Portfolio
sense_list:
(finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s] | (business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets, (rarely) also liabilities.


lexentry: eng/portmanteau_word__Noun__1
written_rep: portmanteau word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kofferwort | Schachtelwort | Kontamination | Portmanteau | Portmanteau-Wort | Verschmelzung
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.


lexentry: eng/portolan__Noun__1
written_rep: portolan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Portolan
sense_list:
(historic, nautical) A chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/portrait__Noun__1
written_rep: portrait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Porträt | Portrait
sense_list:
(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. | (countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.


lexentry: eng/portrait__Noun__1
written_rep: portrait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Hochformat | Porträt
sense_list:
(computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.


lexentry: eng/poser__Noun__1
written_rep: poser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Künstlermodell | Modell
sense_list:
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.


lexentry: eng/poseur__Noun__1
written_rep: poseur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Poseur | Angeber | Angeberin | Poser | Poserin | Poseurin
sense_list:
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.


lexentry: eng/position_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: position paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundsatzpapier | Positionspapier
sense_list:
(philosophy, government) An essay or report which expresses a position, conclusion, or recommendation concerning a contested issue or undecided question and which usually contains arguments or reasons in support of this position.


lexentry: eng/position_vector__Noun__1
written_rep: position vector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ortsvektor | Positionsvektor
sense_list:
(geometry) Of a point, a vector going from the origin to that point; equivalently, the transpose of the point.


lexentry: eng/positional_notation__Noun__1
written_rep: positional notation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stellenwertsystem
sense_list:
A notation for numbers in which the value of a digit depends on its position in the string, examples of which include the decimal system and the binary system


lexentry: eng/positive__Adjective__1
written_rep: positive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: positiv | Positiv
sense_list:
(law) Formally laid down. [from the 14th c.] | (mathematics) Of number, greater than zero. [from the 18th c.] | Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better. | (physics) Having more protons than electrons. | (grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.


lexentry: eng/positive__Adjective__1
written_rep: positive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: positiv
sense_list:
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis. | (photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values. | Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged. | Optimistic. [from the 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/positive__Noun__1
written_rep: positive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Positiv | Positivfilm
sense_list:
(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.


lexentry: eng/positive_degree__Noun__1
written_rep: positive degree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Positiv
sense_list:
(grammar) That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.


lexentry: eng/positive_reinforcement__Noun__1
written_rep: positive reinforcement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: positive Verstärkung
sense_list:
The giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour with the result that such behaviour is repeated.


lexentry: eng/positivism__Noun__1
written_rep: positivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Positivismus
sense_list:
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.


lexentry: eng/positron_emission_tomography__Noun__1
written_rep: positron emission tomography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie
sense_list:
(medicine) A medical imaging technique which detects the gamma rays produced by positrons emitted from injected radionuclides.


lexentry: eng/positronium__Noun__1
written_rep: positronium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Positronium
sense_list:
(physics, chemistry) An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (anti-electron) and an electron, as a particle–anti-particle bound pair with no nucleus.


lexentry: eng/posology__Noun__1
written_rep: posology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Posologie
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, pharmacy, pharmacology) The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/posse__Noun__1
written_rep: posse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Clique | Trupp
sense_list:
(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/possess__Verb__1
written_rep: possess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: besitzen
sense_list:
To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own. | Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).


lexentry: eng/possessee__Noun__1
written_rep: possessee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ergänzung
sense_list:
(grammar) Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.


lexentry: eng/possessive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: possessive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Genitiv
sense_list:
(grammar) case used to express direct possession, ownership, origin, etc. Though similar in many ways to the genitive case, it is not always the same. Languages that have the possessive case include English and Quenya.


lexentry: eng/possessive_suffix__Noun__1
written_rep: possessive suffix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Possessivsuffix
sense_list:
(linguistics) A suffix that indicates possession, occurs in some Uralic, Turkic, Semitic and Indo-European languages.


lexentry: eng/possible__Adjective__1
written_rep: possible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: möglich
sense_list:
(usually, not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible. | (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible. | Being considered, e.g. for a position.


lexentry: eng/possibles_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: possibles bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jagdtasche
sense_list:
A hunter's day-bag of highly varying designs and materials, but usually a kind of a satchel intended for carrying whatever small gear is necessary for the day's hunt.


lexentry: eng/possibly__Adverb__1
written_rep: possibly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: möglicherweise | eventuell | unmöglich | vielleicht
sense_list:
(modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.


lexentry: eng/possum__Noun__1
written_rep: possum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Possum
sense_list:
Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.


lexentry: eng/post-Soviet__Adjective__1
written_rep: post-Soviet
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: postsowjetisch
sense_list:
(geopolitics, international relations) Relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, especially in the context of Russia.


lexentry: eng/post-production__Noun__1
written_rep: post-production
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postproduktion | Nachproduktion
sense_list:
(cinematography, television) The stages of film (or audio) production happening between the actual filming (or recording) and the completed product.


lexentry: eng/post-traumatic_embitterment_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: post-traumatic embitterment disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posttraumatische Verbitterungsstörung
sense_list:
(psychology) A chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a usual life occurrence shattering a core belief leading to intrusion and on the flip-side disregard for one’s own condition.


lexentry: eng/post-traumatic_stress_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: post-traumatic stress disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posttraumatische Belastungsstörung
sense_list:
(psychology) A psychological condition that develops following some stressful situation or event, with symptoms such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, flashbacks, hypervigilance, depression, dissociation, withdrawal or lack of concentration.


lexentry: eng/post-truth__Adjective__1
written_rep: post-truth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: postfaktisch
sense_list:
(chiefly, politics, media) Beyond or superseding the importance of truth; pertaining to an era or situation when truth is no longer significant, relevant, or expected; (usually, pejorative) not caring about factual accuracy.


lexentry: eng/post-war__Adjective__1
written_rep: post-war
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachkriegs- | nachkrieglich
sense_list:
Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.


lexentry: eng/post__Adverb__1
written_rep: post
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flugs | geschwind | postwendend | schnurstracks
sense_list:
With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
written_rep: post
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Post
sense_list:
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. [16th–17th c.] | (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route. | (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/post__Verb__1
written_rep: post
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: anprangern
sense_list:
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.


lexentry: eng/post__Verb__2
written_rep: post
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: schicken
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/post_chaise__Noun__1
written_rep: post chaise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postkutsche
sense_list:
(historical) An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.


lexentry: eng/post_office__Noun__1
written_rep: post office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postamt | Post
sense_list:
(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.


lexentry: eng/post_office_box__Noun__1
written_rep: post office box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postfach
sense_list:
A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.


lexentry: eng/postage_due_stamp__Noun__1
written_rep: postage due stamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Portomarke
sense_list:
(philately) An adhesive stamp affixed by a post office to an item of mail, indicating that insufficient or no postage has been prepaid.


lexentry: eng/postage_stamp__Noun__1
written_rep: postage stamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Briefmarke | Postwertzeichen | Marke | Freimarke | Wert | Wertzeichen
sense_list:
A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.


lexentry: eng/postal_address__Noun__1
written_rep: postal address
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postanschrift
sense_list:
The address (of a person or business) to which mail is delivered, as distinct from the actual street address.


lexentry: eng/postalveolar__Noun__1
written_rep: postalveolar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postalveolar | Postalveolarlaut
sense_list:
(phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, such as English sh in the word shoe.


lexentry: eng/postcard__Noun__1
written_rep: postcard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postkarte | Ansichtskarte
sense_list:
(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.


lexentry: eng/postcode__Noun__1
written_rep: postcode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postleitzahl | PLZ
sense_list:
(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.


lexentry: eng/postcolonialism__Noun__1
written_rep: postcolonialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postkolonialismus
sense_list:
An era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.


lexentry: eng/postdoctoral__Adjective__1
written_rep: postdoctoral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postdoc-
sense_list:
After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.


lexentry: eng/poster_child__Noun__1
written_rep: poster child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Paradebeispiel
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, idiomatic) One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.


lexentry: eng/posterior__Adjective__1
written_rep: posterior
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hinterer | rück-
sense_list:
(anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.


lexentry: eng/posterior__Noun__1
written_rep: posterior
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hintern
sense_list:
(sometimes, euphemistic, sometimes, humorous) The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.


lexentry: eng/posterior_chamber__Noun__1
written_rep: posterior chamber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hintere Augenkammer
sense_list:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) A narrow space inside the eye between the iris and the lens, filled with aqueous humour.


lexentry: eng/posterior_scalene_muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: posterior scalene muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hinterer Treppenmuskel
sense_list:
(muscle) A muscle arising from the transverse processes of the fourth to sixth cervical vertebrae, inserting on the outer surface of the second rib, and functioning to raise the second rib and to bend and slightly rotate the neck.


lexentry: eng/postern__Noun__1
written_rep: postern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hintertor | Hintertür
sense_list:
(architecture) A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance, especially in a city wall or fortification.


lexentry: eng/postfeminism__Noun__1
written_rep: postfeminism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postfeminismus
sense_list:
Any of a wide range of theories that respond to feminism, arguing that it is no longer relevant or that it needs to be extended to fit the changing expectations and experiences of women.


lexentry: eng/postformative__Adjective__1
written_rep: postformative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: postformativ
sense_list:
Occurring after the formation (chiefly written post-formative, said in Islamic studies of the period following the Golden Age of Islam 786–861 CE).


lexentry: eng/postglacial_rebound__Noun__1
written_rep: postglacial rebound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Landhebung
sense_list:
The rise of the lithosphere in areas which were depressed by the weight of a continental ice sheet during the last ice age.


lexentry: eng/posthistory__Noun__1
written_rep: posthistory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachgeschichte
sense_list:
The history of events that occur after (and are consequences of) an event (e.g. a crisis, a reconciliation, etc).


lexentry: eng/postindustrial__Adjective__1
written_rep: postindustrial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nachindustriell
sense_list:
Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important.


lexentry: eng/postlude__Noun__1
written_rep: postlude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachspiel | Postludium
sense_list:
(music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.


lexentry: eng/postmark__Noun__1
written_rep: postmark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Poststempel
sense_list:
A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.


lexentry: eng/postmodern__Adjective__1
written_rep: postmodern
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nachmodern | postmodern
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism.


lexentry: eng/postmodernism__Noun__1
written_rep: postmodernism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postmodernismus | Postmoderne
sense_list:
Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.


lexentry: eng/postpartum__Adjective__1
written_rep: postpartum
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: postnatal
sense_list:
(of a mother, a symptom, a diagnosis or treatment, etc) After giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth).


lexentry: eng/postpostmodern__Adjective__1
written_rep: postpostmodern
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nachpostmodern | postpostmodern
sense_list:
Having the characteristics of a movement or style (of art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy) that has moved beyond postmodernism.


lexentry: eng/postsynaptic__Adjective__1
written_rep: postsynaptic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: postsynaptisch
sense_list:
(cytology) In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that bears receptors for neurotransmitter released into the synaptic cleft by the presynaptic neuron.


lexentry: eng/postulate__Noun__1
written_rep: postulate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Postulat
sense_list:
Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption. | A fundamental element; a basic principle.


lexentry: eng/pot__Noun__1
written_rep: pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Einsatz
sense_list:
(gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement. | An allocation of money for a particular purpose.


lexentry: eng/pot_calling_the_kettle_black__Noun__1
written_rep: pot calling the kettle black
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ein Esel schimpft den anderen Langohr
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.


lexentry: eng/pot_roast__Noun__1
written_rep: pot roast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmorfleisch
sense_list:
A dish made by browning a roast-sized piece of beef (often taken from the tougher chuck cut) to induce a Maillard reaction, then slow-cooking in liquid in a covered dish.


lexentry: eng/potash__Noun__1
written_rep: potash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pottasche
sense_list:
The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer. | (chemistry) An impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts.


lexentry: eng/potassium__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kalium
sense_list:
A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.


lexentry: eng/potassium_aluminium_sulfate__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium aluminium sulfate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaliumaluminiumsulfat
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The sulfate double salt of potassium and aluminium KAl(SO4)2; occurs naturally as alum


lexentry: eng/potassium_carbonate__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium carbonate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaliumcarbonat
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The alkaline salt K2CO3, that is the major constituent of potash; it is used in the production of glass and some soaps.


lexentry: eng/potassium_chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaliumchlorid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrochloric acid, KCl; it is used as a salt substitute for table salt (NaCl), a medication, a fertilizer, and a feedstock.


lexentry: eng/potassium_cyanide__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium cyanide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zyankali | Kaliumcyanid
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.


lexentry: eng/potassium_dichromate__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium dichromate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaliumdichromat
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A potassium salt of chromic acid, K2Cr2O7; the orange crystals are soluble in water, and it is used as an oxidizing agent and in photography.


lexentry: eng/potassium_hydroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium hydroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaliumhydroxid | kaustisches Kali | Ätzkali
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.


lexentry: eng/potassium_nitrate__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium nitrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kalisalpeter | Salpeter
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) KNO3, a naturally occurring salt, notably used as an ingredient of gunpowder; also used a food preservative and as an ingredient in toothpaste for sensitive gums; historically used in the production of nitric acid (HNO3).


lexentry: eng/potassium_permanganate__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium permanganate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaliumpermanganat
sense_list:
(chemistry) KMnO4, the most readily available commercial permanganate; it is used as an oxidizing agent both in industry and in the analytical laboratory.


lexentry: eng/potato_bread__Noun__1
written_rep: potato bread
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kartoffelbrot
sense_list:
A type of bread made with potatoes, often served shallow-fried as part of a cooked breakfast, common in Northern Ireland and Scotland.


lexentry: eng/potato_chip__Noun__1
written_rep: potato chip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kartoffelchip
sense_list:
(UK, Irish) One of a batch of pieces of potato cut into elongated cubes and fried; a chip or chipped potato, usually larger than American french fries.


lexentry: eng/potato_crisp__Noun__1
written_rep: potato crisp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kartoffelchip | Chip
sense_list:
(Ireland, UK, chiefly, in the plural) A thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.


lexentry: eng/potato_starch__Noun__1
written_rep: potato starch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kartoffelstärke
sense_list:
(gastronomy) A widely diffused vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/poteen__Noun__1
written_rep: poteen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Potcheen | Poteen
sense_list:
(Ireland, countable, uncountable) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. [from early 19th c.] | (Ireland, countable, by extension) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey.


lexentry: eng/potential__Noun__1
written_rep: potential
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Potential
sense_list:
A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to). | (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field. | (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.


lexentry: eng/potential_difference__Noun__1
written_rep: potential difference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Potentialdifferenz
sense_list:
the difference in potential energy between two points in an electric field; the difference in charge between two points in an electrical circuit; voltage


lexentry: eng/potential_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: potential energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lageenergie | potentielle Energie
sense_list:
The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).


lexentry: eng/potentiometer__Noun__1
written_rep: potentiometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Potentiometer
sense_list:
(electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.


lexentry: eng/pothole__Noun__1
written_rep: pothole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlagloch
sense_list:
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic. | A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.


lexentry: eng/potlatch__Noun__1
written_rep: potlatch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitbringbuffet
sense_list:
(Canada, US, also, figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.


lexentry: eng/potoo__Noun__1
written_rep: potoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Tagschläfer
sense_list:
Any species of the family Nyctibiidae within the order Nyctibiiformes related to the nightjars (order Caprimulgiformes), and found from southern Mexico to southern Brazil.


lexentry: eng/potpourri__Noun__1
written_rep: potpourri
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Potpourri
sense_list:
A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley. | A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.


lexentry: eng/pottery__Noun__1
written_rep: pottery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Töpferei
sense_list:
(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made. | The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.


lexentry: eng/pouch__Noun__1
written_rep: pouch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beutel
sense_list:
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring. | (zoology) An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.


lexentry: eng/poulaine__Noun__1
written_rep: poulaine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnabelschuh
sense_list:
A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries. | A shoe in such a style. | .


lexentry: eng/poult__Noun__1
written_rep: poult
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bub
sense_list:
A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/poultice__Noun__1
written_rep: poultice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wickel | Kataplasma | Packung | Umschlag
sense_list:
A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.


lexentry: eng/pounce__Noun__1
written_rep: pounce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Löschsand | Schreibsand
sense_list:
(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.


lexentry: eng/pound__Noun__1
written_rep: pound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pfund
sense_list:
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. | A unit of currency in various currency systems. | Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.


lexentry: eng/pound_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: pound cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rührkuchen
sense_list:
(US) A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities (nominally one pound) of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/pour__Verb__1
written_rep: pour
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gießen | schütten | einschenken | eingießen | einschütten
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.


lexentry: eng/powder__Noun__1
written_rep: powder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pulver | Puder
sense_list:
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust. | (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.


lexentry: eng/powder_monkey__Noun__1
written_rep: powder monkey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pulveraffe
sense_list:
(nautical) A person employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U.S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.


lexentry: eng/powdered_sugar__Noun__1
written_rep: powdered sugar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Puderzucker | Staubzucker
sense_list:
(US) Very finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Macht
sense_list:
The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Macht | Kraft
sense_list:
(countable) The ability to affect or influence. | (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Leistung | Kraft
sense_list:
(physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time. | (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Potenz | Leistung
sense_list:
A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.


lexentry: eng/power_behind_the_throne__Noun__1
written_rep: power behind the throne
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: graue Eminenz
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority.


lexentry: eng/power_broker__Noun__1
written_rep: power broker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: graue Eminenz
sense_list:
A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.


lexentry: eng/power_car__Noun__1
written_rep: power car
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lokomotive
sense_list:
A vehicle that propels, and commonly also controls, a passenger train or tram, often as the lead vehicle.


lexentry: eng/power_dissipation__Noun__1
written_rep: power dissipation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leistungsaufnahme
sense_list:
The process in which an electric or electronic device produces heat (or other waste energy) as an unwanted byproduct of its primary action.


lexentry: eng/power_forward__Noun__1
written_rep: power forward
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Power Forward
sense_list:
(basketball) A forward who is the taller of the two forward positions, and is often responsible for scoring near the basket, collecting rebounds and blocking shots in defense.


lexentry: eng/power_inverter__Noun__1
written_rep: power inverter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wechselrichter
sense_list:
(electrical engineering) A device that converts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity.


lexentry: eng/power_law__Noun__1
written_rep: power law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Potenzgesetz
sense_list:
(mathematics) A mathematical relationship in which the magnitude of something is proportional to a fixed power of the magnitude of something else (i.e. the relationship takes the form f(x) = ax^k). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/power_line__Noun__1
written_rep: power line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stromleitung
sense_list:
An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home.


