# translation

lexentry: eng/instance__Noun__1
written_rep: instance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: στιγµιότυπο
sense_list:
(computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/instant_coffee__Noun__1
written_rep: instant coffee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: στιγμιαίος καφές
sense_list:
A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.


lexentry: eng/instant_messaging__Noun__1
written_rep: instant messaging
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πρόγραμμα ανταλλαγής αμέσων μηνυμάτων
sense_list:
(communication, computing) A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with communications capabilities.


lexentry: eng/instantaneous__Adjective__1
written_rep: instantaneous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: στιγμιαίος
sense_list:
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/instantiate__Verb__1
written_rep: instantiate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: προτυποποιώ
sense_list:
(transitive, object-oriented programming) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/instar__Noun__1
written_rep: instar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: στάδιο
sense_list:
Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity. | An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.


lexentry: eng/instigator__Noun__1
written_rep: instigator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υποκινητής
sense_list:
A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.


lexentry: eng/institution__Noun__1
written_rep: institution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ίδρυμα
sense_list:
A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.


lexentry: eng/instruct__Verb__1
written_rep: instruct
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: άγω
sense_list:
(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do. | (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Adjective__1
written_rep: instrumental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: οργανικός
sense_list:
(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).


lexentry: eng/instrumental_case__Noun__1
written_rep: instrumental case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: οργανική | οργανική πτώση
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.


lexentry: eng/insubordination__Noun__1
written_rep: insubordination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανυποταξία | απειθαρχία
sense_list:
The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.


lexentry: eng/insular__Adjective__1
written_rep: insular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ανεξάρτητος
sense_list:
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.


lexentry: eng/insular__Adjective__1
written_rep: insular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: νησί
sense_list:
(linguistics, anthropology) (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.


lexentry: eng/insulate__Verb__1
written_rep: insulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απομονώνω
sense_list:
To separate, detach, or isolate. | To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.


lexentry: eng/insulation__Noun__1
written_rep: insulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μόνωση
sense_list:
The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation. | (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound | (electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.


lexentry: eng/insulator__Noun__1
written_rep: insulator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μονωτής
sense_list:
A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).


lexentry: eng/insult__Noun__1
written_rep: insult
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: προσβολή
sense_list:
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. | (countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).


lexentry: eng/insult__Verb__1
written_rep: insult
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: προσβάλλω
sense_list:
(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/insurance_policy__Noun__1
written_rep: insurance policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ασφαλιστήριο συμβόλαιο
sense_list:
(insurance) A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.


lexentry: eng/insure__Verb__1
written_rep: insure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ασφαλίζω
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.


lexentry: eng/insurgent__Noun__1
written_rep: insurgent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αντάρτης | επαναστάτης
sense_list:
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.


lexentry: eng/insurrection__Noun__1
written_rep: insurrection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εξέγερση
sense_list:
(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.


lexentry: eng/intangible_cultural_heritage__Noun__1
written_rep: intangible cultural heritage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Άυλη Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά
sense_list:
practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, or skills, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.


lexentry: eng/integer__Noun__1
written_rep: integer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακέραιος αριθμός | ακέραιος
sense_list:
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.


lexentry: eng/integral__Noun__1
written_rep: integral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ολοκλήρωμα
sense_list:
(mathematics) One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.


lexentry: eng/integral_calculus__Noun__1
written_rep: integral calculus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ολοκληρωτικός λογισμός
sense_list:
(calculus) The calculus that generalizes summation to find areas, masses, volumes, sums, and totals of quantities described by continuously varying functions.


lexentry: eng/integrated_circuit__Noun__1
written_rep: integrated circuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ολοκληρωμένο κύκλωμα
sense_list:
(semiconductors) A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.


lexentry: eng/integrated_services_digital_network__Noun__1
written_rep: integrated services digital network
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ψηφιακό δίκτυο ενοποιημένων υπηρεσιών
sense_list:
The integration of data and voice communications services that are transported over digital facilities of various physical types.


lexentry: eng/integration__Noun__1
written_rep: integration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ολοκλήρωση
sense_list:
(biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.


lexentry: eng/intellect__Noun__1
written_rep: intellect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μυαλό
sense_list:
(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.