lexentry: eng/power_politics__Noun__1
written_rep: power politics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Machtpolitik
sense_list:
A form of international relations in which sovereign entities protect their own interests by threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression.


lexentry: eng/power_rack__Noun__1
written_rep: power rack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kniebeugenständer
sense_list:
(bodybuilding, weightlifting) A metal cage consisting of support pillars with adjustable bars and hooks, using for supporting a barbell during heavy weightlifting exercises.


lexentry: eng/power_set__Noun__1
written_rep: power set
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Potenzmenge
sense_list:
(set theory, of a set S) The set whose elements comprise all the subsets of S (including the empty set and S itself).


lexentry: eng/power_steering__Noun__1
written_rep: power steering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Servolenkung
sense_list:
(automotive) A system for reducing the driver's effort to steer, by using a power source to assist in turning the wheels. (Traditionally hydraulic; now sometimes electric.)


lexentry: eng/power_strip__Noun__1
written_rep: power strip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mehrfachsteckdose | Steckdosenleiste
sense_list:
A block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple electrical devices to be plugged in.


lexentry: eng/power_supply__Noun__1
written_rep: power supply
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Netzteil
sense_list:
That part of a piece of electronic apparatus that provides appropriate voltages for the rest of the electronics from the connected AC source.


lexentry: eng/power_tool__Noun__1
written_rep: power tool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Elektrogerät | Elektrowerkzeug
sense_list:
Any of a wide class of tools powered by a motor (usually an electric motor); most especially such tools as are handheld, portable, and not stationary.


lexentry: eng/power_vacuum__Noun__1
written_rep: power vacuum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Machtvakuum
sense_list:
A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.


lexentry: eng/powers_that_be__Noun__1
written_rep: powers that be
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: die da oben | die zuständigen Stellen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The holders of power or the authorities in a given situation, especially if seen as being faceless or unreasonably bureaucratic.


lexentry: eng/powertrain__Noun__1
written_rep: powertrain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Antriebsstrang
sense_list:
The group of components in a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air.


lexentry: eng/practicable__Adjective__1
written_rep: practicable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anwendbar
sense_list:
Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy. | Available for use; accessible or employable.


lexentry: eng/practical__Adjective__1
written_rep: practical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: praktisch
sense_list:
Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. | Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use. | Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.


lexentry: eng/practical__Noun__1
written_rep: practical
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Praktikum
sense_list:
(British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability


lexentry: eng/practice__Noun__1
written_rep: practice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Praxis | Ausüben | Ausübung | Praktizieren
sense_list:
(uncountable, especially, medicine, arts) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.


lexentry: eng/practicum__Noun__1
written_rep: practicum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Praktikum
sense_list:
(US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.


lexentry: eng/pragmatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: pragmatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pragmatisch
sense_list:
Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.


lexentry: eng/pragmatics__Noun__2
written_rep: pragmatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pragmatik
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
written_rep: pragmatism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pragmatismus
sense_list:
The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals. | (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences. | (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.


lexentry: eng/pragmatist__Noun__1
written_rep: pragmatist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pragmatiker
sense_list:
One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism.


lexentry: eng/prairie__Noun__1
written_rep: prairie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prärie
sense_list:
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.


lexentry: eng/prairie_dog__Noun__1
written_rep: prairie dog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präriehund
sense_list:
Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.


lexentry: eng/pram__Noun__1
written_rep: pram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kinderwagen
sense_list:
A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position. | (colloquial, loosely) A pushchair; a buggy.


lexentry: eng/pram__Noun__2
written_rep: pram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prahm
sense_list:
(nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.


lexentry: eng/prank_call__Noun__1
written_rep: prank call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Telefonstreich
sense_list:
A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.


lexentry: eng/praseodymium__Noun__1
written_rep: praseodymium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Praseodym
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.


lexentry: eng/prawn_cocktail__Noun__1
written_rep: prawn cocktail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Krabbencocktail
sense_list:
A salad dish made from cooked, peeled, chilled prawns with a Marie Rose sauce, served on lettuce with lemon.


lexentry: eng/praxis__Noun__1
written_rep: praxis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Praxis
sense_list:
The practical application of any branch of learning. | (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either. | Custom or established practice.


lexentry: eng/pray__Verb__1
written_rep: pray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beten
sense_list:
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.


lexentry: eng/prayer__Noun__1
written_rep: prayer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gebet
sense_list:
(uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. | (countable) An act of praying. | The specific words or methods used for praying. | (countable) A request; a petition.


lexentry: eng/prayer_flag__Noun__1
written_rep: prayer flag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gebetsfahne | Gebetsflagge
sense_list:
A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.


lexentry: eng/prayer_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: prayer wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gebetsmühle
sense_list:
(Buddhism) A rotating cylinder either inscribed with or containing prayers, mainly used by Tibetan Buddhists.


lexentry: eng/praying_mantis__Noun__1
written_rep: praying mantis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gottesanbeterin | Fangschrecke
sense_list:
Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.


lexentry: eng/pre-Columbian__Adjective__1
written_rep: pre-Columbian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: präkolumbisch | vorkolumbisch
sense_list:
Referring to the cultures of the Americas before the European influence, specifically to the era before the continent was visited by Christopher Columbus.


lexentry: eng/pre-Socratic__Adjective__1
written_rep: pre-Socratic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorsokratisch
sense_list:
(historical) Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE).


lexentry: eng/pre-Socratic__Noun__1
written_rep: pre-Socratic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorsokratiker | Vorsokratikerin
sense_list:
(historical) Any of the pre-Socratic philosophers, viz. Thales (circa 624–546 BCE), Anaximander (circa 610–546 BCE), Anaximenes (circa 585–525 BCE), Pythagoras (circa 576–495 BCE), Xenophanes (circa 570–480 BCE), Heraclitus (circa 535–475 BCE), Parmenides (early-5th century BCE), Anaxagoras (circa 500–428 BCE), Empedocles (circa 490–430 BCE), and Democritus (circa 460–370 BCE).


lexentry: eng/pre-drink__Verb__1
written_rep: pre-drink
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorglühen | vortrinken
sense_list:
(intransitive) To drink cheaper take-away alcohol prior to drinking in more expensive clubs and bars


lexentry: eng/preacher__Noun__1
written_rep: preacher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prediger
sense_list:
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman.


lexentry: eng/preaching_band__Noun__1
written_rep: preaching band
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beffchen
sense_list:
(Christianity, in the plural) Two bands (strips of linen) worn as formal neckwear by members of the Christian clergy.


lexentry: eng/preadolescence__Noun__1
written_rep: preadolescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präadoleszenz
sense_list:
The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about 9 and 11 for girls, and 10 and 12 for boys.


lexentry: eng/preamble__Noun__1
written_rep: preamble
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präambel
sense_list:
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.


lexentry: eng/preamplifier__Noun__1
written_rep: preamplifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorverstärker
sense_list:
A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.


lexentry: eng/preaspiration__Noun__1
written_rep: preaspiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präaspiration
sense_list:
(phonetics) A period of voiceless breathing that precedes some consonants in some languages—a sort of mirror-image of aspiration.


lexentry: eng/prebiotic__Noun__1
written_rep: prebiotic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präbiotikum
sense_list:
(chiefly, in plural) A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial intestinal microorganisms. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/precalculus__Noun__1
written_rep: precalculus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Elementarmathematik
sense_list:
(education, mathematics) A course, or set of courses, that includes (specifically) trigonometry and algebra at an appropriate level to prepare students to study calculus.


lexentry: eng/precariat__Noun__1
written_rep: precariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prekariat
sense_list:
(sociology, collective) People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.


lexentry: eng/precarity__Noun__1
written_rep: precarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Prekarisierung
sense_list:
(sociology) A condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare.


lexentry: eng/precedent__Noun__1
written_rep: precedent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präzedenz | Präzedenzfall
sense_list:
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.


lexentry: eng/precedent__Noun__1
written_rep: precedent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Präjudiz | Präzedenzfall
sense_list:
(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.


lexentry: eng/precession__Noun__1
written_rep: precession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Präzession
sense_list:
(physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis. | Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.


lexentry: eng/precinct__Noun__1
written_rep: precinct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Polizeirevier
sense_list:
(US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.


lexentry: eng/precious_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: precious metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Edelmetall
sense_list:
A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.


lexentry: eng/precious_stone__Noun__1
written_rep: precious stone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Edelstein
sense_list:
Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.


lexentry: eng/precipitant__Noun__1
written_rep: precipitant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verursacher
sense_list:
Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly, psychology) , something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.


lexentry: eng/precipitation__Noun__1
written_rep: precipitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Niederschlag
sense_list:
(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.


lexentry: eng/precipitation__Noun__1
written_rep: precipitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Präzipitation
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.


lexentry: eng/precipitation_hardening__Noun__1
written_rep: precipitation hardening
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ausscheidungshärtung
sense_list:
(of metal) Age hardening; a heat treatment technique to increase the yield strength of malleable materials.


lexentry: eng/precipitation_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: precipitation reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fällungsreaktion
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any reversible reaction in which a product is continuously removed by precipitation, driving the reaction in one direction


lexentry: eng/precise__Adjective__1
written_rep: precise
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: exakt
sense_list:
(sciences, engineering, of data points, strictly) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).


lexentry: eng/preclude__Verb__1
written_rep: preclude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausschließen | verhindern | unmöglich machen
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.


lexentry: eng/precognition__Noun__1
written_rep: precognition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präkognition
sense_list:
(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/preconception__Noun__1
written_rep: preconception
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorurteil
sense_list:
An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.


lexentry: eng/precondition__Noun__1
written_rep: precondition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Voraussetzung | Vorbedingung
sense_list:
A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action. | A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.


lexentry: eng/precontract__Noun__1
written_rep: precontract
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorvertrag
sense_list:
(legal) A contract preceding another, especially a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.


lexentry: eng/precursor__Noun__1
written_rep: precursor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Präkursor | Vorläufer | Vorläufersubstanz | Edukt | Vorform | Vorläuferverbindung
sense_list:
(chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.


lexentry: eng/predate__Verb__1
written_rep: predate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorverlegen
sense_list:
To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)


lexentry: eng/predator__Noun__1
written_rep: predator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Raubtier | Prädator | Beutegreifer | Raubfisch
sense_list:
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.


lexentry: eng/predecessor__Noun__1
written_rep: predecessor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorgänger | Vorgängerin | Vorläufer
sense_list:
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.


lexentry: eng/predecessor__Noun__1
written_rep: predecessor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vorläufer
sense_list:
A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
written_rep: predicate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prädikat | Satzaussage
sense_list:
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
written_rep: predicate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Prädikat
sense_list:
(logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.


lexentry: eng/predicate_calculus__Noun__1
written_rep: predicate calculus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prädikatenlogik
sense_list:
(logic) The branch of logic that deals with quantified statements such as "there exists an x such that..." or "for any x, it is the case that...", where x is a member of the domain of discourse.


lexentry: eng/predicate_logic__Noun__1
written_rep: predicate logic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prädikatenlogik
sense_list:
(logic) The generic term for symbolic formal systems like first-order logic, second-order logic, many-sorted logic or infinitary logic.


lexentry: eng/predication__Noun__1
written_rep: predication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Prädikation
sense_list:
(logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition. | (computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Adjective__1
written_rep: predicative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prädikativ | Prädikativ
sense_list:
(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun from within a predicate. contrasts with attributive.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Noun__1
written_rep: predicative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prädikativ | Prädikativum
sense_list:
(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.


lexentry: eng/predicative_adjective__Noun__1
written_rep: predicative adjective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prädikatsadjektiv | adjektivisches Prädikativum
sense_list:
(grammar) An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.


lexentry: eng/predicative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: predicative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prädikativ
sense_list:
(grammar) A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative nominative (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).


lexentry: eng/predict__Verb__1
written_rep: predict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorhersagen | prophezeien
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.


lexentry: eng/predictive_text__Noun__1
written_rep: predictive text
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Texterkennung
sense_list:
(computing) A system for inputting text on a device where individual buttons correspond to several characters that attempts to guess which word was intended (typically out of a writable vocabulary), as opposed to a system where disambiguation is achieved through repeated presses of the same key.


lexentry: eng/predisposition__Noun__1
written_rep: predisposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Neigung | Veranlagung
sense_list:
The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition.


lexentry: eng/predrill__Verb__1
written_rep: predrill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorbohren
sense_list:
To drill through a substrate for the purpose of readying it for a second drilling, this time with the purpose of emplacing the desired input.


lexentry: eng/preeclampsia__Noun__1
written_rep: preeclampsia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präeklampsie
sense_list:
(pathology) A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.


lexentry: eng/preeminent__Adjective__1
written_rep: preeminent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: herausragend | hervorragend | überragend
sense_list:
Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/preempt__Verb__1
written_rep: preempt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorgreifen | zuvorkommen
sense_list:
(transitive) To appropriate first. | (transitive) To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.


lexentry: eng/preemption__Noun__1
written_rep: preemption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präemption
sense_list:
(computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.


lexentry: eng/preemptive_right__Noun__1
written_rep: preemptive right
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorkaufsrecht
sense_list:
(legal) The right of shareholders to maintain a constant percentage of a company's shares by receiving a proportionate fraction of any new shares issued, thus preempting any dilution


lexentry: eng/preen__Verb__2
written_rep: preen
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: herausputzen
sense_list:
(of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.


lexentry: eng/preestablished_harmony__Noun__1
written_rep: preestablished harmony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prästabilierte Harmonie
sense_list:
(philosophy) Gottfried Leibniz's philosophical theory of causation, according to which every substance affects only itself, but all the substances in the world (both bodies and minds) nevertheless seem to interact with each other causally because they have been programmed in advance by God to harmonize with each other.


lexentry: eng/preface__Noun__1
written_rep: preface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorwort | Vorrede
sense_list:
A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.


lexentry: eng/preface__Noun__1
written_rep: preface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Präfation
sense_list:
(Christianity) A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer or canon of the Mass, following the Sursum corda dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.


lexentry: eng/prefect__Noun__1
written_rep: prefect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präfekt
sense_list:
(historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc. | The head of a prefecture in Japan.


lexentry: eng/prefecture__Noun__1
written_rep: prefecture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Präfektur
sense_list:
The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.


lexentry: eng/prefer__Verb__1
written_rep: prefer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bevorzugen | vorziehen | präferieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/preferred_stock__Noun__1
written_rep: preferred stock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorzugsaktie
sense_list:
(finance) Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to common stock in liquidation.


lexentry: eng/prefix__Noun__1
written_rep: prefix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präfix
sense_list:
(computing) An initial segment of a string of characters. | (telecommunications) A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)


lexentry: eng/prefix__Noun__1
written_rep: prefix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präfix | Vorsilbe
sense_list:
(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.


lexentry: eng/prefix__Verb__1
written_rep: prefix
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mit einem Präfix versehen | präfigieren | voranstellen
sense_list:
(transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/preformative__Adjective__1
written_rep: preformative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: präformativ
sense_list:
(grammar, chiefly in Semitic languages) of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.


lexentry: eng/prefrontal_cortex__Noun__1
written_rep: prefrontal cortex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: präfrontaler Cortex
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.


lexentry: eng/pregabalin__Noun__1
written_rep: pregabalin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pregabalin
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) An anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain and as an adjunct therapy for seizures.


lexentry: eng/pregnancy_test__Noun__1
written_rep: pregnancy test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwangerschaftstest
sense_list:
a piece of test equipment that determines whether a woman, or by extension, a female animal is pregnant


lexentry: eng/pregnant__Adjective__1
written_rep: pregnant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bedeutungsvoll
sense_list:
(comparable) Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.


lexentry: eng/prehensile__Adjective__1
written_rep: prehensile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Greif-
sense_list:
(zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.


lexentry: eng/prehung__Adjective__1
written_rep: prehung
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bereit
sense_list:
(of a door or window) Delivered to the customer as installation-ready unit, already attached to its frame.


lexentry: eng/preimage__Noun__1
written_rep: preimage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Urbild
sense_list:
(mathematics) For a given function, the set of all elements of the domain that are mapped into a given subset of the codomain; (formally) given a function ƒ : X → Y and a subset B ⊆ Y, the set ƒ−1(B) = {x ∈ X : ƒ(x) ∈ B}.


lexentry: eng/preindustrial__Adjective__1
written_rep: preindustrial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorindustriell
sense_list:
Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialisation that followed.


lexentry: eng/prejudice__Noun__1
written_rep: prejudice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Vorurteil
sense_list:
(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.


lexentry: eng/prelate__Noun__1
written_rep: prelate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prälat
sense_list:
A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.


lexentry: eng/prelude__Noun__1
written_rep: prelude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Präludium | Vorspiel
sense_list:
(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]


lexentry: eng/premature_birth__Noun__1
written_rep: premature birth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Frühgeburt
sense_list:
(medicine) Childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation, but later than 20th week, which is regarded a miscarriage.


lexentry: eng/premature_ejaculation__Noun__1
written_rep: premature ejaculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorzeitiger Samenerguss
sense_list:
A medical condition where a man, when initiating sexual intercourse, will experience an orgasm and expel semen after a time period far below the average, generally defined as one minute or less.


lexentry: eng/premedication__Noun__1
written_rep: premedication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prämedikation | Vormedikation | medikamentöse Vorbehandlung
sense_list:
(medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.


lexentry: eng/premeditate__Verb__1
written_rep: premeditate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand.

trans_list:
im Vorhinein planen | im Vorhinein überlegen | vorher bedenken | vorher überlegen | vorsätzlich planen


lexentry: eng/premenstrual_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: premenstrual syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prämenstruelles Syndrom
sense_list:
The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation; premenstrual tension. [1953]


lexentry: eng/premiere__Noun__1
written_rep: premiere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Premiere | Erstaufführung | Uraufführung
sense_list:
The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.


lexentry: eng/premise__Noun__1
written_rep: premise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prämisse | Voraussetzung
sense_list:
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.


lexentry: eng/premise__Noun__1
written_rep: premise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Prämisse
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural, legal) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.


lexentry: eng/premolar__Noun__1
written_rep: premolar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prämolar | Vormahlzahn
sense_list:
A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
written_rep: premonition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorahnung
sense_list:
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future. | A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).


lexentry: eng/prenuptial_agreement__Noun__1
written_rep: prenuptial agreement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ehevertrag
sense_list:
A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.


lexentry: eng/prep_school__Noun__1
written_rep: prep school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gymnasium
sense_list:
(US) A private or public school intended to prepare its students to gain admission into prestigious universities.


lexentry: eng/preparatory__Adjective__1
written_rep: preparatory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorbereitend
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.


lexentry: eng/prepare__Verb__1
written_rep: prepare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorbereiten | präparieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.


lexentry: eng/prepare__Verb__1
written_rep: prepare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: vorbereiten
sense_list:
(intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation. | (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.


lexentry: eng/prepayment_penalty__Noun__1
written_rep: prepayment penalty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorfälligkeitsentschädigung
sense_list:
An additional fee charged for paying off part of or the entirety of a loan ahead of the scheduled due date in order to compensate for the loss of interest income suffered by the creditor in such case.


lexentry: eng/prepend__Verb__1
written_rep: prepend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: voranstellen
sense_list:
(computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.


lexentry: eng/preposition__Noun__1
written_rep: preposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präposition | Verhältniswort | Vorwort | Lagewort
sense_list:
(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_case__Noun__1
written_rep: prepositional case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präpositional | Präpositionalfall | Präpositionalkasus
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun case serving as object of a preposition. Prepositions that often govern the prepositional case include "about", "in", "on", and "near". Russian is an example of a language that uses the prepositional case.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_phrase__Noun__1
written_rep: prepositional phrase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präpositionalphrase
sense_list:
(grammar) A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement and which may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.


lexentry: eng/prepostmodern__Adjective__1
written_rep: prepostmodern
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: präpostmodern | vorpostmodern
sense_list:
Having the characteristics of a movement or style (of art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy) that came before postmodernism; modern.


lexentry: eng/preprocessor__Noun__1
written_rep: preprocessor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präprozessor
sense_list:
(computing) program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program


lexentry: eng/preproduction__Noun__1
written_rep: preproduction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorproduktion
sense_list:
All the preliminary arrangements that are made before the start of a project, especially before the filming of a movie.


lexentry: eng/prequel__Noun__1
written_rep: prequel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prequel | Vorläufer | Vorgeschichte | Vorgänger
sense_list:
(narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.


lexentry: eng/prerequisite__Noun__1
written_rep: prerequisite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Voraussetzung | Vorbedingung | Teilnahmevoraussetzung | Unabdingbarkeit | zwingendes Erfordernis
sense_list:
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.


lexentry: eng/prerogative__Noun__1
written_rep: prerogative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Prärogative | Vorrecht | Regal
sense_list:
A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.


lexentry: eng/prerogative__Noun__1
written_rep: prerogative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Begabung | Gabe | Talent
sense_list:
A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.


lexentry: eng/presbytery__Noun__1
written_rep: presbytery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Presbyterium
sense_list:
A body of elders in the early Christian church. | Presbyters collectively; the body of presbyters of a congregation.


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
written_rep: prescribe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verschreiben | verordnen
sense_list:
(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
written_rep: prescribe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verordnen | vorschreiben | verschreiben
sense_list:
To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.


lexentry: eng/prescriber__Noun__1
written_rep: prescriber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verordner | Verordnerin
sense_list:
A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).


lexentry: eng/prescription__Noun__1
written_rep: prescription
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rezept | Verschreibung
sense_list:
(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.


lexentry: eng/prescription__Noun__1
written_rep: prescription
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Rechtssetzung
sense_list:
(legal) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/prescription_drug__Noun__1
written_rep: prescription drug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verschreibungspflichtiges Arzneimittel | verschreibungspflichtiges Medikament
sense_list:
(pharmacology) A licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.


lexentry: eng/prescriptive__Adjective__1
written_rep: prescriptive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: durch Vorgaben | durch Vorgaben diktiert | durch Vorschriften | normgebunden | vorschreibend
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.


lexentry: eng/prescriptivism__Noun__1
written_rep: prescriptivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präskriptivismus
sense_list:
(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.


lexentry: eng/preseason__Noun__1
written_rep: preseason
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorsaison
sense_list:
(sports) The period before the start of a sporting season, during which players undergo training and venues are prepared


lexentry: eng/presence_of_mind__Noun__1
written_rep: presence of mind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geistesgegenwart
sense_list:
Focused alertness, good sense, quick-thinking resourcefulness, or stability of feeling and thought, especially in spite of circumstances which are distracting, stressful, or otherwise challenging.


lexentry: eng/present__Adjective__1
written_rep: present
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gegenwärtig | jetzig | anwesend
sense_list:
Relating to now, for the time being; current. | Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.


lexentry: eng/present_arms__Noun__1
written_rep: present arms
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: präsentieren
sense_list:
(military) A position of salute in the manual of arms in which the gun is held in both hands vertically in front of the body, with the muzzle upward and the trigger side forward.


lexentry: eng/present_continuous__Noun__1
written_rep: present continuous
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verlaufsform der Gegenwart
sense_list:
(grammar) A tense that describes an ongoing action in the present. In English it is formed by use of a form of be with a present participle.


lexentry: eng/present_participle__Noun__1
written_rep: present participle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Partizip Präsens | Partizip I | Mittelwort der Gegenwart | Partizipium präsentis
sense_list:
(grammar) A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.


lexentry: eng/present_perfect__Noun__1
written_rep: present perfect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Perfekt | Perfektum
sense_list:
(grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.


lexentry: eng/present_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: present tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präsens | Gegenwart
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.


lexentry: eng/presentable__Adjective__1
written_rep: presentable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salonfähig
sense_list:
In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive. | (ecclesiastical) Capable of being presented to a church living.


lexentry: eng/presenteeism__Noun__1
written_rep: presenteeism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präsentismus
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK) The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/presenter__Noun__1
written_rep: presenter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Präsentator
sense_list:
(software engineering) A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".


lexentry: eng/presentism__Noun__1
written_rep: presentism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präsentismus
sense_list:
(philosophy) The view that neither the future nor the past exist (events and entities that are wholly past or wholly future do not exist at all).


lexentry: eng/presidency__Noun__1
written_rep: presidency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präsidentschaft
sense_list:
The office or role of president. | The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.


lexentry: eng/president-elect__Noun__1
written_rep: president-elect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: designierter Präsident | gewählter Präsident
sense_list:
(sum of parts) A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/president__Noun__1
written_rep: president
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Präsident
sense_list:
Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.


lexentry: eng/press__Verb__1
written_rep: press
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: drücken | pressen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon. | (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.


lexentry: eng/press__Verb__1
written_rep: press
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: bügeln
sense_list:
(transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.


lexentry: eng/press_kit__Noun__1
written_rep: press kit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pressemappe
sense_list:
A packaged set of promotional and news materials to inform the media about a person, band or product. The kit will often include a CD or demo along with reviews, photos, and background information. The kit is distributed to media sources, such as radio stations and newspapers.


lexentry: eng/presser_foot__Noun__1
written_rep: presser foot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nähfuß
sense_list:
(sewing) The part of a sewing machine which rests on the fabric and presses it down upon the table of the machine and against the feed dog.


lexentry: eng/pressure__Noun__1
written_rep: pressure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Druck
sense_list:
A pressing; a force applied to a surface. | A contrasting force or impulse of any kind | Distress. | (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.


lexentry: eng/pressure_cooker__Noun__1
written_rep: pressure cooker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schnellkochtopf | Dampfdrucktopf | Dampfkochtopf
sense_list:
(cookware) A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.


lexentry: eng/pressure_point__Noun__1
written_rep: pressure point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Druckpunkt
sense_list:
(martial arts) A specific small area of the body targeted, due to a cluster of nerves being close to the skin, usually not protected by bone. | (therapy) A specific small area of the body sensitive to and suitable for therapeutic pressure.


lexentry: eng/pressure_suit__Noun__1
written_rep: pressure suit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Druckanzug
sense_list:
(aviation, astronautics) A sealed, full-body garment, usually with an attachable helmet, which maintains air pressure or mechanical pressure around the body of an astronaut or aviator to compensate for the low density of the air at high altitudes.


lexentry: eng/prestige__Noun__1
written_rep: prestige
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prestige | Ansehen | Geltung | Wertschätzung
sense_list:
The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.


lexentry: eng/presume__Verb__1
written_rep: presume
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: annehmen | vermuten | mutmaßen
sense_list:
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/presumption__Noun__1
written_rep: presumption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Vermutung
sense_list:
(legal) An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.


lexentry: eng/presumption_of_innocence__Noun__1
written_rep: presumption of innocence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Unschuldsvermutung
sense_list:
(legal) The precept that someone will not be convicted of a crime unless (the judge, prosecutor, officer) proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and is non liquet, with there being no present burden of proof duty subjected on the accused to prove innocence.


lexentry: eng/presumptuous__Adjective__1
written_rep: presumptuous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: überheblich | anmaßend | spekulierend
sense_list:
Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right.


lexentry: eng/presuppose__Verb__1
written_rep: presuppose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: voraussetzen | erfordern
sense_list:
To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.


lexentry: eng/presymptomatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: presymptomatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: präsymptomatisch
sense_list:
(medicine) relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and when therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible.


lexentry: eng/pretend__Verb__1
written_rep: pretend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: so tun, als ob | vortäuschen
sense_list:
(intransitive, or, with 'that' clause, or, 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pretender__Noun__1
written_rep: pretender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Anwärter | Anwärterin
sense_list:
A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.


lexentry: eng/pretender__Noun__1
written_rep: pretender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Betrüger | Scharlatan | Schwindler | Täuscher | Vortäuscher
sense_list:
One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.


lexentry: eng/pretense__Noun__1
written_rep: pretense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Anschein | Heucheln | Vorspiegelung | Vortäuschen | Vortäuschung | Vorwand
sense_list:
(countable, or, uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.


lexentry: eng/preterite-present_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: preterite-present verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präteritopräsens | Präteritopräsentium
sense_list:
(grammar) A type of verb specific to Germanic languages in which the forms of the present tense resemble the forms normally found in the preterite (or past) tense of strong verbs. In modern English these are principally can, may, shall, will; one can also include the other verbs that do not (or not always) take -s in the third-person singular: dare, must, need, ought. The only non-modal preterite-present verb is an archaic verb wit.


lexentry: eng/preterite__Noun__1
written_rep: preterite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Präteritum
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.


lexentry: eng/pretext__Verb__1
written_rep: pretext
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einen Vorwand verwenden | etwas vorgeben | etwas vorschützen | etwas vorspiegeln | so tun, als ob
sense_list:
To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.


lexentry: eng/prettify__Verb__1
written_rep: prettify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ausschmücken
sense_list:
To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pretty_penny__Noun__1
written_rep: pretty penny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sümmchen | erkleckliches Sümmchen | hübsches Sümmchen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) Chiefly preceded by a: a considerable amount of money; a high income or price.


lexentry: eng/prevail__Verb__1
written_rep: prevail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dominieren | obsiegen [jur.] | siegen (über) | überwiegen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.


lexentry: eng/prevalence__Noun__1
written_rep: prevalence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kennzahl für die Häufigkeit | Prävalenz
sense_list:
(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.


lexentry: eng/prevarication__Noun__1
written_rep: prevarication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Ausflucht | Tatsachenverdrehung | Wahrheitsverzerrung
sense_list:
Evasion of the truth. | (law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.


lexentry: eng/prevention__Noun__1
written_rep: prevention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Prävention | Vorbeugung
sense_list:
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).


lexentry: eng/preverb__Noun__1
written_rep: preverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Präverb
sense_list:
(grammar) Any of a class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.


lexentry: eng/preverbal__Adjective__1
written_rep: preverbal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: präverbal
sense_list:
(psychology, linguistics) At an early stage of development in which one is not yet able to communicate by means of words.


lexentry: eng/preview__Noun__1
written_rep: preview
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Vorschau | Vorblick
sense_list:
(computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.


lexentry: eng/prey__Noun__1
written_rep: prey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beute
sense_list:
That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured. | (archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war. | (archaic) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.


lexentry: eng/priapism__Noun__1
written_rep: priapism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Priapismus
sense_list:
(pathology) A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.


lexentry: eng/price-conscious__Adjective__1
written_rep: price-conscious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preisbewusst
sense_list:
Aware of how much things cost and thus avoiding buying expensive items; looking for value for money.


lexentry: eng/price-earnings_ratio__Noun__1
written_rep: price-earnings ratio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: KGV
sense_list:
(finance) The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.


lexentry: eng/price_skimming__Noun__1
written_rep: price skimming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abschöpfungsstrategie | Skimming-Strategie
sense_list:
(business) A price-setting strategy in which a new product or service is offered at the highest practical price (to capture consumer surplus or exploit a monopolistic position), and that price is then lowered over time.


lexentry: eng/price_war__Noun__1
written_rep: price war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Preiskrieg
sense_list:
A situation where commercial competitors repeatedly undercut each other's prices in order to attract buyers.


lexentry: eng/prick__Noun__1
written_rep: prick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Arschloch | Lümmel | Nervensäge
sense_list:
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. [from 10th c.] | (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. [from 16th c.] | (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.


lexentry: eng/prickly_lettuce__Noun__1
written_rep: prickly lettuce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stachel-Lattich
sense_list:
Lactuca serriola, an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family, the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce.


lexentry: eng/prickly_saltwort__Noun__1
written_rep: prickly saltwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kali-Salzkraut
sense_list:
Salsola kali (syn. Kali turgidum), a coastal, halophilic, annual plant, with succulent, spiny leaves.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hochmut | Stolz
sense_list:
An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stolz
sense_list:
A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc). | That of which one is proud; that which excites self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Hochmut | Dünkel | Trotz
sense_list:
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.


lexentry: eng/pride_parade__Noun__1
written_rep: pride parade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: CSD | Pride Parade | Pride-Parade
sense_list:
An annual parade, held in communities in many parts of the world, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex pride and culture and the acceptance of people belonging to sexual minorities.


lexentry: eng/prie-dieu__Noun__1
written_rep: prie-dieu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Betpult
sense_list:
A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/priest__Noun__1
written_rep: priest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Priester | Pfarrer | Pfaffe | Priesterin | Pastor | Pastorin
sense_list:
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.


lexentry: eng/prig__Noun__1
written_rep: prig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Musterknabe | Tugendbold
sense_list:
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.


lexentry: eng/prima_donna__Noun__1
written_rep: prima donna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primadonna
sense_list:
(opera) The principal female singer or the leading lady. | (derogatory) A person who considers themself much more important than others, has high expectations of others and becomes angry when their standards or demands are not met.


lexentry: eng/primacy__Noun__1
written_rep: primacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Primas
sense_list:
(religion) The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church.


lexentry: eng/primacy_effect__Noun__1
written_rep: primacy effect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primäreffekt
sense_list:
The increased ability to remember items presented earlier, such as the first items in a list: the early-position aspect of the serial position effect.


lexentry: eng/primal_scene__Noun__1
written_rep: primal scene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Urszene
sense_list:
(psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) his or her parents copulating.


lexentry: eng/primary__Noun__1
written_rep: primary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorwahl
sense_list:
(political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.


lexentry: eng/primary_care__Noun__1
written_rep: primary care
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medizinische Erstkontaktstelle
sense_list:
(healthcare) The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.


lexentry: eng/primary_color__Noun__1
written_rep: primary color
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundfarbe | Primärfarbe
sense_list:
Any of three colors which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colors


lexentry: eng/primary_colour__Noun__1
written_rep: primary colour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundfarbe | Primärfarbe
sense_list:
(British spelling) Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours


lexentry: eng/primary_education__Noun__1
written_rep: primary education
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundschulunterricht
sense_list:
The basic schooling given to children up to the age of puberty, including reading, writing, and basic mathematics.


lexentry: eng/primary_ideal__Noun__1
written_rep: primary ideal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primäres Ideal
sense_list:
(algebra, ring theory) Given a commutative ring R, any ideal I such that for any a,b ∈ R, if ab ∈ I then either b ∈ I or an ∈ I for some integer n > 0.


lexentry: eng/primary_industry__Noun__1
written_rep: primary industry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptwirtschaftszweig
sense_list:
(economics) An industry that processes raw materials for conversion by secondary industry into goods or services sold by tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.


lexentry: eng/primary_key__Noun__1
written_rep: primary key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primärschlüssel
sense_list:
(computing, databases) In the design of a database table, the primary key (abbreviated PK) is selected among the non-empty set of candidate keys. The PK is a column (or an irreducible group of columns) able to identify every row of the table.


lexentry: eng/primary_producer__Noun__1
written_rep: primary producer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Produzent
sense_list:
(biology) An autotrophic organism producing complex organic matter, using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/primary_school__Noun__1
written_rep: primary school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Grundschule | Volksschule
sense_list:
(British, Australian, sometimes, Philippines, schools) A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.


lexentry: eng/primary_source__Noun__1
written_rep: primary source
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Primärquelle
sense_list:
(historiography) A historical object, especially a written document, that was created at or near the time of the events studied.


lexentry: eng/primate__Noun__1
written_rep: primate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primat | Primas
sense_list:
(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.


lexentry: eng/primate__Noun__2
written_rep: primate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primas | Primat
sense_list:
(Christianity) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription. | (Christianity) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.


lexentry: eng/prime__Adjective__1
written_rep: prime
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: prim-
sense_list:
(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).


lexentry: eng/prime_meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: prime meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nullmeridian
sense_list:
The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.


lexentry: eng/prime_minister__Noun__1
written_rep: prime minister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Premierminister | Premierministerin | Ministerpräsident
sense_list:
The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.


lexentry: eng/prime_mover__Noun__1
written_rep: prime mover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Antriebsaggregat | Antriebsmaschine | Kraftmaschine
sense_list:
A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work


lexentry: eng/prime_number__Noun__1
written_rep: prime number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primzahl
sense_list:
(number theory) Any natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/prime_suspect__Noun__1
written_rep: prime suspect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptverdächtiger
sense_list:
(legal) A person who is considered by the law enforcement agency investigating a crime to be the most likely suspect.


lexentry: eng/prime_time__Noun__1
written_rep: prime time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hauptsendezeit | Prime Time
sense_list:
(television, radio) The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm.


lexentry: eng/primer__Noun__2
written_rep: primer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zündkapsel
sense_list:
Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.


lexentry: eng/primer__Noun__2
written_rep: primer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Grundierung
sense_list:
A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting. | A layer of such a substance.


lexentry: eng/primeval_forest__Noun__1
written_rep: primeval forest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Urwald
sense_list:
A forest unaffected by humans, typically containing large live trees, large dead trees, and large logs.


lexentry: eng/primigravida__Noun__1
written_rep: primigravida
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erstgebärende | Primigravida | erstmals Schwangere
sense_list:
(obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/priming__Noun__1
written_rep: priming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: Bahnung
sense_list:
(psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.