lexentry: eng/intellectual__Adjective__1
written_rep: intellectual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διανοητικός
sense_list:
Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive. | Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness


lexentry: eng/intellectual_property__Noun__1
written_rep: intellectual property
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διανοητική ιδιοκτησία
sense_list:
(uncountable) Any product of someone's intellect that has commercial value: a piece of literature, a painting, an invention, a trademark, a trade secret, etc. Works protected under intellectual property law, and accorded intellectual property rights such as copyrights and patents.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: νοημοσύνη | ευφυΐα
sense_list:
(mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: πληροφορία | υπηρεσία πληροφοριών
sense_list:
(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_agency__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligence agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υπηρεσία πληροφοριών
sense_list:
A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_quotient__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligence quotient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δείκτης νοημοσύνης
sense_list:
A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.


lexentry: eng/intelligent__Adjective__1
written_rep: intelligent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έξυπνος
sense_list:
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright. | Well thought-out, well considered. | Characterized by thoughtful interaction.


lexentry: eng/intend__Verb__1
written_rep: intend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σκοπεύω
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon


lexentry: eng/intendment__Noun__1
written_rep: intendment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νομοθέτης
sense_list:
(legal) the sense in which the legal system interprets something, especially the intention of legislation


lexentry: eng/intensive__Adjective__1
written_rep: intensive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: έντονος
sense_list:
Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.


lexentry: eng/intensive_care_unit__Noun__1
written_rep: intensive care unit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εντατικός
sense_list:
A hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
written_rep: inter-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: δια-
sense_list:
Intermittently: the root verb is done between or among temporal entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Internally: the root verb is done in between or among relevant entities; also formining nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Intersocially: the root verb is done between or among social entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Interspatially: the root verb is done between or among spatial entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Communal: a kind of the root which is shared among people.


lexentry: eng/interaction__Noun__1
written_rep: interaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αλληλεπίδραση | διάδραση
sense_list:
The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/interactive__Adjective__1
written_rep: interactive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαδραστικός | αλληλεπιδραστικός | διαλογικός | συνάλληλος
sense_list:
Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.


lexentry: eng/intercession__Noun__1
written_rep: intercession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μεσιτεία
sense_list:
A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.


lexentry: eng/interchange__Noun__1
written_rep: interchange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: έξοδος
sense_list:
(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Noun__1
written_rep: interdict
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έκπληκτος
sense_list:
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Verb__1
written_rep: interdict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: απαγορεύω
sense_list:
(transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/interdisciplinary__Adjective__1
written_rep: interdisciplinary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διεπιστημονικός
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study. | Of or pertaining to a linkage between multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
written_rep: interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τόκος | ενδιαφέρον
sense_list:
(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
written_rep: interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ενδιαφέρον | τόκος
sense_list:
(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.] | (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
written_rep: interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: συμφέρον
sense_list:
(countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.


lexentry: eng/interest__Verb__1
written_rep: interest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ενδιαφέρω
sense_list:
(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.


lexentry: eng/interest_rate__Noun__1
written_rep: interest rate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επιτόκιο
sense_list:
(finance) The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
written_rep: interface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διεπαφή | διεπιφάνεια
sense_list:
The point of interconnection or contact between entities. | (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
written_rep: interface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: διεπιφάνεια
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
written_rep: interface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: διεπαφή
sense_list:
(computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems. | (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.


lexentry: eng/interference__Noun__1
written_rep: interference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συμβολή
sense_list:
The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes. | (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves. | A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.


lexentry: eng/interferon__Noun__1
written_rep: interferon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιντερφερόνη
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, produced by the immune system, that prevent viral replication in infected cells.


lexentry: eng/interjection__Noun__1
written_rep: interjection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επιφώνημα
sense_list:
(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.


lexentry: eng/interleave__Verb__1
written_rep: interleave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: διεμπλέκω
sense_list:
(transitive) To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group.


lexentry: eng/intermezzo__Noun__1
written_rep: intermezzo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιντερμέδιο | ιντερμέτζο
sense_list:
(music, arts) A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.


lexentry: eng/intermission__Noun__1
written_rep: intermission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διάλειμμα
sense_list:
A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.


lexentry: eng/internal__Adjective__1
written_rep: internal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εσωτερικός
sense_list:
(medicine) Within the body. | Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community. | Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation. | Of the inner nature of a thing.


lexentry: eng/internal_combustion__Noun__1
written_rep: internal combustion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εσωτερική καύση
sense_list:
The process where fuel is burned within an engine such as a diesel engine, producing power directly as opposed to externally such as in a steam engine.


lexentry: eng/internal_combustion_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: internal combustion engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κινητήρας εσωτερικής καύσης | μηχανή εσωτερικής καύσης
sense_list:
A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.


lexentry: eng/international__Adjective__1
written_rep: international
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διεθνής
sense_list:
common to, or affecting, two or more nations. | Of or concerning the association called the International.


lexentry: eng/international_law__Noun__1
written_rep: international law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δίκαιο
sense_list:
Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.


lexentry: eng/international_organization__Noun__1
written_rep: international organization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διεθνής οργανισμός
sense_list:
(international law) An organisation established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.


lexentry: eng/international_waters__Noun__1
written_rep: international waters
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διεθνή ύδατα
sense_list:
(international law) Those parts of the ocean that are not legally recognized as being under the jurisdiction of any national government.


lexentry: eng/interoperability__Noun__1
written_rep: interoperability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαλειτουργικότητα
sense_list:
The capability of a product or system, to interact and function with others reciprocally. | (military) The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.


lexentry: eng/interpellate__Verb__1
written_rep: interpellate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επερωτώ
sense_list:
(obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something). | (philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate). | (transitive, chiefly, politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.


lexentry: eng/interpellation__Noun__1
written_rep: interpellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επερώτηση
sense_list:
(politics) The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.


lexentry: eng/interphase__Noun__1
written_rep: interphase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεσοφάση
sense_list:
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.


lexentry: eng/interpolate__Verb__1
written_rep: interpolate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: παρεμβάλλω
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
written_rep: interpret
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διερμηνεύω
sense_list:
To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
written_rep: interpret
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ερμηνεύω
sense_list:
To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc. | To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation


lexentry: eng/interpretation__Noun__1
written_rep: interpretation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ερμηνεία | διερμηνεία
sense_list:
(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version. | (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.


lexentry: eng/interpretation__Noun__1
written_rep: interpretation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: διερμηνεία
sense_list:
(uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).


lexentry: eng/interpreter__Noun__1
written_rep: interpreter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διερμηνέας
sense_list:
A person who converts spoken or signed language into a different language for the benefit of one or more others who do not understand the first language being used (especially if in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating). (Contrasted with translator.)


lexentry: eng/interpreter__Noun__1
written_rep: interpreter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: διερμηνευτής | διερμηνέας
sense_list:
(computing) A program that executes another program written in a high-level language by reading the instructions in real time rather than by compiling it in advance.


lexentry: eng/interrogative_pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: interrogative pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ερωτηματική αντωνυμία
sense_list:
(grammar) A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.


lexentry: eng/interrupt__Noun__1
written_rep: interrupt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διακοπή
sense_list:
(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.


lexentry: eng/interrupt__Verb__1
written_rep: interrupt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διακόπτω
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.


lexentry: eng/intersection__Noun__1
written_rep: intersection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: τομή
sense_list:
(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect). | (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.


lexentry: eng/intersexuality__Noun__1
written_rep: intersexuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαφυλικότητα
sense_list:
The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.


lexentry: eng/intersperse__Verb__1
written_rep: intersperse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διανθίζω με
sense_list:
To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other. | (transitive) To diversify by placing or inserting other things among something.


lexentry: eng/intertidal_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: intertidal zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αλίπεδο
sense_list:
(oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.


lexentry: eng/interview__Noun__1
written_rep: interview
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: συνέντευξη
sense_list:
A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.] | A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/interwar__Adjective__1
written_rep: interwar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεσοπολεμικός
sense_list:
During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).


lexentry: eng/intestine__Noun__1
written_rep: intestine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έντερο
sense_list:
(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs. | One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.


lexentry: eng/intifada__Noun__1
written_rep: intifada
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιντιφάντα
sense_list:
An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government. | (often, capitalized) The Palestinian uprisings against Israel. | An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest.


lexentry: eng/intimacy__Noun__1
written_rep: intimacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: οικειότητα
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.


lexentry: eng/intimidate__Verb__1
written_rep: intimidate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εκφοβίζω
sense_list:
(transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.


lexentry: eng/into__Preposition__1
written_rep: into
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: periphrastically
sense_list:
To or towards the region of. | Against, especially with force or violence. | After the start of. | (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to. | (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes". | Investigating the subject (of).