lexentry: eng/primipara__Noun__1
written_rep: primipara
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Erstgebärende | Primipara
sense_list:
(obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/primitive__Noun__1
written_rep: primitive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primitivum | Radicalwort | Radix | Stamm | Stammwort | Urwort
sense_list:
(linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.


lexentry: eng/primitive_root__Noun__1
written_rep: primitive root
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primitivwurzel
sense_list:
(mathematics, number theory) For a given modulus n, a number g such that for every a coprime to n there exists an integer k such that gk ≡ a (mod n); a generator (or primitive element) of the multiplicative group, modulo n, of integers relatively prime to n.


lexentry: eng/primitivism__Noun__1
written_rep: primitivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Primitivismus
sense_list:
Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.


lexentry: eng/primogeniture__Noun__1
written_rep: primogeniture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Erstgeburtsrecht | Primogenitur
sense_list:
The principle that the eldest child, traditionally the eldest male, has an exclusive right of inheritance.


lexentry: eng/primordial_soup__Noun__1
written_rep: primordial soup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ursuppe
sense_list:
(informal, evolutionary theory) The state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history, during the early development of multicellular organisms.


lexentry: eng/primorial__Noun__1
written_rep: primorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primorial | Primfakultät
sense_list:
(number theory) Any number belonging to the integer sequence whose nth element is the product of the first n primes.


lexentry: eng/primrose__Noun__1
written_rep: primrose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Primel
sense_list:
A flowering plant of the genus Primula. | Specifically, the species Primula acaulis (syn. Primula vulgaris), also called common primrose. | A flower of a primrose plant.


lexentry: eng/prince-primate__Noun__1
written_rep: prince-primate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fürstprimas
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, historical) An honorary title given to an especially prominent archbishop with certain secular prerogatives, in particular:


lexentry: eng/prince__Noun__1
written_rep: prince
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Prinz | Königsenkel | Königssohn
sense_list:
A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/prince_bishop__Noun__1
written_rep: prince bishop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fürstbischof | Fürsterzbischof
sense_list:
A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.


lexentry: eng/prince_consort__Noun__1
written_rep: prince consort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prinzgemahl
sense_list:
The husband of a queen regnant who is not a king in his own right, or is accorded this title in a monarchy in which only male monarchs may bear the title "king."


lexentry: eng/prince_regent__Noun__1
written_rep: prince regent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prinzregent
sense_list:
A prince who rules a country as a regent in place of a monarch who is unfit to rule for a particular reason.


lexentry: eng/princess__Noun__1
written_rep: princess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prinzessin | Fürstin | Königstochter | Königsenkelin
sense_list:
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
written_rep: principal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Rektor | Schuldirektor | Schulvorsteher | Rektorin | Schulleiter | Schulleiterin
sense_list:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school. | (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
written_rep: principal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Geschäftsherr | Prinzipal | Vollmachtgeber
sense_list:
(law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.


lexentry: eng/principal_photography__Noun__1
written_rep: principal photography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dreharbeiten
sense_list:
(cinematography) The phase of film production during which the film is actually shot, as distinct from pre-production and post-production.


lexentry: eng/principality__Noun__1
written_rep: principality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fürst | Fürstentum
sense_list:
(theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/principate__Noun__1
written_rep: principate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prinzipat
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome) The early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained; the reign of any particular emperor during said period.


lexentry: eng/principle__Noun__1
written_rep: principle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prinzip | Grundsatz
sense_list:
A fundamental assumption or guiding belief. | A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem. | (sometimes, pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.


lexentry: eng/principle_of_least_astonishment__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: principle of least astonishment
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prinzip der geringsten Überraschung
sense_list:
(software, user interface, design) A principle that the design should match the user's experience, expectations, and mental models.


lexentry: eng/print__Verb__1
written_rep: print
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: drucken
sense_list:
(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.


lexentry: eng/print__Verb__1
written_rep: print
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: drucken | in Druckschrift schreiben
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.


lexentry: eng/printed_circuit_board__Noun__1
written_rep: printed circuit board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Leiterplatte | Platine
sense_list:
(electronics) A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components in layers that interconnect by means of copper pathways, often called traces.


lexentry: eng/printed_matter__Noun__1
written_rep: printed matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drucksache
sense_list:
Printed material produced by printers and publishers, including books, magazines, brochures, booklets, publicity material and newspapers, especially in relation to less expensive postage rates for such material.


lexentry: eng/printer__Noun__1
written_rep: printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drucker | Druckerin
sense_list:
One who makes prints. | (printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymy) any printing business.


lexentry: eng/printer__Noun__1
written_rep: printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Drucker
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/printing__Noun__1
written_rep: printing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auflage | Druck | Drucken
sense_list:
(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.


lexentry: eng/printing_form__Noun__1
written_rep: printing form
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Drucktype
sense_list:
An object, usually in the shape of a block or a plate, used in printing to apply ink on the printed surface.


lexentry: eng/prion__Noun__1
written_rep: prion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prion
sense_list:
(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.


lexentry: eng/prior__Adjective__1
written_rep: prior
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: a priori
sense_list:
(Bayesian, _, statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.


lexentry: eng/prior__Noun__1
written_rep: prior
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vorstrafe
sense_list:
(Canada, US, law enforcement, chiefly, in the plural) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/prior_art__Noun__1
written_rep: prior art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stand der Technik
sense_list:
(patent law) In most systems of patent law, all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality, and to which the patent application is compared to determine if it in fact describes a new invention.


lexentry: eng/prior_knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: prior knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorbildung
sense_list:
(criminal law) Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful.


lexentry: eng/priority_seat__Noun__1
written_rep: priority seat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Behindertensitzplatz | Schwerbehindertensitzplatz
sense_list:
A seat on public transport reserved for use by people with disabilities, the elderly, pregnant women and others in need.


lexentry: eng/prism__Noun__1
written_rep: prism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prisma
sense_list:
(optics) A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light. | (geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.


lexentry: eng/prison__Noun__1
written_rep: prison
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefängnis | Knast | Kerker | Zuchthaus
sense_list:
A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.


lexentry: eng/prison_guard__Noun__1
written_rep: prison guard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefängniswärter | Justizvollzugsbeamte | Schließer
sense_list:
(law enforcement) An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.


lexentry: eng/prisoner_of_war__Noun__1
written_rep: prisoner of war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kriegsgefangener | Kriegsgefangene
sense_list:
A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/privacy__Noun__1
written_rep: privacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Persönlichkeitsrechte | Privatsphäre | Ungestörtsein
sense_list:
(uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.


lexentry: eng/privacy_policy__Noun__1
written_rep: privacy policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Datenschutzerklärung | Datenschutzrichtlinie
sense_list:
(legal) A statement detailing policies that an organization or party uses to collect or hide information about an end user or customer of the organization, particularly where it concerns private information.


lexentry: eng/privatdozent__Noun__1
written_rep: privatdozent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Privatdozent
sense_list:
In some European countries, an academic who holds all formal qualifications (doctorate and habilitation) to become a tenured university professor.


lexentry: eng/private__Adjective__1
written_rep: private
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: privat
sense_list:
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state. | Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group. | Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible. | Not in governmental office or employment. | Of a room in a medical facility, not shared with another patient.


lexentry: eng/private_car__Noun__1
written_rep: private car
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Privatauto | Privatwagen
sense_list:
A car that is for personal use and owned privately, as opposed to a company car or official car etc.


lexentry: eng/private_detective__Noun__1
written_rep: private detective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Privatdetektiv | Schnüffler
sense_list:
Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available


lexentry: eng/private_first_class__Noun__1
written_rep: private first class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gefreite
sense_list:
(US) An enlisted rank in the United States Army, of rank E-3, ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist.


lexentry: eng/private_international_law__Noun__1
written_rep: private international law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Internationales Privatrecht | Kollisionsrecht
sense_list:
The law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements.


lexentry: eng/private_law__Noun__1
written_rep: private law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Privatrecht
sense_list:
(legal) The area of law pertaining to the relationships between private persons (natural or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and private persons.


lexentry: eng/private_life__Noun__1
written_rep: private life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Privatleben
sense_list:
The aspects of one's life that are personal, such as family, friends and other personal relationships, as opposed to the elements that make up one's public or professional life.


lexentry: eng/private_member's_bill__Noun__1
written_rep: private member's bill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gesetzesentwurf
sense_list:
(legal, British, Canadian, Australian) A proposed law introduced by a member of a legislature who is not acting on behalf of the executive government.


lexentry: eng/private_parts__Noun__1
written_rep: private parts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschlechtsteil | Scham | Schamteil
sense_list:
(euphemistic) Those parts of the human body commonly expected to be covered by clothing when in public; especially, the pubic area.


lexentry: eng/private_property__Noun__1
written_rep: private property
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Privatbesitz | Privateigentum
sense_list:
(law, property law) Property to which individuals or corporations have certain exclusive property rights, but do not necessarily possess.


lexentry: eng/private_sector__Noun__1
written_rep: private sector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Privatsektor
sense_list:
(business) All organizations in an economy or jurisdiction that are not controlled by government, including privately owned businesses and not-for-profit organizations.


lexentry: eng/privateer__Noun__1
written_rep: privateer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaperschiff
sense_list:
(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/privateer__Noun__1
written_rep: privateer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Freibeuter
sense_list:
(historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/privation__Noun__1
written_rep: privation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Entbehrung | Einschränkung | Mangel
sense_list:
(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.


lexentry: eng/privative_adjective__Noun__1
written_rep: privative adjective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: privatives Adjektiv
sense_list:
(grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun refers to an object that is not of the class which that noun ordinarily refers to.


lexentry: eng/privilege__Noun__1
written_rep: privilege
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Privileg | Vergünstigung
sense_list:
(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/privilege__Verb__1
written_rep: privilege
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: privilegieren
sense_list:
(archaic, transitive) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize | (archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.


lexentry: eng/prize__Noun__1
written_rep: prize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Beute
sense_list:
(military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.


lexentry: eng/prize__Noun__1
written_rep: prize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Preis
sense_list:
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. | That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.


lexentry: eng/pro-choice__Adjective__1
written_rep: pro-choice
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Pro-Choice
sense_list:
Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/pro_bono__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: pro bono
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mann
sense_list:
(legal, medicine) Without charging a fee, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means.


lexentry: eng/pro_forma__Adjective__1
written_rep: pro forma
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: der Form halber | der Form wegen | pro forma
sense_list:
Occurring, undertaken, or performed as a perfunctory matter, in the interest of form, or for the sake of formality.


lexentry: eng/proa__Noun__1
written_rep: proa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Piroge
sense_list:
A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.


lexentry: eng/probability__Noun__1
written_rep: probability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Wahrscheinlichkeit
sense_list:
The relative likelihood of an event happening. | (mathematics) A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.


lexentry: eng/probability_density_function__Noun__1
written_rep: probability density function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahrscheinlichkeitsdichtefunktion
sense_list:
(probability theory) Any function whose integral over a set gives the probability that a random variable has a value in that set.


lexentry: eng/probability_distribution__Noun__1
written_rep: probability distribution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung
sense_list:
(statistics) A distribution of all possible values of a random variable together with an indication of their probabilities.


lexentry: eng/probability_measure__Noun__1
written_rep: probability measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahrscheinlichkeitsmaß
sense_list:
(mathematics) A mathematical measure on a probability space that can take on values between 0 and 1, with 0 corresponding to the empty set and 1 to the entire space.


lexentry: eng/probability_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: probability theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie
sense_list:
(mathematics) The mathematical study of probability (the likelihood of occurrence of random events in order to predict the behavior of defined systems).


lexentry: eng/probate_court__Noun__1
written_rep: probate court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nachlassgericht
sense_list:
(legal) A judicial body responsible for overseeing matters related to the administration of estates and the legal validation of wills.


lexentry: eng/probation__Noun__1
written_rep: probation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Probezeit
sense_list:
A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.


lexentry: eng/probation__Noun__1
written_rep: probation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Bewährung
sense_list:
(legal) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are permitted to continue living in a community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions.


lexentry: eng/probation_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: probation officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bewährungshelfer
sense_list:
A law enforcement officer who supervises offenders who have been released from incarceration and, often, recommends sentencing in courts of law.


lexentry: eng/probative__Adjective__1
written_rep: probative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beweiskräftig
sense_list:
(legal) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.


lexentry: eng/probe__Noun__1
written_rep: probe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sonde
sense_list:
(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. [from 15th c.] | (aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. [from 20th c.] | (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.] | (astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/probiotic__Noun__1
written_rep: probiotic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Probiotikum
sense_list:
(bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.


lexentry: eng/problem__Noun__1
written_rep: problem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Problem
sense_list:
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. | A puzzling circumstance. | Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.


lexentry: eng/problem_child__Noun__1
written_rep: problem child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Problemkind | Sorgenkind
sense_list:
(euphemistic) A child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior.


lexentry: eng/problem_child__Noun__1
written_rep: problem child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sorgenkind
sense_list:
(idiomatic, by extension) Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.


lexentry: eng/problematic__Adjective__1
written_rep: problematic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatal | haarig | heikel | problematisch
sense_list:
(sociology) Contributing (especially if subtly) to discrimination (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or ageism).


lexentry: eng/proboscis_monkey__Noun__1
written_rep: proboscis monkey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nasenaffe
sense_list:
Nasalis larvatus, a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose, endemic to Borneo.


lexentry: eng/procedural_law__Noun__1
written_rep: procedural law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verfahrensrecht | Prozessrecht | formelles Recht
sense_list:
(legal) The law that comprises the rule by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings.


lexentry: eng/procedure__Noun__1
written_rep: procedure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Prozedur
sense_list:
(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.


lexentry: eng/proceeding__Noun__1
written_rep: proceeding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Handlung
sense_list:
(always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.


lexentry: eng/process__Noun__1
written_rep: process
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Fortsatz
sense_list:
(anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.


lexentry: eng/process__Verb__1
written_rep: process
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: verdauen
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.


lexentry: eng/process_server__Noun__1
written_rep: process server
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gerichtsvollzieher
sense_list:
(law enforcement) A deliverer of processes or summonses, the formal announcements of the beginning of a legal action; a huissier de justice or other equivalent position in other legal systems.


lexentry: eng/process_worker__Noun__1
written_rep: process worker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Maschinenbeaufsichtiger | Maschinenüberwacher | Prozessüberwacher
sense_list:
An unskilled or semiskilled worker who is responsible for running processing machinery in a factory.


lexentry: eng/processed_cheese__Noun__1
written_rep: processed cheese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schmelzkäse
sense_list:
Any of several types of natural cheese that are pasteurized to lengthen storage life and combined with emulsifiers to aid smoothness. In some cases, processed cheeses contain added colorings and preservatives.


lexentry: eng/procession__Noun__1
written_rep: procession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Prozession | Umzug
sense_list:
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.


lexentry: eng/proclaim__Verb__1
written_rep: proclaim
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: proklamieren
sense_list:
(dated, or, historical) To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers


lexentry: eng/proclivity__Noun__1
written_rep: proclivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorliebe | Hang | Neigung | Schwäche
sense_list:
A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.


lexentry: eng/procrustean_bed__Noun__1
written_rep: procrustean bed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prokrustesbett
sense_list:
An arbitrary standard, especially one that is forced upon people for the sake of conformity and involves the sacrifice of what is useful.


lexentry: eng/proctor__Noun__1
written_rep: proctor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klausuraufsicht
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.


lexentry: eng/procyonid__Noun__1
written_rep: procyonid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kleinbär
sense_list:
(zoology) Any member of the family Procyonidae, a New World family of the order Carnivora, including the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles.


lexentry: eng/prodigal_son__Noun__1
written_rep: prodigal son
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Heimkehrer | Zurückkehrer | verlorener Sohn
sense_list:
Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behavior.


lexentry: eng/prodrome__Noun__1
written_rep: prodrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Prodrom
sense_list:
(medicine) An early sign or symptom (or set of signs and symptoms) warning of the onset of a disease.


lexentry: eng/produce__Noun__1
written_rep: produce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Agrarprodukt | Ertrag | Obst und Gemüse | Produkt
sense_list:
Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.


lexentry: eng/produce__Verb__1
written_rep: produce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: vorlegen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.


lexentry: eng/producer__Noun__1
written_rep: producer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Produzent | Hersteller | Produzentin | Herstellerin
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.


lexentry: eng/producer_good__Noun__1
written_rep: producer good
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Intermediat | Zwischenprodukt
sense_list:
(economics) An item of goods, such as partly finished goods, used as an input in the production of other goods.


lexentry: eng/product__Noun__1
written_rep: product
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Produkt
sense_list:
(mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product. | A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances. | Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user. | The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.


lexentry: eng/product_placement__Noun__1
written_rep: product placement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Produktplatzierung | Product-Placement | Schleichwerbung
sense_list:
(marketing) A form of advertising where a brand or product is incorporated into non-advertising media such as films.


lexentry: eng/productive__Adjective__1
written_rep: productive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: produktiv
sense_list:
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. | (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words. | (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that \forall x\in\mathbb{N}, ~~ W_x\subseteq S \Rightarrow f(x)\in A\setminus W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.


lexentry: eng/productivity__Noun__1
written_rep: productivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Produktivität
sense_list:
The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.


lexentry: eng/profanity__Noun__1
written_rep: profanity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gotteslästerlichkeit | Profanität | Respektlosigkeit
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.


lexentry: eng/profess__Verb__1
written_rep: profess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich bekennen
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, passive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/profess__Verb__1
written_rep: profess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bekennen
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/profession__Noun__1
written_rep: profession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bekenntnis
sense_list:
The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/profession_of_faith__Noun__1
written_rep: profession of faith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glaubensbekenntnis
sense_list:
(religion) A creed; a (typically formulaic) statement of the beliefs of one's religion, often recited during public prayers or liturgies.


lexentry: eng/professional_wrestling__Noun__1
written_rep: professional wrestling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Catchen | Wrestling
sense_list:
A form of sports entertainment characterized by the performance of choreographed wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes.


lexentry: eng/professionalism__Noun__1
written_rep: professionalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Professionalismus
sense_list:
The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play.


lexentry: eng/professor__Noun__1
written_rep: professor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
sense_list:
(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

trans_list:
Professor | Professorin | Hochschullehrer | Hochschullehrerin | Professorsgattin | Hochschulprofessor


lexentry: eng/professorial__Adjective__1
written_rep: professorial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: professoral
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships.


lexentry: eng/profile__Noun__1
written_rep: profile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Benutzerprofil | Profil
sense_list:
(Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.


lexentry: eng/profiler__Noun__1
written_rep: profiler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fallanalytiker | Fallanalytikerin | Profiler | Profilerin | Profilersteller | Profilerstellerin
sense_list:
A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.