lexentry: eng/intractable__Adjective__1
written_rep: intractable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: δύσκολος
sense_list:
(maths) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.


lexentry: eng/intrauterine_device__Noun__1
written_rep: intrauterine device
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κολπικό διάφραγμα
sense_list:
A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.


lexentry: eng/intrigue__Noun__1
written_rep: intrigue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δολοπλοκία | μηχανορραφία | ραδιουργία
sense_list:
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.


lexentry: eng/intrigue__Noun__1
written_rep: intrigue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: πλοκή
sense_list:
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.


lexentry: eng/intrinsic__Adjective__1
written_rep: intrinsic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: σύμφυτος
sense_list:
(anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.


lexentry: eng/intrinsic_value__Noun__1
written_rep: intrinsic value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αυταξία | εγγενής αξία
sense_list:
(finance, economics) The real value of something within itself, which may not take into account its market value or face value.


lexentry: eng/introduction__Noun__1
written_rep: introduction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εισαγωγή
sense_list:
The act or process of introducing. | An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.


lexentry: eng/introspection__Noun__1
written_rep: introspection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ενδοσκόπηση
sense_list:
(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.


lexentry: eng/introvert__Noun__1
written_rep: introvert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εσωστρεφής
sense_list:
(zoology) An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction. | (psychology) An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.


lexentry: eng/intrude__Verb__1
written_rep: intrude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διεισδύω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.


lexentry: eng/intrusive__Adjective__1
written_rep: intrusive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ενοχλητικός
sense_list:
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.


lexentry: eng/intubation__Noun__1
written_rep: intubation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διασωλήνωση
sense_list:
(medicine) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.


lexentry: eng/inure__Verb__1
written_rep: inure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εγκλιματίζω | εξοικειώνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/invasion__Noun__1
written_rep: invasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εισβολή
sense_list:
A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.


lexentry: eng/inveigh__Verb__1
written_rep: inveigh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υποτιμώ
sense_list:
(intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/inventive__Adjective__1
written_rep: inventive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: εφευρετικός
sense_list:
Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.


lexentry: eng/inversion__Noun__1
written_rep: inversion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: αναστροφή | αντιστροφή
sense_list:
(grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.


lexentry: eng/invest__Verb__1
written_rep: invest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εντοπίζω
sense_list:
To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. | To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. | To ceremonially install someone in some office. | (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.


lexentry: eng/investigation__Noun__1
written_rep: investigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έρευνα | διερεύνηση
sense_list:
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination


lexentry: eng/investment__Noun__1
written_rep: investment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επένδυση
sense_list:
The act of investing, or state of being invested. | (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.


lexentry: eng/invidious__Adjective__1
written_rep: invidious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: απεχθής | αποκρουστικός | μισητός
sense_list:
Detestable, hateful, or odious. (Often used in cases of perceived unfairness, or when facing a difficult situation or choice — especially in the phrase invidious position.)


lexentry: eng/invisible_hand__Noun__1
written_rep: invisible hand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αόρατο χέρι
sense_list:
(economics) A metaphor for the principle that in a free market, an individual pursuing his own self-interest also tends to promote the good of his community as a whole.


lexentry: eng/invisible_ink__Noun__1
written_rep: invisible ink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συμπαθητική μελάνη
sense_list:
An ink, invisible on application or soon thereafter, that can later be rendered visible by some process, such as exposing it to heat.


lexentry: eng/invitation__Noun__1
written_rep: invitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: πρόσκληση
sense_list:
(bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.


lexentry: eng/invocation__Noun__1
written_rep: invocation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επίκληση | παράκληση
sense_list:
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.


lexentry: eng/invoice__Noun__1
written_rep: invoice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λογαριασμός | τιμολόγιο
sense_list:
A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.


lexentry: eng/involuntary__Adjective__1
written_rep: involuntary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αθέλητος | ακούσιος
sense_list:
Without intention; unintentional. | Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.


lexentry: eng/ion__Noun__1
written_rep: ion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιόν
sense_list:
An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.


lexentry: eng/ionization__Noun__1
written_rep: ionization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιονισμός
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.


lexentry: eng/ionize__Verb__1
written_rep: ionize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιονίζω
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.