lexentry: eng/profinite_group__Noun__1
written_rep: profinite group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proendliche Gruppe
sense_list:
(topology, category theory) A topological group that is isomorphic to the inverse limit of some inverse system of discrete finite groups; equivalently, a topological group that is also a Stone space.


lexentry: eng/profit__Noun__1
written_rep: profit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewinn
sense_list:
(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.


lexentry: eng/profit_warning__Noun__1
written_rep: profit warning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gewinnwarnung
sense_list:
(stock market) An announcement by a company to its shareholders and other investors that its profits are likely to be less than expected.


lexentry: eng/profiteering__Noun__1
written_rep: profiteering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschäftemacherei | Wucherei
sense_list:
The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.


lexentry: eng/profound__Adjective__1
written_rep: profound
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tiefgehend
sense_list:
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep. | Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough


lexentry: eng/progeria__Noun__1
written_rep: progeria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Progerie
sense_list:
(pathology) An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age.


lexentry: eng/progesterone__Noun__1
written_rep: progesterone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Progesteron
sense_list:
(steroid hormone, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/prognosis__Noun__1
written_rep: prognosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prognose | Vorhersage
sense_list:
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prognosis__Noun__1
written_rep: prognosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Prognose
sense_list:
(medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prograde__Adjective__1
written_rep: prograde
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prograd | rechtläufig
sense_list:
(astronomy) Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.


lexentry: eng/program__Noun__1
written_rep: program
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Programm
sense_list:
A set of structured activities; a plan of action. | A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity. | (politics) A set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate.


lexentry: eng/program__Verb__1
written_rep: program
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: programmieren
sense_list:
(transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task. | (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.


lexentry: eng/program_music__Noun__1
written_rep: program music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Programmmusik
sense_list:
(music) A form of art music, generally without vocal parts, that attempts to convey a scene, image, or mood.


lexentry: eng/program_trading__Noun__1
written_rep: program trading
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hochfrequenzhandel
sense_list:
(business, finance, computing) High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions.


lexentry: eng/programmable_logic_controller__Noun__1
written_rep: programmable logic controller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung
sense_list:
A programmable electronic device used in industrial automation to provide logic and sequencing controls for machinery.


lexentry: eng/programming_language__Noun__1
written_rep: programming language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Programmiersprache
sense_list:
(programming) A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.


lexentry: eng/progress__Noun__1
written_rep: progress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Fortschritt
sense_list:
Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth. [from 15th c.] | Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/progress_bar__Noun__1
written_rep: progress bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fortschrittsanzeige | Fortschrittsbalken | Ladebalken | Statusbalken
sense_list:
(graphical user interface) A bar that indicates the progression of a task by gradually filling its empty space with solid colour.


lexentry: eng/project__Verb__1
written_rep: project
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ausstrahlen | darstellen | präsentieren
sense_list:
(transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.


lexentry: eng/project_management__Noun__1
written_rep: project management
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Projektmanagement
sense_list:
(operations) The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.


lexentry: eng/projectile_vomit__Verb__1
written_rep: projectile vomit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strahlkotzen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To vomit with great expulsive force, so that the material expelled is projected away from the source.


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
written_rep: projection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Projektion
sense_list:
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector. | (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own, including making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser. | (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object. | (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions. | (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
written_rep: projection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Projektion | Kartenprojektion
sense_list:
(cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
written_rep: projection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: Projektion | Projektor
sense_list:
(linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.


lexentry: eng/projectionist__Noun__1
written_rep: projectionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Filmvorführer | Filmvorführerin
sense_list:
A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.


lexentry: eng/projective_variety__Noun__1
written_rep: projective variety
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: projektive Varietät
sense_list:
(algebraic geometry) A Zariski closed subvariety of a projective space; the zero-locus of a set of homogeneous polynomials that generates a prime ideal.


lexentry: eng/projector__Noun__1
written_rep: projector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Projektor
sense_list:
An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/prokaryote__Noun__1
written_rep: prokaryote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prokaryot
sense_list:
An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.


lexentry: eng/prolactin__Noun__1
written_rep: prolactin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prolaktin
sense_list:
(hormone) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.


lexentry: eng/prolative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: prolative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prolativ
sense_list:
(grammar) A declension, in some languages, of a noun or pronoun that has the basic meaning of "by way of".


lexentry: eng/prolegomenon__Noun__1
written_rep: prolegomenon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prolegomenon
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A prefatory discussion; a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work.


lexentry: eng/prolepsis__Noun__1
written_rep: prolepsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Prolepse | Prolepsis
sense_list:
(grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.


lexentry: eng/proletariat__Noun__1
written_rep: proletariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proletariat
sense_list:
(often, derogatory, also, figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses. | (Marxism) Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie. | (chiefly, Ancient Rome, historical) The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.


lexentry: eng/proliferation__Noun__1
written_rep: proliferation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vermehrung | Knospung | Sprossung
sense_list:
(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.


lexentry: eng/proliferation__Noun__1
written_rep: proliferation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Proliferation | Verbreitung
sense_list:
(uncountable) In paticular, the spread (proliferating) of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.


lexentry: eng/proliferation__Noun__1
written_rep: proliferation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vergrößerung | Verstärkung | Wucherung | Zunahme
sense_list:
(countable) The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.


lexentry: eng/prolific__Adjective__1
written_rep: prolific
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fruchtbar
sense_list:
Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.


lexentry: eng/proline__Noun__1
written_rep: proline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prolin
sense_list:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C5H9NO2 found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins.


lexentry: eng/prom__Noun__1
written_rep: prom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abiball | Abschlussball | Ball | Prom | Promenade
sense_list:
(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.


lexentry: eng/promenade__Noun__1
written_rep: promenade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Promenade
sense_list:
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.


lexentry: eng/prominence__Noun__1
written_rep: prominence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Protuberanz
sense_list:
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form. | (astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.


lexentry: eng/promise__Noun__1
written_rep: promise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Versprechen
sense_list:
(countable, legal) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.


lexentry: eng/promise__Verb__1
written_rep: promise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: versprechen | zusagen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.


lexentry: eng/promissory_note__Noun__1
written_rep: promissory note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eigenwechsel | Solawechsel
sense_list:
(finance) A document saying that someone owes a specific amount of money to someone else, often with the deadline and interest fees; the primary purposes of a promissory note are to evidence the debt obligation incurred, and to establish terms for payment thereof.


lexentry: eng/promote__Verb__1
written_rep: promote
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: umwandeln
sense_list:
(transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.


lexentry: eng/promotional__Adjective__1
written_rep: promotional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Reklame
sense_list:
Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.


lexentry: eng/prompt__Noun__1
written_rep: prompt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Eingabeaufforderung
sense_list:
(computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.


lexentry: eng/prompt__Verb__1
written_rep: prompt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: vorsagen | anleiten | anstacheln | antreiben | dazu bringen | veranlassen
sense_list:
(transitive, theater, and, television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.


lexentry: eng/prompter's_box__Noun__1
written_rep: prompter's box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Souffleurkasten
sense_list:
The raised box in the apron of a stage, opening towards the actors. The prompter sits inside with the prompter's book, ready to give cues for missed or forgotten lines.


lexentry: eng/prone__Adjective__1
written_rep: prone
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in Bauchlage
sense_list:
Lying face-down. | Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.


lexentry: eng/pronoia__Noun__1
written_rep: pronoia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pronoia
sense_list:
(historical, Byzantine Empire) An imperial grant to an individual of temporary fiscal rights in the form of land, incomes or taxes from land, fishing rights, etc., sometimes carrying with it an obligation of military service.


lexentry: eng/pronominal_adverb__Noun__1
written_rep: pronominal adverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pronominaladverb
sense_list:
(grammar) An adverb which contains a pronominal element; generally such an adverb replaces a phrase of preposition + pronoun.


lexentry: eng/pronominal_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: pronominal verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pronominalverb | Pronominalverbum | pronominales Verb
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A form of verb that has an attached pronoun in some languages (e.g. French, Spanish).


lexentry: eng/pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pronomen | Fürwort | Personenwort | Pronom | Personwort
sense_list:
(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.


lexentry: eng/pronunciation_spelling__Noun__1
written_rep: pronunciation spelling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aussprachegetreue Schreibung
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Spelling intended to represent a pronunciation, which may or may not be the standard spelling of the word.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
written_rep: proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beweis
sense_list:
(countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
written_rep: proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: polierte Platte
sense_list:
(numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.


lexentry: eng/proof_by_contradiction__Noun__1
written_rep: proof by contradiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Beweis durch Widerspruch | Widerspruchsbeweis
sense_list:
(mathematics, logic) The proof of a statement adduced by deriving a contradiction from the statement's negation.


lexentry: eng/proofing__Noun__1
written_rep: proofing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stückgare
sense_list:
A step in creating yeast breads and baked goods, during which the yeast is allowed to leaven the dough.


lexentry: eng/proofread__Verb__1
written_rep: proofread
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Korrektur lesen
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.


lexentry: eng/prop__Noun__2
written_rep: prop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Requisit | Accessoire | Ausstattung | Requisite
sense_list:
(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.


lexentry: eng/propaganda__Noun__1
written_rep: propaganda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Propaganda
sense_list:
(religion, historical) The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.


lexentry: eng/propaganda_of_the_deed__Noun__1
written_rep: propaganda of the deed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Propaganda der Tat
sense_list:
A politically motivated act of violence, meant to broadcast an ideological message and serve as catalyst to ignite a spirit of socialist revolution among the proletariat against perceived oppressors.


lexentry: eng/propagate__Verb__1
written_rep: propagate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: verbreiten
sense_list:
(transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.


lexentry: eng/propagate__Verb__1
written_rep: propagate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: sich vermehren
sense_list:
(biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.


lexentry: eng/propagation__Noun__1
written_rep: propagation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verbreitung
sense_list:
The multiplication or natural increase in a population. | The dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number.


lexentry: eng/propagule__Noun__1
written_rep: propagule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brutknospe | Brutkörper | Brutorgan
sense_list:
(biology) A reproductive particle released by an organism in order to propagate itself, by means such as dispersal or infection, to the next stage in its life cycle. E.g., seeds, spores, endospores, microbial cysts, etc.


lexentry: eng/propanoic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: propanoic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Propansäure
sense_list:
(fatty acid) The short chain aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH3CH2COOH, used as a preservative, and in the manufacture of many chemical compounds.


lexentry: eng/propel__Verb__1
written_rep: propel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: antreiben
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.


lexentry: eng/propellant__Noun__1
written_rep: propellant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brennstoff
sense_list:
fuel, oxidizer, reaction mass or mixture for one or more engines (especially internal combustion engines or jet engines) that is carried within a vehicle prior to use


lexentry: eng/propeller__Noun__1
written_rep: propeller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Schraube | Propeller | Luftschraube | Schiffschraube
sense_list:
A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.


lexentry: eng/propeller_shaft__Noun__1
written_rep: propeller shaft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Gelenkwelle
sense_list:
(automotive) the shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential on the axle of a rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle.


lexentry: eng/proper__Adjective__1
written_rep: proper
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: richtig
sense_list:
(topology, of a function) Such that the preimage of every compact set is compact. | (now, colloquial) Utter, complete. [15th c.]


lexentry: eng/proper__Adjective__1
written_rep: proper
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Eigenname
sense_list:
(grammar) Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter. [14th c.]


lexentry: eng/proper_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: proper noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eigenname | Nomen proprium
sense_list:
(grammar) A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.


lexentry: eng/property__Noun__1
written_rep: property
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Eigenschaft | Eigentum
sense_list:
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept. | An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.


lexentry: eng/property__Noun__1
written_rep: property
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: Eigenschaft
sense_list:
(computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (OOP) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.


lexentry: eng/property_rights__Noun__1
written_rep: property rights
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eigentumsrecht
sense_list:
(legal) The exclusive rights pertaining to the ownership and possession of a given piece of property.


lexentry: eng/propfan__Noun__1
written_rep: propfan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Propellergebläse | Propfan
sense_list:
(aviation) A modified turbofan jet engine with the propeller outside the engine duct of an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/prophesy__Verb__1
written_rep: prophesy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prophezeien | weissagen
sense_list:
To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. [from 14th c.] | To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.


lexentry: eng/propitiation__Noun__1
written_rep: propitiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: büßen
sense_list:
The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.


lexentry: eng/propolis__Noun__1
written_rep: propolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Propolis
sense_list:
An aromatic glue-like substance produced by honeybees from tree resin, waxes, and their own secretions, used in the construction of their hives.


lexentry: eng/proportional__Adjective__1
written_rep: proportional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proportional
sense_list:
(mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.


lexentry: eng/proportional_representation__Noun__1
written_rep: proportional representation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proporzwahl | Verhältniswahl
sense_list:
A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body.


lexentry: eng/proposal__Noun__1
written_rep: proposal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Heiratsantrag
sense_list:
(legal) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract. | The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.


lexentry: eng/propositional_logic__Noun__1
written_rep: propositional logic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aussagenlogik
sense_list:
(logic) A formal deductive system in which formulae representing propositions can be formed by combining atomic propositions using logical connectives.


lexentry: eng/propranolol__Noun__1
written_rep: propranolol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Propranolol
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which acts as a beta blocker and is used mainly in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia.


lexentry: eng/proprietary__Adjective__1
written_rep: proprietary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: geschützt | proprietär
sense_list:
Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.


lexentry: eng/propriety__Noun__1
written_rep: propriety
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Anstand | Anständigkeit | Form | Redlichkeit | Schicklichkeit | Tugendhaftigkeit
sense_list:
(often, in the plural) Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/propulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: propulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Antrieb
sense_list:
The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.


lexentry: eng/propylene__Noun__1
written_rep: propylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Propylen
sense_list:
(organic compound) The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C3H6.


lexentry: eng/prorogue__Verb__1
written_rep: prorogue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vertagen
sense_list:
(transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/prosaic__Adjective__1
written_rep: prosaic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prosaisch
sense_list:
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose. | (main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.


lexentry: eng/proscenium__Noun__1
written_rep: proscenium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Bühnenfassade
sense_list:
(in an ancient, _, theater) The row of columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.


lexentry: eng/prosecution__Noun__1
written_rep: prosecution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: Strafverfolgungsbehörde | verfolgende Behörde
sense_list:
(legal) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.


lexentry: eng/prosecutor__Noun__1
written_rep: prosecutor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Staatsanwalt | Staatsanwältin | Anklägerin | Ankläger | Amtsanwalt
sense_list:
(law) A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.


lexentry: eng/proselytize__Verb__1
written_rep: proselytize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bekehren | missionieren | seinen Glauben predigen | seinen Glauben verkünden
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.


lexentry: eng/proselytize__Verb__1
written_rep: proselytize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: (als) (Anhänger) gewinnen | bekehren | für seine Sache gewinnen | überzeugen
sense_list:
(by extension, ambitransitive) To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone.


lexentry: eng/prosimian__Noun__1
written_rep: prosimian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Halbaffen
sense_list:
A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.


lexentry: eng/prosopagnosia__Noun__1
written_rep: prosopagnosia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prosopagnosie
sense_list:
(neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.


lexentry: eng/prosopopoeia__Noun__1
written_rep: prosopopoeia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: die Verkörperung, die Personifizierung
sense_list:
(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this.


lexentry: eng/prospectus__Noun__1
written_rep: prospectus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prospekt
sense_list:
A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.


lexentry: eng/prosper__Verb__1
written_rep: prosper
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: florieren | prosperieren | gedeihen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.


lexentry: eng/prostaglandin__Noun__1
written_rep: prostaglandin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prostaglandin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acid prostanoic acid; they have a number of physiological functions and may be considered to be hormones.


lexentry: eng/prostate_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: prostate gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vorsteherdrüse
sense_list:
(anatomy) A gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen.


lexentry: eng/prosthodontics__Noun__1
written_rep: prosthodontics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zahnersatz
sense_list:
Prosthetic dentistry: a specialty of dentistry concerned with the restoration or replacement of damaged or missing teeth or portions thereof.


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Noun__1
written_rep: prostitute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Prostituierte | Dirne | Hure | Freudenmädchen | Nutte | Buhldirne
sense_list:
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Verb__1
written_rep: prostitute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prostituieren | anschaffen
sense_list:
(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Verb__1
written_rep: prostitute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prostituieren
sense_list:
(transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.


lexentry: eng/prostitution__Noun__1
written_rep: prostitution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prostitution
sense_list:
Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay. | (by extension) Debasement for profit or impure motives.


lexentry: eng/protagonist__Noun__1
written_rep: protagonist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protagonist | Held | Hauptfigur | Protagonistin
sense_list:
(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.


lexentry: eng/protecting_group__Noun__1
written_rep: protecting group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schutzgruppe
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group so as to protect it from a subsequent reaction


lexentry: eng/protection_money__Noun__1
written_rep: protection money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schutzgeld
sense_list:
Money paid, especially at regular intervals, to criminals or to corrupt officials who threaten to cause harm to the payer or to his or her business if the money is not paid.


lexentry: eng/protection_racket__Noun__1
written_rep: protection racket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schutzgelderpressung
sense_list:
(crime) A criminal scheme in which victims are required to pay in order to avoid violence or destruction of property.


lexentry: eng/protectionism__Noun__1
written_rep: protectionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protektionismus
sense_list:
(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.


lexentry: eng/protectionist__Noun__1
written_rep: protectionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protektionist | Protektionistin
sense_list:
Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.


lexentry: eng/protectorate__Noun__1
written_rep: protectorate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protektorat | Schutzgebiet
sense_list:
(UK, historical) Government by a protector; especially, The Protectorate: government of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 1653 and 1659 under the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, later his son Richard Cromwell. | The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/protein__Noun__1
written_rep: protein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protein | Eiweiß
sense_list:
(biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds. | (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.


lexentry: eng/protein_shake__Noun__1
written_rep: protein shake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protein-Shake
sense_list:
A beverage containing protein mixed with milk or water for the purposes of improved nutrition, especially in bodybuilding.


lexentry: eng/proteinuria__Noun__1
written_rep: proteinuria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proteinurie
sense_list:
(medicine) The presence of protein in the urine (which is always true in small amounts); and usually, more specifically, an excess (hyperproteinuria).


lexentry: eng/proteome__Noun__1
written_rep: proteome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proteom
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/proteomics__Noun__1
written_rep: proteomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proteomik
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism.


lexentry: eng/prothesis__Noun__1
written_rep: prothesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prothese
sense_list:
(phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).


lexentry: eng/prothonotary_warbler__Noun__1
written_rep: prothonotary warbler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zitronenwaldsänger
sense_list:
A small North American bird, Protonotaria citrea, having a yellow body and blue wings; it breeds in swampland.


lexentry: eng/protist__Noun__1
written_rep: protist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protist
sense_list:
(microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.


lexentry: eng/protium__Noun__1
written_rep: protium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protium
sense_list:
(isotope) The lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.


lexentry: eng/proto-__Prefix__1
written_rep: proto-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ur-
sense_list:
(ordinal number) First in order; which stage is first. | (inorganic chemistry) A minimal proportion of a particular substance when in a combination. See protosalt.


lexentry: eng/proto-language__Noun__1
written_rep: proto-language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ursprache
sense_list:
(linguistics) A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in order to deduce the form and aspects of a common ancestor language that is no longer known.


lexentry: eng/proto-racism__Noun__1
written_rep: proto-racism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protorassismus
sense_list:
Attitudes and actions displaying prejudices and stereotypes analogous to those of racism which predate the modern biologically-based concept of race.


lexentry: eng/proto-racist__Noun__1
written_rep: proto-racist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protorassist
sense_list:
A person who displays protoracist attitudes or behaviors. | A person who has the potential to become a racist.


lexentry: eng/protocol__Noun__1
written_rep: protocol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Protokoll
sense_list:
The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state. [from 19th c.] | (computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/protologism__Noun__1
written_rep: protologism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protologismus
sense_list:
(neologism) A newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common; a recently created term possibly in narrow use but not yet acknowledged.


lexentry: eng/proton__Noun__1
written_rep: proton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proton
sense_list:
(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.


lexentry: eng/protonation__Noun__1
written_rep: protonation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protonierung
sense_list:
(chemistry) The addition of a proton (hydrogen ion) to an atom, molecule or ion, normally to generate a cation.


lexentry: eng/protoplanet__Noun__1
written_rep: protoplanet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protoplanet
sense_list:
An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets


lexentry: eng/protoplasm__Noun__1
written_rep: protoplasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protoplasma
sense_list:
(cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.


lexentry: eng/prototype-based__Adjective__1
written_rep: prototype-based
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prototypbasiert
sense_list:
(programming) making inheritance possible by cloning objects instead of instantiating them from classes


lexentry: eng/prototype-oriented_programming__Noun__1
written_rep: prototype-oriented programming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prototyporientierte Programmierung
sense_list:
(programming) A programming paradigm that encapsulates states and operations inside "prototypes" to design applications and computer programs.


lexentry: eng/prototype__Noun__1
written_rep: prototype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prototyp | Vorab-Muster
sense_list:
An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/prototype_pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: prototype pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prototyp
sense_list:
(programming) A creational design pattern that determines the type of objects to create by a prototypical instance, which is cloned to produce new objects.


lexentry: eng/protozoan__Noun__1
written_rep: protozoan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Protozoon
sense_list:
(cytology) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.


lexentry: eng/protégé__Noun__1
written_rep: protégé
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schützling | Protegé | Günstling | Mündel
sense_list:
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).


lexentry: eng/prove__Verb__1
written_rep: prove
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beweisen | zeigen | herausstellen | prüfen
sense_list:
(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.


lexentry: eng/proverb__Noun__1
written_rep: proverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Sprichwort | Redensart | Denkspruch | Proverb
sense_list:
(obsolete) Any commonly used turn of phrase expressing a metaphor, simile, or descriptive epithet. [before 18th c.] | (obsolete) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. | (obsolete) A drama exemplifying a proverb.


lexentry: eng/proverbial__Adjective__1
written_rep: proverbial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sprichwörtlich | proverbial
sense_list:
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. | Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.


lexentry: eng/provincial__Adjective__1
written_rep: provincial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: provinzial | provinziell
sense_list:
Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. | Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.


lexentry: eng/provision__Noun__1
written_rep: provision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Bestimmung | Vorschrift | Verfügung | Klausel | Regelung
sense_list:
(law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.


lexentry: eng/provisional__Adjective__1
written_rep: provisional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vorläufig | provisorisch
sense_list:
Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.


lexentry: eng/provitamin__Noun__1
written_rep: provitamin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Provitamin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism


lexentry: eng/provost__Noun__1
written_rep: provost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Propst
sense_list:
(religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia. | A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries. | (US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs. | (religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.


lexentry: eng/prowess__Noun__1
written_rep: prowess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fähigkeiten | Können
sense_list:
(uncountable) Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.


lexentry: eng/prowl__Verb__1
written_rep: prowl
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: durchstreifen | herumstreifen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.


lexentry: eng/proxemics__Noun__1
written_rep: proxemics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proxemik
sense_list:
The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.


lexentry: eng/proximity_fuse__Noun__1
written_rep: proximity fuse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Abstandszünder | Annäherungszünder | Näherungszünder
sense_list:
A fuse that is designed to detonate an explosive automatically when close enough to the target to destroy it.


lexentry: eng/proxy__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Proxyserver
sense_list:
(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.


lexentry: eng/proxy_pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stellvertreter
sense_list:
(software, design) A structural design pattern that is implemented as a class functioning as an interface for a network connection, a large object in memory, a file, or some other resource that is expensive or impossible to duplicate.


lexentry: eng/proxy_server__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy server
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proxyserver | Proxy | Proxy-Server
sense_list:
(computing) A hardware server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server, usually on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/proxy_war__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stellvertreterkrieg
sense_list:
A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.


lexentry: eng/prozymite__Noun__1
written_rep: prozymite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prozymit
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, historical, pejorative) One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/prude__Noun__1
written_rep: prude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Prüde | Prüder
sense_list:
A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.


lexentry: eng/prudence__Noun__1
written_rep: prudence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Umsicht | Klugheit | Besonnenheit | Grütze
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/prune__Verb__2
written_rep: prune
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stutzen | schneiden
sense_list:
(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.


lexentry: eng/pruning_shears__Noun__1
written_rep: pruning shears
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gartenschere
sense_list:
(plurale tantum) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for gardening.


lexentry: eng/psalm__Noun__1
written_rep: psalm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psalm
sense_list:
(religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. | One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.


lexentry: eng/psaltery__Noun__1
written_rep: psaltery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psalter
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.


lexentry: eng/pseudepigrapha__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudepigrapha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudepigraph | Pseudepigrapha
sense_list:
Writings falsely ascribed to famous persons (historical or mythical) to lend them greater legitimacy, typically composed many centuries after the ostensible author's death.


lexentry: eng/pseudo-anglicism__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudo-anglicism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudoanglizismus | Scheinanglizismus | Pseudo-Anglizismus
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.


lexentry: eng/pseudocereal__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudocereal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudogetreide | Scheingetreide
sense_list:
Any plant that, although not belonging to the grass family, produces seeds that are used to make flour.


lexentry: eng/pseudocode__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudocode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudocode
sense_list:
A description of a computer programming algorithm that uses the structural conventions of programming languages but omits detailed subroutines or language-specific syntax.


lexentry: eng/pseudoephedrine__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoephedrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudoephedrin
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C10H15NO.


lexentry: eng/pseudonymization__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudonymization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudonymisierung
sense_list:
(computing, law) The replacement of all data (in a database etc) that identifies a person with an artificial identifier or pseudonym.


lexentry: eng/pseudonymize__Verb__1
written_rep: pseudonymize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudonymisieren
sense_list:
(computing, law) To depersonalize or anonymize (data); a procedure by which the most identifying fields within a data record are replaced by one or more artificial identifiers, or pseudonyms.


lexentry: eng/pseudopod__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudopod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudopodium | Scheinfüßchen
sense_list:
(cytology) A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion. [from 19th c.] | (by extension) An extension or projection from something. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pseudorandom__Adjective__1
written_rep: pseudorandom
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudozufällig | scheinzufällig
sense_list:
Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm.


lexentry: eng/pseudorandom_number_generator__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudorandom number generator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudozufallszahlengenerator
sense_list:
A device or algorithm that deterministically produces a succession of values that appear in an unpredictable sequence or apparently random order.


lexentry: eng/pseudoscience__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoscience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudowissenschaft
sense_list:
(pejorative) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science). [from 1796] | Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.


lexentry: eng/pseudoscientist__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoscientist
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: (pejorative) A practitioner of pseudoscience; a bogus or sham scientist.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Pseudowissenschaftler | Pseudowissenschaftlerin | After-Gelehrte | After-Gelehrter | Afterforscher | Afterforscherin


lexentry: eng/pseudoscorpion__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoscorpion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pseudoskorpion
sense_list:
An arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida


lexentry: eng/pseudoword__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoword
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Logatom
sense_list:
(linguistics) A unit of speech or text that respects the phonotactic restrictions of a language, but is not part of the lexicon; a non-word whose nonexistence is merely an accidental gap.


lexentry: eng/psi__Noun__1
written_rep: psi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psi
sense_list:
(countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.


lexentry: eng/psilocybin__Noun__1
written_rep: psilocybin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psilocybin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C12H15N2O·H2PO3, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.


lexentry: eng/psittacosis__Noun__1
written_rep: psittacosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Papageienkrankheit | Psittakose
sense_list:
(disease) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.


lexentry: eng/psoriasis__Noun__1
written_rep: psoriasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schuppenflechte | Psoriasis
sense_list:
(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.


lexentry: eng/psyched_up__Adjective__1
written_rep: psyched up
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hochgeputscht
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) In a state of heightened mental preparedness for a difficult or hazardous enterprise, or one where success is particularly sought.


lexentry: eng/psychedelic__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychedelic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psychedelisch | bewusstseinserweiternd
sense_list:
Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc.


lexentry: eng/psychedelic__Noun__1
written_rep: psychedelic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychedelikum
sense_list:
Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.


lexentry: eng/psychiatry__Noun__1
written_rep: psychiatry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychiatrie | Seelenheilkunde
sense_list:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.


lexentry: eng/psychic__Noun__1
written_rep: psychic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hellseher | Mensch mit außersinnlicher Wahrnehmung | Mentalist
sense_list:
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.


lexentry: eng/psychical__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psycho
sense_list:
Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic. [from 17th c.] | (theology) Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. [from 18th c.] | Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/psycho__Noun__1
written_rep: psycho
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psycho | Psychopath
sense_list:
(chiefly, derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.


lexentry: eng/psychoanalysis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychoanalysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychoanalyse
sense_list:
A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychogenic__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychogenic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psychogen
sense_list:
(psychiatry) Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.


lexentry: eng/psychokinesis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychokinesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Telekinese | Psychokinese
sense_list:
(parapsychology) The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.


lexentry: eng/psycholinguistics__Noun__1
written_rep: psycholinguistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psycholinguistik | Sprachpsychologie
sense_list:
(linguistics) The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science.


lexentry: eng/psychological__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psychologisch
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to psychology. | Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychological_warfare__Noun__1
written_rep: psychological warfare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psychologische Kriegsführung
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A mentally manipulative approach to warfare involving use of techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone into surrender.


lexentry: eng/psychology__Noun__1
written_rep: psychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Psychologie
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of human or animal behavior. | (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychometry__Noun__1
written_rep: psychometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychometrie
sense_list:
(parapsychology) The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.


lexentry: eng/psychopath__Noun__1
written_rep: psychopath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychopath | Psychopathin
sense_list:
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.


lexentry: eng/psychopath__Noun__1
written_rep: psychopath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Psychopath | Psychopatin
sense_list:
(figurative) A person with no moral conscience. | (figurative) A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts. | A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.


lexentry: eng/psychopathology__Noun__1
written_rep: psychopathology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychopathologie
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.


lexentry: eng/psychopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: psychopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychopathie
sense_list:
A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.


lexentry: eng/psychophysics__Noun__1
written_rep: psychophysics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychophysik
sense_list:
(psychology) The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychoplastogen__Noun__1
written_rep: psychoplastogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychoplastogen
sense_list:
(medicine, psychiatry, organic compound) Any of a group of small molecule drugs (notably including some psychedelics) that produce rapid and long-lasting effects on neuronal structure and function and whose use is intended to produce therapeutic benefit after a single dose.


lexentry: eng/psychosis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychose
sense_list:
(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.


lexentry: eng/psychotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: psychotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychotherapie
sense_list:
The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.


lexentry: eng/psychrometer__Noun__1
written_rep: psychrometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Luftfeuchtigkeitsmesser
sense_list:
(meteorology) Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.


lexentry: eng/psychrometrics__Noun__1
written_rep: psychrometrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychrometrie
sense_list:
(meteorology, thermodynamics) The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour.


lexentry: eng/psychrometry__Noun__1
written_rep: psychrometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Psychrometrie
sense_list:
(meteorology, thermodynamics) Synonym of psychrometrics (“the measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour”).


lexentry: eng/psyllium__Noun__1
written_rep: psyllium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Flohsamen | Flohsamenschalen
sense_list:
The seed husk of such plants, especially as a commercial dietary supplement used for mucilage and as a mild laxative.


lexentry: eng/ptarmigan__Noun__1
written_rep: ptarmigan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schneehuhn
sense_list:
Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/pteranodon__Noun__1
written_rep: pteranodon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pteranodon
sense_list:
A member of Pteranodon, a genus of large pterosaurs, the males of which had a bony crest on the back of the head.


lexentry: eng/pub__Noun__1
written_rep: pub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kneipe | Pub | Lokal | Wirtschaft | Schankwirtschaft | Bar
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.


lexentry: eng/puberty__Noun__1
written_rep: puberty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Geschlechtsreifung | Pubertät | Reifezeit
sense_list:
A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: öffentlich
sense_list:
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: öffentlich | Öffentlichkeit
sense_list:
Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. [from 15th c.] | Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country. [from 15th c.] | Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Noun__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Öffentlichkeit | Publikum | öffentlich
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.


lexentry: eng/public_address_system__Noun__1
written_rep: public address system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lautsprecher
sense_list:
An electronic voice-amplification apparatus, usually containing a set of two loudspeakers and a central control unit, used for singing, giving a speech, play-by-play commentary at events, or broadcasting in public areas like in airports or stations.


lexentry: eng/public_administration__Noun__1
written_rep: public administration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Staatsverwaltung | öffentliche Verwaltung
sense_list:
the implementation of public policy by governmental bodies; the administration of governmental functions; the administration of a state.


lexentry: eng/public_domain__Noun__1
written_rep: public domain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gemeinfreiheit | Public Domain | gemeinfrei
sense_list:
(specifically, law) The realm of intellectual property which is not or no longer protected by copyrights or patents, and thus over which no person can establish a proprietary interest.


lexentry: eng/public_finance__Noun__1
written_rep: public finance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Finanzwissenschaft
sense_list:
A field of economics concerned with paying for collective or governmental activities, and with the administration and design of those activities.


lexentry: eng/public_health__Noun__1
written_rep: public health
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Volksgesundheit
sense_list:
The science and practice of community hygiene, which includes preventive healthcare, health education, sanitation and environmental safety.


lexentry: eng/public_holiday__Noun__1
written_rep: public holiday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Feiertag | gesetzlicher Feiertag
sense_list:
A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.


lexentry: eng/public_law__Noun__1
written_rep: public law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: öffentliches Recht
sense_list:
(legal) A category of law governing the relationship between the state on the one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other. Constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are some of the major subdivisions of public law.


lexentry: eng/public_life__Noun__1
written_rep: public life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politisches Leben
sense_list:
The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc.


lexentry: eng/public_limited_liability_company__Noun__1
written_rep: public limited liability company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Aktiengesellschaft
sense_list:
A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares that are publicly tradeable usually in a stock exchange.


lexentry: eng/public_office__Noun__1
written_rep: public office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Staatsamt
sense_list:
(government) A position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public.


lexentry: eng/public_purse__Noun__1
written_rep: public purse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Staatskasse | öffentliche Hand
sense_list:
(economics, government, idiomatic) A quantity of money collected by a government through taxation and other methods, and used for public purposes; public funds, public money.


lexentry: eng/public_relations__Noun__1
written_rep: public relations
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Öffentlichkeitsarbeit | PR | Public Relations | ÖA
sense_list:
The professional dissemination and management of information by a person or an organization to the public with the purpose of creating a favorable public image.


lexentry: eng/public_school__Noun__1
written_rep: public school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Public School
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, India) Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school


lexentry: eng/public_school__Noun__1
written_rep: public school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: öffentliche Schule
sense_list:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Philippines, formerly Scottish) A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries


lexentry: eng/public_service__Noun__1
written_rep: public service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Daseinsvorsorge | öffentliche Dienstleistung
sense_list:
(countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.


lexentry: eng/public_transport__Noun__1
written_rep: public transport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: öffentlicher Verkehr | ÖV
sense_list:
(UK, AU, NZ) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.


lexentry: eng/publican__Noun__2
written_rep: publican
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zöllner
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, historical) A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/publication__Noun__1
written_rep: publication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Veröffentlichung | Publikation
sense_list:
The act of publishing printed or other matter. | An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution.


lexentry: eng/publishing__Noun__1
written_rep: publishing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verlagswesen
sense_list:
The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.


lexentry: eng/pucker__Verb__1
written_rep: pucker
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Falte
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.


lexentry: eng/pudding__Noun__1
written_rep: pudding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pudding
sense_list:
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter. | A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming. | A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.


lexentry: eng/pudu__Noun__1
written_rep: pudu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pudu
sense_list:
A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some classifications divided to Pudu and Pudella), native to the Andes.


lexentry: eng/puerperium__Noun__1
written_rep: puerperium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wochenbett
sense_list:
(obstetrics) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.


lexentry: eng/puff__Noun__1
written_rep: puff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: Windbeutel
sense_list:
(dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.


lexentry: eng/puff_pastry__Noun__1
written_rep: puff pastry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blätterteig
sense_list:
A light, flaky pastry that is made of alternating buttery and floury dough layers by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers.


lexentry: eng/puff_piece__Noun__1
written_rep: puff piece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lobeshymne | Lobhudelei | Werbetext
sense_list:
(journalism, publishing, informal) A journalistic form of puffery; an article or story of exaggerated praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.


lexentry: eng/puff_up__Verb__1
written_rep: puff up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aufplustern | plustern
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat. | (figurative, intransitive) To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)


lexentry: eng/puffball__Noun__1
written_rep: puffball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bovist | Bofist | Stäubling
sense_list:
Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies.


lexentry: eng/pufferfish__Noun__1
written_rep: pufferfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kugelfisch
sense_list:
(uncountable) The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.