lexentry: eng/ionosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: ionosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιονόσφαιρα
sense_list:
The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at an altitude of about 50 kilometers (31 miles) and extending outward 500 kilometers (310 miles) or more. | The similar region of the atmosphere of another planet.


lexentry: eng/iota_subscript__Noun__1
written_rep: iota subscript
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υπογεγραμμένη
sense_list:
(Greek orthography) A small iota written below an alpha, eta or omega – e.g. in ᾠδή – representing a vocalic offglide that was pronounced in early Ancient Greek, but later became silent; invented in the Middle Ages in order to mark those vowels which would originally have had such an offglide.


lexentry: eng/iridescent__Adjective__1
written_rep: iridescent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιριδίζων
sense_list:
(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic. | Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.


lexentry: eng/iridium__Noun__1
written_rep: iridium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιρίδιο
sense_list:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
written_rep: iris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ίρις | ίριδα
sense_list:
(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
written_rep: iris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ίριδα | ίρις
sense_list:
(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/irksome__Adjective__1
written_rep: irksome
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ενοχλητικός
sense_list:
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition


lexentry: eng/iron__Noun__1
written_rep: iron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σίδηρος | σίδερο
sense_list:
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.


lexentry: eng/iron__Verb__1
written_rep: iron
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σιδερώνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.


lexentry: eng/iron_maiden__Noun__1
written_rep: iron maiden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σιδηρά παρθένος
sense_list:
(historical) A falsely or neo-medieval torture device invented in the 18th century consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which closes upon and impales the victim inside.


lexentry: eng/ironing_board__Noun__1
written_rep: ironing board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σιδερώστρα
sense_list:
A long board, often covered with fabric and having on legs that are usually collapsible, on which one can iron clothes.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
written_rep: irony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ειρωνεία | ειρωνία
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. | (informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. [from the 1640s]


lexentry: eng/irradiate__Verb__1
written_rep: irradiate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακτινοβολώ
sense_list:
(often, literary, or, poetic) To make (someone or something) bright by shining light on them or it; to brighten, to illuminate.


lexentry: eng/irradiation__Noun__1
written_rep: irradiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αποστείρωση
sense_list:
(uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.


lexentry: eng/irrational__Adjective__1
written_rep: irrational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: άρρητος
sense_list:
(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.


lexentry: eng/irrationalism__Noun__1
written_rep: irrationalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιρασιοναλισμός
sense_list:
A philosophical movement formed as a cultural reaction against positivism in the early 20th century.


lexentry: eng/irregular__Adjective__1
written_rep: irregular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: ανώμαλος
sense_list:
(grammar, of a word) not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language


lexentry: eng/irregular__Noun__1
written_rep: irregular
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άτακτος
sense_list:
A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.


lexentry: eng/irrelevant__Adjective__1
written_rep: irrelevant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άσχετος
sense_list:
Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.


lexentry: eng/irresponsibility__Noun__1
written_rep: irresponsibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανευθυνότητα
sense_list:
The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.


lexentry: eng/irresponsible__Adjective__1
written_rep: irresponsible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανεύθυνος
sense_list:
(now, rare) Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable. | Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.


lexentry: eng/irreverence__Noun__1
written_rep: irreverence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγένεια
sense_list:
The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.


lexentry: eng/irreverent__Adjective__1
written_rep: irreverent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγενής
sense_list:
Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.


lexentry: eng/irrigation__Noun__1
written_rep: irrigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άρδευση
sense_list:
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.


lexentry: eng/irritation__Noun__1
written_rep: irritation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: εκνευρισμός | ερεθισμός
sense_list:
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.


lexentry: eng/ischemia__Noun__1
written_rep: ischemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισχαιμία
sense_list:
(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).


lexentry: eng/ischemic__Adjective__1
written_rep: ischemic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισχαιμικός
sense_list:
(pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.


lexentry: eng/isinglass__Noun__1
written_rep: isinglass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ιχθυόκολλα
sense_list:
A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.


lexentry: eng/island__Noun__1
written_rep: island
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: νησί | νήσος
sense_list:
(by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; A peninsula; A half-island.


lexentry: eng/isobutyric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: isobutyric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισοβουτυρικό οξύ
sense_list:
(fatty acid) 2-methyl-propanoic acid, (CH3)2CHCOOH, an isomer of butyric acid, that occurs in carob beans and croton oil.