lexentry: eng/puffery__Noun__1
written_rep: puffery
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: Excessive or false public praise.
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list:
Anpreisung | Lobeshymne | Lobhudelei | Marktschreierei | Schmeichlerei | marktschreierisches Anpreisen


lexentry: eng/puffin__Noun__1
written_rep: puffin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Papageitaucher | Gelbschopflund | Hundlund | Lund | Lundevogel | Nashornalk
sense_list:
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pug__Noun__1
written_rep: pug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mops | Mopshund
sense_list:
In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pull-down__Noun__1
written_rep: pull-down
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: Pulldown
sense_list:
(exercise) An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles.


lexentry: eng/pull-up__Noun__1
written_rep: pull-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Klimmzug
sense_list:
An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.


lexentry: eng/pull__Verb__1
written_rep: pull
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ziehen
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.


lexentry: eng/pull_a_fast_one__Verb__1
written_rep: pull a fast one
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jemanden über den Löffel barbieren | jemanden übers Ohr hauen
sense_list:
(slang, idiomatic, often followed by on) To carry out a trick or act of deception; to behave contrary to expectations.


lexentry: eng/pull_a_sickie__Verb__1
written_rep: pull a sickie
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: krankfeiern
sense_list:
(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To skip work or school or avoid an obligation by pretending to be sick.


lexentry: eng/pull_in__Verb__1
written_rep: pull in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ziehen
sense_list:
(literally, transitive) To pull something, so that it comes inside. | (idiomatic, transitive) To arrest someone; to take someone to a police station because they may have done something.


lexentry: eng/pull_oneself_together__Verb__1
written_rep: pull oneself together
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zusammenreißen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, reflexive) To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused; to regain control of oneself


lexentry: eng/pull_out_of_one's_ass__Verb__1
written_rep: pull out of one's ass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sich aus den Fingern saugen
sense_list:
(idiomatic, vulgar, transitive) To fabricate (a factual-sounding claim) from no factual basis or evidence.


lexentry: eng/pull_over__Verb__1
written_rep: pull over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abschließen
sense_list:
(transitive) To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.


lexentry: eng/pull_request__Noun__1
written_rep: pull request
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pull-Anforderung
sense_list:
(computing) A request to a repository maintainer to pull in and merge a proposed source code or other change.


lexentry: eng/pull_someone's_leg__Verb__1
written_rep: pull someone's leg
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: durch den Kakao ziehen | in die Irre führen | veralbern | verarschen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.


lexentry: eng/pulley__Noun__1
written_rep: pulley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rolle | Flaschenzug | Laufrolle | Riemenrad | Riemenscheibe | Seilrolle
sense_list:
(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).


lexentry: eng/pullover__Noun__1
written_rep: pullover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pullover
sense_list:
A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front.


lexentry: eng/pullover__Noun__1
written_rep: pullover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Überzug
sense_list:
(weightlifting) An exercise performed lying on the back in which the arms are extended behind the head and exertion lifts the weight above the head.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_alveolus__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary alveolus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lungenbläschen
sense_list:
(anatomy) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_circulation__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary circulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lungenkreislauf | kleiner Blutkreislauf
sense_list:
(anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_embolism__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary embolism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lungenembolie
sense_list:
(pathology) The embolism or obstruction of a pulmonary artery, usually by a detached blood clot from a leg or pelvic vein, which causes a stoppage of blood into the lungs; symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting, and sometimes death.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_emphysema__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary emphysema
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lungenaufblähung | Lungenblähung | Lungenemphysem
sense_list:
A chronic lung disease characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, most commonly tobacco smoke.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_tuberculosis__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary tuberculosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schwindsucht | Tuberkulose
sense_list:
(pathology) The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


lexentry: eng/pulp_magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: pulp magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schundmagazin
sense_list:
A magazine made with inexpensive paper and printing, containing shocking or sensationalist text fiction by low-paid writers.


lexentry: eng/pulpit__Noun__1
written_rep: pulpit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kanzel | Ambo | Predigtstuhl | Pult
sense_list:
(Christianity) A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.


lexentry: eng/pulpitis__Noun__1
written_rep: pulpitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pulpitis
sense_list:
(dentistry) A reversible or irreversible inflammation of the tooth pulp which is in most cases of endodontic origin but can also be of periodontal origin too. It can lead to apical periodontitis, cysts and tooth loss if not treated.


lexentry: eng/pulque__Noun__1
written_rep: pulque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pulque
sense_list:
A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.


lexentry: eng/pulsate__Verb__1
written_rep: pulsate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulsieren
sense_list:
To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat. | To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music. | To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.


lexentry: eng/pulse__Noun__1
written_rep: pulse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Puls
sense_list:
A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them. | (figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs. | (music, prosody) The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.


lexentry: eng/pulse__Noun__2
written_rep: pulse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Hülsenfrucht
sense_list:
(uncountable) Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; (countable) such a plant; a legume.


lexentry: eng/pulse_oximetry__Noun__1
written_rep: pulse oximetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pulsoxymetrie
sense_list:
(medicine) A noninvasive method allowing the monitoring of the oxygenation of a patient's hemoglobin, using a sensor placed on a thin part of the patient's anatomy, usually a fingertip or earlobe.


lexentry: eng/pulverise__Verb__1
written_rep: pulverise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulverisieren | zerpulvern
sense_list:
(transitive) To render into dust or powder. | (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.


lexentry: eng/pumice__Noun__1
written_rep: pumice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bims | Bimsstein
sense_list:
A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.


lexentry: eng/pump__Noun__1
written_rep: pump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pumpe
sense_list:
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. | A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump. | (US, slang) The heart.


lexentry: eng/pump__Noun__2
written_rep: pump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pumps
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America) A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)


lexentry: eng/pump__Verb__1
written_rep: pump
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pumpen
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pump__Verb__1
written_rep: pump
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: insistieren | nachhaken
sense_list:
(transitive) To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pump__Verb__1
written_rep: pump
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: super laufen | wie geschmiert laufen
sense_list:
(US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pump_and_dump__Noun__1
written_rep: pump and dump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kurstreiberei
sense_list:
(finance) A form of financial fraud where the fraudster buys stocks cheaply, generates excitement about those stocks to create a temporary price increase, then sells the stocks before the price goes back down.


lexentry: eng/pump_and_dump__Noun__1
written_rep: pump and dump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: One-Night-Stand
sense_list:
(slang) A situation where a woman uses a breast pump and then discards the milk, typically because she has had an infection, or has been drinking alcohol.


lexentry: eng/pumpkin_pie__Noun__1
written_rep: pumpkin pie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kürbiskuchen | Pumpkin Pie
sense_list:
(cooking) A sweet pie made from the flesh of pumpkins and traditionally served as a dessert on Thanksgiving.


lexentry: eng/pun__Noun__1
written_rep: pun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wortspiel | Kalauer
sense_list:
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.


lexentry: eng/punch__Noun__2
written_rep: punch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Locher | Lochung | Lochzange
sense_list:
(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.


lexentry: eng/punch__Verb__1
written_rep: punch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: lochen
sense_list:
(transitive, winemaking) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.


lexentry: eng/punch_above_one's_weight__Verb__1
written_rep: punch above one's weight
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: über seine Grenzen hinaus wachsen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To (attempt to) achieve or perform at a higher level than would be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.


lexentry: eng/punch_card__Noun__1
written_rep: punch card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lochkarte
sense_list:
A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.


lexentry: eng/punch_line__Noun__1
written_rep: punch line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pointe | Schluss eines Witzes | witziger Schlusspunkt
sense_list:
The final part of a joke; the word, sentence, or exchange of sentences that is intended to be funny and provokes laughter from the listeners.


lexentry: eng/punch_line__Noun__1
written_rep: punch line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Abschluss | Schlussbemerkung | Schlusspunkt
sense_list:
(by extension) A final, concluding statement that an explanation has been leading up to; a conclusion.


lexentry: eng/punch_list__Noun__1
written_rep: punch list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mängelliste
sense_list:
(US) The list of repairs and finish work required to complete a project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct.


lexentry: eng/punchcutting__Noun__1
written_rep: punchcutting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Stempelschneiden
sense_list:
(typography) The craft of cutting letter punches in steel from which matrices were made in copper for type founding in the letterpress era.


lexentry: eng/puncheon__Noun__1
written_rep: puncheon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Steg
sense_list:
A walkway or short, low footbridge over wet ground constructed with such timbers, made by laying one or more planks or dressed timbers over sills set directly on the ground; also called duck boards, bog boards, or bog bridge.


lexentry: eng/punching_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: punching bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Sandsack | Boxsack
sense_list:
A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.


lexentry: eng/punctuation__Noun__1
written_rep: punctuation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Interpunktion | Zeichensetzung | Satzzeichen
sense_list:
A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).


lexentry: eng/punctuation_mark__Noun__1
written_rep: punctuation mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Satzzeichen
sense_list:
Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc. and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.


lexentry: eng/pundit__Noun__1
written_rep: pundit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Experte | Kommentator | Kritiker | Meinungsführer | Meinungsmacher
sense_list:
An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pundit__Noun__1
written_rep: pundit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Pandit
sense_list:
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pungent__Adjective__1
written_rep: pungent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stechend | beißend | penetrant
sense_list:
Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.


lexentry: eng/punish__Verb__1
written_rep: punish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bestrafen | strafen
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).


lexentry: eng/punishment__Noun__1
written_rep: punishment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Strafe | Bestrafung
sense_list:
The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.


lexentry: eng/punk__Noun__1
written_rep: punk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Punk
sense_list:
The larger nonconformist social movement associated with punk rock and its fans. | A member of the punk social movement; usually anarchist and socially non-conformist although potentially either left-wing or right-wing.


lexentry: eng/punkah__Noun__1
written_rep: punkah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pankha
sense_list:
(South Asia, Myanmar) A fan, particularly a large fan made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling, (historical) formerly often operated by a servant.


lexentry: eng/punnet__Noun__1
written_rep: punnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Körbchen
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.


lexentry: eng/punt_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: punt gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Entenkanone
sense_list:
(chiefly, historical) A very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport.


lexentry: eng/pupil__Noun__2
written_rep: pupil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pupille | Sehloch | das Schwarze im Auge
sense_list:
(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.


lexentry: eng/puppet__Noun__1
written_rep: puppet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Marionette | Handpuppe
sense_list:
Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.


lexentry: eng/puppet_show__Noun__1
written_rep: puppet show
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Puppenspiel
sense_list:
A show, theatrical performance, in which the parts are played by puppets impersonating human or other characters


lexentry: eng/purchase__Noun__1
written_rep: purchase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kauf | Einkauf | Anschaffung
sense_list:
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.


lexentry: eng/purchase__Verb__1
written_rep: purchase
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: kaufen | erwerben | erstehen | anschaffen
sense_list:
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.


lexentry: eng/purchase_order__Noun__1
written_rep: purchase order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Auftrag
sense_list:
(business) A commercial order issued by a buyer (purchaser) to a seller, and the document that defines it, indicating the type, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller will provide to the buyer.


lexentry: eng/purchasing_power__Noun__1
written_rep: purchasing power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Kaufkraft | Einkaufsmacht
sense_list:
(business) The ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company.


lexentry: eng/purchasing_power_parity__Noun__1
written_rep: purchasing power parity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kaufkraftparität
sense_list:
(economics) A theory of long-term equilibrium exchange rates based on relative price levels of two countries.


lexentry: eng/purdah__Noun__1
written_rep: purdah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Parda
sense_list:
(uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/purine__Noun__1
written_rep: purine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purin
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.


lexentry: eng/puritan__Adjective__1
written_rep: puritan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puritanisch
sense_list:
(usually, derogative) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.


lexentry: eng/purity_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: purity ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Keuschheitsring | Purity Ring | Purity-Ring | Reinheitsring
sense_list:
(Christianity) A ring representing a religious vow to abstain from sexual intercourse until marriage.


lexentry: eng/purl__Noun__1
written_rep: purl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linke Masche
sense_list:
A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.


lexentry: eng/purloin__Verb__1
written_rep: purloin
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entwenden | mitgehen lassen
sense_list:
(transitive, usually, formal, or, humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.


lexentry: eng/purple__Adjective__1
written_rep: purple
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: purpurn | purpurrot
sense_list:
Of a purple hue. | (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. | (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals. | Imperial; regal. | Blood-red; bloody. | (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. | (motor racing, of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.


lexentry: eng/purple_dye_murex__Noun__1
written_rep: purple dye murex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purpurschnecke
sense_list:
A medium-sized predatory sea snail of species Haustellum brandaris, which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long-lasting purple dye- Tyrian purple.


lexentry: eng/purple_emperor__Noun__1
written_rep: purple emperor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Große Schillerfalter
sense_list:
A large, dark brown and white (female), or purple and white (male) butterfly, Apatura iris, of the family Nymphalidae.


lexentry: eng/purple_heron__Noun__1
written_rep: purple heron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purpurreiher
sense_list:
A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/purple_loosestrife__Noun__1
written_rep: purple loosestrife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Blutweiderich
sense_list:
A semi-aquatic herbaceous plant, Lythrum salicaria, having long spikes of purple flowers, native to Eurasia, considered invasive in North America and New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/purple_pitcher_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: purple pitcher plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Rote Schlauchpflanze
sense_list:
A carnivorous pitcher plant native to much of Canada and parts of the eastern United States, of species Sarracenia purpurea.


lexentry: eng/purple_swamphen__Noun__1
written_rep: purple swamphen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purpurhuhn
sense_list:
Various species in the Porphyrio genus of the Rallidae family, including Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio pulverulentus, and Porphyrio melanotus.


lexentry: eng/purpura__Noun__1
written_rep: purpura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purpur
sense_list:
(pathology) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.


lexentry: eng/purpure__Noun__1
written_rep: purpure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purpur
sense_list:
(tincture) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.


lexentry: eng/purpuric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: purpuric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Purpursäure
sense_list:
(chemistry) C8H5N5O6, a nitrogenous acid that yields alloxan and uramil when hydrolysed, known for its purple salts.


lexentry: eng/purser__Noun__1
written_rep: purser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Proviantmeister | Purser | Purserin | Zahlmeister
sense_list:
The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.


lexentry: eng/pursue__Verb__1
written_rep: pursue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verfolgen | nachjagen
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pursue__Verb__1
written_rep: pursue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
sense_list:
(transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession). [from 15th c.]

trans_list:
(Beruf) ausüben | (Beschwerde) einreichen | betreiben (Forschung) | nachgehen | sich befassen mit | weiterverfolgen


lexentry: eng/pus__Noun__1
written_rep: pus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Eiter
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.


lexentry: eng/push-up__Noun__1
written_rep: push-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Liegestütz
sense_list:
An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.


lexentry: eng/push__Verb__1
written_rep: push
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schieben | drücken | stoßen
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.


lexentry: eng/push_mower__Noun__1
written_rep: push mower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Handrasenmäher
sense_list:
A kind of lawnmower with no engine, operated by pushing it so that wheels drive gears which rapidly spin a reel.


lexentry: eng/push_the_envelope__Verb__1
written_rep: push the envelope
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bis an die Grenze gehen
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, originally, aeronautics) To go beyond established limits; to pioneer. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pushdown_automaton__Noun__1
written_rep: pushdown automaton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kellerautomat
sense_list:
(computing theory) An automaton with finitely many states that can also use one unbounded stack of memory; the automaton may only push, pop, or read the top of the stack. Abbreviation: PDA.


lexentry: eng/pushover__Noun__1
written_rep: pushover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Weichei
sense_list:
Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.


lexentry: eng/pussy_magnet__Noun__1
written_rep: pussy magnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schlampenschlepper
sense_list:
(slang, often, offensive) Something that attracts or is hoped to attract women, such as a fancy car, or a guitar which one can play.


lexentry: eng/pussywhipped__Adjective__1
written_rep: pussywhipped
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pantoffelheld | unter dem Pantoffel
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar, of a man) Submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.


lexentry: eng/put_aside__Verb__1
written_rep: put aside
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: beiseitelegen
sense_list:
(transitive) To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time. | (transitive) To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.


lexentry: eng/put_lipstick_on_a_pig__Verb__1
written_rep: put lipstick on a pig
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbrämen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To superficially alter something in the hope of making it seem more appealing than it is in actuality.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_best_foot_forward__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's best foot forward
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zeigen, was man kann
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_cards_on_the_table__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's cards on the table
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: die Karten auf den Tisch legen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To reveal one's true intentions, beliefs, feelings, or other previously concealed facts about one's situation; to speak frankly.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_foot_in_one's_mouth__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's foot in one's mouth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ins Fettnäpfchen treten | in die Pfanne treten
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong, or to make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing or offensive.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_house_in_order__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's house in order
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ordnen
sense_list:
(literal) To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.


lexentry: eng/put_oneself_in_someone's_shoes__Verb__1
written_rep: put oneself in someone's shoes
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hineinversetzen
sense_list:
(figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.


lexentry: eng/put_out__Verb__1
written_rep: put out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ranlassen | rausbringen | raussetzen | rauswerfen
sense_list:
To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb. | (intransitive) To go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail.


lexentry: eng/put_someone_out_of_their_misery__Verb__1
written_rep: put someone out of their misery
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nicht länger auf die Folter spannen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To relieve somebody's anxiety by supplying information that they wanted to know.


lexentry: eng/put_that_in_your_pipe_and_smoke_it__Phrase__1
written_rep: put that in your pipe and smoke it
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schreib dir das hinter die Ohren
sense_list:
(idiomatic, colloquial, pejorative) Used after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.


lexentry: eng/put_the_cart_before_the_horse__Verb__1
written_rep: put the cart before the horse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: das Pferd von hinten aufzäumen | den Pflug vor die Ochsen spannen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential.


lexentry: eng/put_the_make_on__Verb__1
written_rep: put the make on
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anbaggern
sense_list:
(informal, transitive) To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner.


lexentry: eng/put_to_sea__Verb__1
written_rep: put to sea
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in See stechen
sense_list:
(nautical, of a boat or ship) To leave a port or harbour on a voyage, or for other purposes such as fishing.


lexentry: eng/put_to_the_test__Verb__1
written_rep: put to the test
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: auf die Probe stellen
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To test (something or someone); to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation.


lexentry: eng/put_up__Verb__1
written_rep: put up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: wegräumen
sense_list:
(US, Canada, transitive, sports, idiom) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.


lexentry: eng/put_words_in_someone's_mouth__Verb__1
written_rep: put words in someone's mouth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jemandem Worte in den Mund legen
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To say or imply that someone has made a statement or remark which they did not precisely or directly make.


lexentry: eng/putlog__Noun__1
written_rep: putlog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Querbalken | Querholz | Rüstbalken | Rüstholz | Steckbalken | Steckholz
sense_list:
(architecture) One of the pieces of timber, or metal, on which the planks forming the platform of scaffolding are supported, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole made in the wall (a putlog hole) for that purpose.


lexentry: eng/putrefaction__Noun__1
written_rep: putrefaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Fäulnis | Verwesung | Verrottung | Putrefaktion | Putreszenz | Verjauchung
sense_list:
The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.


lexentry: eng/putto__Noun__1
written_rep: putto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Amorette | Putte | Putto
sense_list:
(art) A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.


lexentry: eng/putty_knife__Noun__1
written_rep: putty knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Kittmesser | Kittspachtel | Spachtel | Spachtelmesser
sense_list:
A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks.


lexentry: eng/puukko__Noun__1
written_rep: puukko
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Waldmesser
sense_list:
A type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage, with a short blade and flat back; normally worn in a sheath on the waist, and used for woodcrafts or as a hunting knife.


lexentry: eng/puzzle__Verb__1
written_rep: puzzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: durcheinander bringen | verwirren
sense_list:
(transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation. | (transitive) To make intricate or difficult to resolve; to entangle.


lexentry: eng/puzzle_box__Noun__1
written_rep: puzzle box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Himitsu Bako
sense_list:
A box that cannot be opened by the usual obvious means, and therefore challenges a person to find the correct way to open it.


lexentry: eng/pyaemia__Noun__1
written_rep: pyaemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyämie
sense_list:
(pathology) A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.


lexentry: eng/pygmy__Noun__1
written_rep: pygmy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pygmäe
sense_list:
(often, _, capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.


lexentry: eng/pygmy_chimpanzee__Noun__1
written_rep: pygmy chimpanzee
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: (obsolete) Synonym of bonobo.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
Zwergschimpanse | Zwergschimpansen-Männchen | Zwergschimpansen-Weibchen | Zwergschimpansenmännchen | Zwergschimpansenweibchen | Zwergschimpansin


lexentry: eng/pygmy_hippopotamus__Noun__1
written_rep: pygmy hippopotamus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zwergflusspferd
sense_list:
A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa of species Choeropsis liberiensis (syn. Hexaprotodon liberiensis), similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.


lexentry: eng/pylon__Noun__1
written_rep: pylon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Strommast
sense_list:
(electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.


lexentry: eng/pylorus__Noun__1
written_rep: pylorus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pförtner
sense_list:
(anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/pyometra__Noun__1
written_rep: pyometra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyometra
sense_list:
(disease) An infection of the uterus most commonly seen in dogs, but also occasionally in other small mammals, resulting from hormonal and structural changes in the lining of the uterus.


lexentry: eng/pyramid__Noun__1
written_rep: pyramid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyramide
sense_list:
An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica. | A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base. | (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.


lexentry: eng/pyramid_scheme__Noun__1
written_rep: pyramid scheme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Schneeballsystem | Pyramidensystem
sense_list:
An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors.


lexentry: eng/pyramidology__Noun__1
written_rep: pyramidology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyramidologie
sense_list:
The study of pyramids (especially the Egyptian pyramids) from a supernatural or new-age perspective, rather than the historical or archaeological viewpoint.


lexentry: eng/pyrargyrite__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrargyrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrargyrit
sense_list:
(mineral) A sulfosalt mineral used as a silver ore; it is dark red or black in color with a metallic adamantine luster, a sulfide of antimony and silver, Ag3SbS3, and occurs in rhombohedral crystals.


lexentry: eng/pyrex__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pyrex
sense_list:
A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.


lexentry: eng/pyridoxine__Noun__1
written_rep: pyridoxine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyridoxin
sense_list:
(vitamin) A derivative of pyridine, 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol, found in fish, liver, cereals and yeast, and essential for the metabolism of amino acids and starch.


lexentry: eng/pyrimidine__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrimidine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrimidin
sense_list:
(organic compound) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine


lexentry: eng/pyrite__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrit
sense_list:
(mineral) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS2), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.


lexentry: eng/pyrochlore__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrochlore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrochlor
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F).


lexentry: eng/pyroclastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: pyroclastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pyroklastisch
sense_list:
(vulcanology) Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption.


lexentry: eng/pyroclastic_flow__Noun__1
written_rep: pyroclastic flow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Glutlawine | pyroklastischer Strom
sense_list:
(physics, uncountable, uncommon) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pyroclastic,‎ flow: flow (uncountable) of pyroclastic particles.


lexentry: eng/pyrography__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Brandmalerei | Pyrografie | Pyrographie
sense_list:
The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker. | A decoration or design so produced.


lexentry: eng/pyroligneous_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: pyroligneous acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Holzessig
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A dark liquid, produced by destructive distillation of wood; containing acetic acid, methanol, oils and tars; once used as a commercial source of acetic acid.


lexentry: eng/pyrolusite__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrolusite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrolusit
sense_list:
(mineral) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO2), that is an important ore of manganese.


lexentry: eng/pyrolysis__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrolysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrolyse
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents.


lexentry: eng/pyromania__Noun__1
written_rep: pyromania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyromanie | Brandsucht
sense_list:
(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.


lexentry: eng/pyrometer__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrometer
sense_list:
A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures. | An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.


lexentry: eng/pyrope__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrop
sense_list:
(mineral) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/pyrotechnist__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrotechnist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrotechniker
sense_list:
(dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.


lexentry: eng/pyroxene__Noun__1
written_rep: pyroxene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyroxen
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.


lexentry: eng/pyrrole__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrrole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyrrol
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H5N. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pyx__Noun__1
written_rep: pyx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pyxis | Hostiendose
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, also, figurative) A small, usually round container used to hold the host, especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass.


lexentry: eng/qanun__Noun__1
written_rep: qanun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Gesetz
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.


lexentry: eng/qibla__Noun__1
written_rep: qibla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qibla
sense_list:
(Islam) The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.


lexentry: eng/qigong__Noun__1
written_rep: qigong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Chigong | Qigong | Tschigong
sense_list:
(fitness, alternative medicine) A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/qilin__Noun__1
written_rep: qilin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qilin
sense_list:
A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.


lexentry: eng/qishlaq__Noun__1
written_rep: qishlaq
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kischlak
sense_list:
A rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.


lexentry: eng/quack__Noun__2
written_rep: quack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quacksalber | Kurpfuscher
sense_list:
(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]


lexentry: eng/quacksalver__Noun__1
written_rep: quacksalver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quacksalber
sense_list:
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack. [from c. 1570]


lexentry: eng/quad_bike__Noun__1
written_rep: quad bike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quad
sense_list:
A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work.


lexentry: eng/quadrant__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quadrant
sense_list:
One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines. | (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis. | (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°. | (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.


lexentry: eng/quadratic__Adjective__1
written_rep: quadratic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quadratisch
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of a polynomial, equation or function, second-degree: involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as ax^2 + bx + c.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_equation__Noun__1
written_rep: quadratic equation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadratische Gleichung
sense_list:
(algebra) A polynomial equation of the second degree; an equation that can be rearranged in standard form as ax^2 + bx + c = 0, where x is an unknown value, a, b, and c are known numbers, and where a does not equal zero.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_field__Noun__1
written_rep: quadratic field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadratischer Zahlkörper
sense_list:
(algebraic number theory) A number field that is an extension field of degree two over the rational numbers.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_formula__Noun__1
written_rep: quadratic formula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Mitternachtsformel
sense_list:
(mathematics) The formula x = \frac {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a} for finding roots of the quadratic equation.


lexentry: eng/quadrature__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Quadratur
sense_list:
(astronomy) A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer.


lexentry: eng/quadrature_amplitude_modulation__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrature amplitude modulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quadraturamplitudenmodulation
sense_list:
(radio) A modulation scheme that conveys data by applying amplitude modulation to two carrier waves at once. These two waves, usually sinusoids, are out of phase with each other by 90° and are thus called quadrature carriers. Commonly abbreviated QAM.


lexentry: eng/quadriga__Noun__1
written_rep: quadriga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Quadriga | Viergespann
sense_list:
(historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.


lexentry: eng/quadrille__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quadrille
sense_list:
(dance) A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.


lexentry: eng/quadrillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: quadrillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Billiarde
sense_list:
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.


lexentry: eng/quadrillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: quadrillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Quadrillion
sense_list:
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.


lexentry: eng/quadrivium__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrivium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quadrivium
sense_list:
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.


lexentry: eng/quadruplet__Noun__1
written_rep: quadruplet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Vierling
sense_list:
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.


lexentry: eng/quadtree__Noun__1
written_rep: quadtree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quadtree | Quaternärbaum
sense_list:
A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to four children, most often used to partition a two-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.


lexentry: eng/quaff__Verb__1
written_rep: quaff
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: runterkippen
sense_list:
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/quagga__Noun__1
written_rep: quagga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quagga | Quaggafohlen | Quaggafüllen
sense_list:
A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.


lexentry: eng/quail-dove__Noun__1
written_rep: quail-dove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Glanzerdtaube
sense_list:
Any of several species of bird in the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas of the pigeon family found in the Americas.


lexentry: eng/quail__Noun__1
written_rep: quail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Wachtel
sense_list:
Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.


lexentry: eng/quaking_grass__Noun__1
written_rep: quaking grass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Zittergras
sense_list:
Any of the genus Briza of annual and perennial grasses, whose flowers and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze.


lexentry: eng/qualification__Noun__1
written_rep: qualification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Qualifikation | Qualifizierung
sense_list:
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/qualification__Noun__1
written_rep: qualification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Diplom | Eignungszeugnis | Zertifikat
sense_list:
(UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.


lexentry: eng/qualifier__Noun__1
written_rep: qualifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qualifikant
sense_list:
One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.


lexentry: eng/qualifier__Noun__1
written_rep: qualifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Attribut | Beifügung | Kennzeichner | nähere Bestimmung
sense_list:
(grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; one that adds or subtracts attributes to another.


lexentry: eng/qualify__Verb__1
written_rep: qualify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: qualifizieren
sense_list:
To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task. | To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.


lexentry: eng/qualitative__Adjective__1
written_rep: qualitative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: qualitativ
sense_list:
Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity. | (chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.


lexentry: eng/quality__Adjective__1
written_rep: quality
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qualität | hochklassig | hochwertig | erstklassig
sense_list:
(occasionally, proscribed) (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.


lexentry: eng/quality__Noun__1
written_rep: quality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qualität
sense_list:
(uncountable) Level of excellence. | (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from faults and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.


lexentry: eng/quality_assurance__Noun__1
written_rep: quality assurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qualitätssicherung
sense_list:
A system in which the delivery of a service or the quality of a product is assessed, and compared with that required.


lexentry: eng/quality_control__Noun__1
written_rep: quality control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qualitätskontrolle
sense_list:
A control, such as inspection or testing, introduced into an industrial or business process to ensure quality.


lexentry: eng/qualm__Noun__1
written_rep: qualm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Gewissensbisse
sense_list:
(now, negative polarity) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/quandary__Noun__1
written_rep: quandary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Verlegenheit | Zwickmühle
sense_list:
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.


lexentry: eng/quantifier__Noun__1
written_rep: quantifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Quantor | Quantifikator
sense_list:
(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.


lexentry: eng/quantify__Verb__1
written_rep: quantify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: quantifizieren
sense_list:
(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).


lexentry: eng/quantile__Noun__1
written_rep: quantile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantil
sense_list:
(statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.


lexentry: eng/quantitative__Adjective__1
written_rep: quantitative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quantitativ
sense_list:
Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality. | (chemistry) Of a form of analysis, that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample.


lexentry: eng/quantitative_easing__Noun__1
written_rep: quantitative easing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monetäre Lockerung | quantitative Lockerung
sense_list:
(economics) A monetary policy in which the central bank increases the money supply in the banking system, as by purchasing bonds from banks.


lexentry: eng/quantity__Noun__1
written_rep: quantity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantität | Menge
sense_list:
A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.


lexentry: eng/quantity__Noun__1
written_rep: quantity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: in Klammern
sense_list:
(mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.


lexentry: eng/quantization__Noun__1
written_rep: quantization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantelung | Quantisierung
sense_list:
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values


lexentry: eng/quantization__Noun__1
written_rep: quantization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Quantisierung | Quantelung
sense_list:
(countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory; to represent by quanta


lexentry: eng/quantize__Verb__1
written_rep: quantize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quantisieren
sense_list:
(transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics


lexentry: eng/quantum__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Quant | Quantum | Minimum | Menge
sense_list:
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/quantum_chromodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum chromodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenchromodynamik
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum field theory in particle physics which describes the strong interaction of quarks and gluons employing the concept of color charge.


lexentry: eng/quantum_computer__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum computer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantencomputer
sense_list:
(quantum computing) A computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations.


lexentry: eng/quantum_electrodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum electrodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenelektrodynamik
sense_list:
(physics) The study of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with electrically charged matter within the framework of relativity and quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/quantum_entanglement__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum entanglement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenverschränkung
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum mechanical phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more objects have to be described with reference to each other, even though the individual objects are spatially separated.


lexentry: eng/quantum_field_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum field theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenfeldtheorie
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A theory of quantum fields; the result of applying second quantization to Classical Relativistic Field Theory.


lexentry: eng/quantum_fluctuation__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum fluctuation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenfluktuation | Vakuumfluktuation
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A momentary fluctuation in the energy at a point in space due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle


lexentry: eng/quantum_gravity__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum gravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantengravitation
sense_list:
(quantum physics) A branch of theoretical physics aiming to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity.


lexentry: eng/quantum_leap__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum leap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantensprung
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) The discontinuous change of the state of an electron in an atom or molecule from one energy level to another. | (figurative) An abrupt, extreme change.


lexentry: eng/quantum_logic__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum logic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenlogik
sense_list:
(logic, quantum mechanics) A form of non-classical logic which has been abstracted out of quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/quantum_mechanics__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum mechanics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenmechanik
sense_list:
(physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.


lexentry: eng/quantum_number__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenzahl
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) One of certain integers or half-integers that specify the state of a quantum mechanical system (such as an electron in an atom).


lexentry: eng/quantum_teleportation__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum teleportation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantenteleportation
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) the instantaneous transference of a quantum state to a distant location using quantum entanglement and the transmission of classical information


lexentry: eng/quantum_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantentheorie
sense_list:
(physics) A theory developed in the early 20th century, according to which nuclear and radiation phenomena can be explained by assuming that energy only occurs in discrete amounts called quanta.


lexentry: eng/quantum_well__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum well
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quantentopf
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) a potential well that confines particles in one dimension, forcing them to occupy a planar region


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Noun__1
written_rep: quarantine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quarantäne
sense_list:
(historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight. | A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease. | (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation. | A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret. | (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Verb__1
written_rep: quarantine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: unter Quarantäne stellen
sense_list:
(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.


lexentry: eng/quark__Noun__1
written_rep: quark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quark
sense_list:
(particle) In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.


lexentry: eng/quark__Noun__2
written_rep: quark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quark | Topfen
sense_list:
A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.


lexentry: eng/quarrel__Noun__2
written_rep: quarrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Bolzen
sense_list:
(countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.


lexentry: eng/quarrel__Verb__1
written_rep: quarrel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: streiten | zanken
sense_list:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.


lexentry: eng/quart__Noun__1
written_rep: quart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quart
sense_list:
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quartal | Vierteljahr
sense_list:
(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viertel | Quartal | Vierteljahr
sense_list:
(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vierteldollar
sense_list:
(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Viertel | Quartier | Stadtteil | Kiez | Veedel
sense_list:
A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarterback__Noun__1
written_rep: quarterback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quarterback
sense_list:
(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.


lexentry: eng/quarterfinal__Noun__1
written_rep: quarterfinal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Viertelfinale
sense_list:
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.


lexentry: eng/quartermaster__Noun__1
written_rep: quartermaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quartiermeister | Steuermannsmaat
sense_list:
(military rank) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.


lexentry: eng/quartet__Noun__1
written_rep: quartet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quartett
sense_list:
(musician) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together. | (musician) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.


lexentry: eng/quartile__Noun__1
written_rep: quartile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quartil
sense_list:
(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.


lexentry: eng/quartz__Noun__1
written_rep: quartz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quarz
sense_list:
(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.


lexentry: eng/quasar__Noun__1
written_rep: quasar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quasar
sense_list:
(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.


lexentry: eng/quasiparticle__Noun__1
written_rep: quasiparticle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quasiteilchen
sense_list:
(particle) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles


lexentry: eng/quaternion__Noun__1
written_rep: quaternion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: Quaternion
sense_list:
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/quatrefoil__Noun__1
written_rep: quatrefoil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Vierpass
sense_list:
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.


lexentry: eng/quattuordecillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: quattuordecillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Quattuordezillion | Septilliarde
sense_list:
(US, British, Australian, rare, short scale) 1045. | (dated, British, Australian, rare, long scale) 1084.


lexentry: eng/quattuorvigintillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: quattuorvigintillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Duodezilliarde
sense_list:
(rare; US; modern British & Australian, short scale) 1075. | (rare; dated British & Australian, long scale) 10144.


lexentry: eng/quay__Noun__1
written_rep: quay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Kai | Anlegestelle | Pier
sense_list:
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.


lexentry: eng/qubit__Noun__1
written_rep: qubit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Qubit
sense_list:
(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition.


lexentry: eng/quecto-__Prefix__1
written_rep: quecto-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quekto-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−30 (short scale nonillionth or long scale quintillionth). Symbol: q


lexentry: eng/queen__Noun__1
written_rep: queen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Königin | Dame
sense_list:
A female monarch. | A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen. | (cards) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit. | A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.


lexentry: eng/queen__Noun__1
written_rep: queen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: Dame | Königin
sense_list:
(chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.


lexentry: eng/queen_mother__Noun__1
written_rep: queen mother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Königinmutter | Kaiserinmutter
sense_list:
A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.


lexentry: eng/queer__Adjective__1
written_rep: queer
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: homo | lesbisch | queer | schwul
sense_list:
(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.


lexentry: eng/queer__Adjective__1
written_rep: queer
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: queer
sense_list:
(broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/queerplatonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: queerplatonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: queerplatonisch
sense_list:
(neologism, of a relationship) Not romantic and (usually) not sexual, but sharing a stronger emotional bond than typical in a friendship.


lexentry: eng/quench__Verb__1
written_rep: quench
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abschrecken | abkühlen
sense_list:
(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.


lexentry: eng/quench__Verb__1
written_rep: quench
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: quenchen
sense_list:
(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.


lexentry: eng/quenching__Noun__1
written_rep: quenching
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abhärten
sense_list:
(metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.