lexentry: eng/isogoria__Noun__1
written_rep: isogoria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισηγορία
sense_list:
Equality of freedom of speech and expression; the right of each citizen of a city (or other unit) to speak in public and address that city.


lexentry: eng/isolation__Noun__1
written_rep: isolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απομόνωση
sense_list:
(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people. | The act of isolating.


lexentry: eng/isolation__Noun__1
written_rep: isolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: απομόνωση | καραντίνα
sense_list:
(medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)


lexentry: eng/isoleucine__Noun__1
written_rep: isoleucine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισολευκίνη
sense_list:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with leucine, found in most animal proteins.


lexentry: eng/isomer__Noun__1
written_rep: isomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισομερές
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure. | (nuclear physics) Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties.


lexentry: eng/isometric__Adjective__1
written_rep: isometric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ισομετρικός
sense_list:
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also: Wikipedia:isometric exercise


lexentry: eng/isometry__Noun__1
written_rep: isometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισομετρική
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.


lexentry: eng/isomorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: isomorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ισομορφισμός
sense_list:
(group algebra) A bijection f such that both f and its inverse f −1 are homomorphisms, that is, structure-preserving mappings.


lexentry: eng/isopentane__Noun__1
written_rep: isopentane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισοπεντάνιο
sense_list:
(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon with the chemical structure CH2CH2CH(CH3)2; isomeric with pentane and neopentane.


lexentry: eng/isoprene__Noun__1
written_rep: isoprene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισοπρένιο
sense_list:
(organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.


lexentry: eng/isostasy__Noun__1
written_rep: isostasy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισοστασία
sense_list:
(geology) The state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath.


lexentry: eng/isotherm__Noun__1
written_rep: isotherm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισόθερμος
sense_list:
A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.


lexentry: eng/isotope__Noun__1
written_rep: isotope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισότοπο
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.


lexentry: eng/isotropy__Noun__1
written_rep: isotropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισοτροπία
sense_list:
(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
written_rep: issue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: τεύχος
sense_list:
The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
written_rep: issue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: θέμα
sense_list:
(US, originally, _, psychology, usually, in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now, _, informal, figurative, _, and, _) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.


lexentry: eng/isthmus__Noun__1
written_rep: isthmus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισθμός
sense_list:
(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
written_rep: it
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αυτό | το | τούτος
sense_list:
The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
written_rep: it
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: το
sense_list:
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.


lexentry: eng/it_doesn't_matter__Phrase__1
written_rep: it doesn't matter
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πειράζω
sense_list:
It's not important; don't worry (used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said). | I withdraw my previous statement (often used if it wasn't heard or understood).


lexentry: eng/it_figures__Phrase__1
written_rep: it figures
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: προφανώς
sense_list:
(idiomatic, North America) Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.


lexentry: eng/itch__Noun__1
written_rep: itch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κνησμός | φαγούρα
sense_list:
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.


lexentry: eng/itch__Verb__1
written_rep: itch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: λαχταρώ
sense_list:
(intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.


lexentry: eng/item__Noun__1
written_rep: item
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αντικείμενο
sense_list:
A distinct physical object. | (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.


lexentry: eng/iterative__Adjective__1
written_rep: iterative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επαναλαμβανόμενος
sense_list:
Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing this may involve a mechanism such as a loop.


lexentry: eng/ithyphallic__Adjective__1
written_rep: ithyphallic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ιθυφαλλικός
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.


lexentry: eng/itself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: itself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ίδιος
sense_list:
(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate


lexentry: eng/ivory__Noun__1
written_rep: ivory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φίλντισι | ελεφαντόδοντο
sense_list:
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals. | A creamy white color, the color of ivory. | Something made from or resembling ivory. | (collective, singular or in plural) The teeth. | (collective, singular or in plural) The keys of a piano. | (slang, ethnic slur) A white person. | (informal) A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).


lexentry: eng/jabiru__Noun__1
written_rep: jabiru
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζαμπιρού
sense_list:
A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.


lexentry: eng/jack-o'-lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: jack-o'-lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τζακ ο' λάντερν
sense_list:
A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γρύλος
sense_list:
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: σημαία
sense_list:
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack_mackerel__Noun__1
written_rep: jack mackerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σαυρίδι
sense_list:
Any of various edible fish, especially of genus Trachurus, but also genera Caranx, Acanthocybium and Euthynnus.


lexentry: eng/jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_none__Noun__1
written_rep: jack of all trades, master of none
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δύο καρπούζια δε χωράνε σε μία μασχάλη
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.


lexentry: eng/jackal__Noun__1
written_rep: jackal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τσακάλι
sense_list:
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf. | (derogatory) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.


lexentry: eng/jacket__Noun__1
written_rep: jacket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζακέτα | σακάκι
sense_list:
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.


lexentry: eng/jackhammer__Noun__1
written_rep: jackhammer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κομπρεσέρ
sense_list:
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.


lexentry: eng/jade__Noun__1
written_rep: jade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νεφρίτης
sense_list:
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines. | A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones. | A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.


lexentry: eng/jail__Noun__1
written_rep: jail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φυλακή | δεσμωτήριο
sense_list:
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.


lexentry: eng/jailbait__Noun__1
written_rep: jailbait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πιπίνι
sense_list:
(slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.


lexentry: eng/jalousie__Noun__1
written_rep: jalousie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γρίλια
sense_list:
Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.


lexentry: eng/jam__Noun__1
written_rep: jam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαρμελάδα
sense_list:
(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.


lexentry: eng/jam_session__Noun__1
written_rep: jam session
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βωδινό
sense_list:
(music) An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre.


lexentry: eng/jamb__Noun__1
written_rep: jamb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάσα
sense_list:
(architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.


lexentry: eng/jambalaya__Noun__1
written_rep: jambalaya
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τζαμπαλάγια
sense_list:
Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.


lexentry: eng/janissary__Noun__1
written_rep: janissary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γενίτσαρος
sense_list:
(by extension) Any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller. | (historical) An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).


lexentry: eng/jar__Noun__1
written_rep: jar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: βάζο | γυάλα | κανάτα
sense_list:
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/jasmine__Noun__1
written_rep: jasmine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γιασεμί
sense_list:
Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers. | The perfume obtained from these plants.


lexentry: eng/jasper__Noun__1
written_rep: jasper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ίασπις
sense_list:
(obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian. | An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface. | Jasperware pottery.


lexentry: eng/jaundice__Noun__1
written_rep: jaundice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ίκτερος
sense_list:
(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/javelin__Noun__1
written_rep: javelin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακόντιο
sense_list:
A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon. | A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.


lexentry: eng/javelin_throw__Noun__1
written_rep: javelin throw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακοντισμός
sense_list:
(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.


lexentry: eng/jazz__Noun__1
written_rep: jazz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τζαζ
sense_list:
(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
written_rep: jealous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζηλιάρης
sense_list:
Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
written_rep: jealous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ζηλότυπος
sense_list:
Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
written_rep: jealous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: φθονερός | ζηλόφθονος
sense_list:
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealousy__Noun__1
written_rep: jealousy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζήλια
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude. | (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.


lexentry: eng/jeer__Verb__1
written_rep: jeer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αστειεύομαι
sense_list:
(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.


lexentry: eng/jejunum__Noun__1
written_rep: jejunum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νήστις
sense_list:
(anatomy) The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum


lexentry: eng/jelly__Noun__1
written_rep: jelly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζελές | ζελέ | ζελατίνη
sense_list:
(New Zealand, Australia, British) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America.


lexentry: eng/jelly__Noun__1
written_rep: jelly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ζελέ | ζελατίνη | μαρμελάδα
sense_list:
(North America, Britain (certain specific usages)) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely.


lexentry: eng/jellyfish__Noun__1
written_rep: jellyfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μέδουσα | τσούχτρα
sense_list:
An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.


lexentry: eng/jerk__Noun__1
written_rep: jerk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: κόπανος
sense_list:
(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable; an arsehole.


lexentry: eng/jerkin__Noun__1
written_rep: jerkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζακέτα
sense_list:
(historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.


lexentry: eng/jet_bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: jet bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δάχτυλο
sense_list:
(aviation) An elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane, usually enclosed and used for disembarking and embarking passengers and crew.


lexentry: eng/jet_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: jet engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αεριοστροβιλωθητήρας
sense_list:
An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle. | Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.


lexentry: eng/jet_lag__Noun__1
written_rep: jet lag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βιοαπορρύθμιση
sense_list:
(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.


lexentry: eng/jet_propulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: jet propulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αεριοπροώθηση
sense_list:
Propulsion that is caused by the expulsion of a jet of fluid, especially by a jet engine or jellyfish.


lexentry: eng/jet_stream__Noun__1
written_rep: jet stream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αεροχείμαρρος
sense_list:
(meteorology) any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction


lexentry: eng/jetsam__Noun__1
written_rep: jetsam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ξέβρασμα
sense_list:
Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load. | (by extension) Discarded or leftover odds and ends.


lexentry: eng/jetty__Noun__1
written_rep: jetty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιμενοβραχίονας | μόλος
sense_list:
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.


lexentry: eng/jewel__Noun__1
written_rep: jewel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κόσμημα
sense_list:
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery. | (figuratively) Anything precious or valuable.


lexentry: eng/jewellery__Noun__1
written_rep: jewellery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κόσμημα | κοσμήματα
sense_list:
Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.


lexentry: eng/jib__Noun__1
written_rep: jib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: φλόκος
sense_list:
(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.


lexentry: eng/jigger__Noun__1
written_rep: jigger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δάκτυλο
sense_list:
(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).


lexentry: eng/jigsaw_puzzle__Noun__1
written_rep: jigsaw puzzle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: παζλ
sense_list:
A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.


lexentry: eng/jihad__Noun__1
written_rep: jihad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τζιχάντ
sense_list:
(Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims. | (Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.


lexentry: eng/jimsonweed__Noun__1
written_rep: jimsonweed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Στραμώνιο
sense_list:
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/jingoism__Noun__1
written_rep: jingoism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υπερεθνικισμός | υπερεθνικοφροσύνη
sense_list:
(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jingoistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: jingoistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σοβινιστικός
sense_list:
Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jinn__Noun__1
written_rep: jinn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τζίνι
sense_list:
(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.


lexentry: eng/jive__Verb__1
written_rep: jive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: χορεύω
sense_list:
(intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.


lexentry: eng/job__Noun__1
written_rep: job
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: εργασία | δουλειά
sense_list:
(computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).


lexentry: eng/job_interview__Noun__1
written_rep: job interview
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συνέντευξη για δουλειά
sense_list:
A formal interview in which a job applicant must answer questions, especially in a professional manner, to determine whether they are suitable for the job applied for.


lexentry: eng/jockstrap__Noun__1
written_rep: jockstrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σπασουάρ
sense_list:
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.


lexentry: eng/jog__Verb__1
written_rep: jog
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σκουντώ
sense_list:
(transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.


lexentry: eng/john__Noun__1
written_rep: john
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: αποχωρητήριο
sense_list:
(slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.


lexentry: eng/joint-stock_company__Noun__1
written_rep: joint-stock company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανώνυμη εταιρεία
sense_list:
(business, finance, legal, UK) A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability. | (business, finance, legal, US) A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
written_rep: joint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: άρθρωση | κλείδωση
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
written_rep: joint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: αρμός
sense_list:
A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.


lexentry: eng/joint_lock__Noun__1
written_rep: joint lock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κλειδί
sense_list:
(combat sports) Any lock designed to hyperextend one of the joints of the body, leading to pain and/or injury.


lexentry: eng/joint_venture__Noun__1
written_rep: joint venture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κοινοπραξία
sense_list:
A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.


lexentry: eng/joist__Noun__1
written_rep: joist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαδοκίδα
sense_list:
A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.


lexentry: eng/joker__Noun__1
written_rep: joker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: μπαλαντέρ
sense_list:
A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.


lexentry: eng/joule__Noun__1
written_rep: joule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τζάουλ
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J


lexentry: eng/journalist__Noun__1
written_rep: journalist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: δημοσιογράφος
sense_list:
One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press. | A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.


lexentry: eng/joust__Noun__1
written_rep: joust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κονταρομαχία
sense_list:
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.


lexentry: eng/jowl__Noun__2
written_rep: jowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαιμός, (на птица) - γούσα, σγάρα, (мед.) - βρογχοκήλη
sense_list:
A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).


lexentry: eng/joy__Noun__1
written_rep: joy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χαρά
sense_list:
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.


lexentry: eng/joystick__Noun__1
written_rep: joystick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πηδάλιο
sense_list:
A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.


lexentry: eng/jubilee__Noun__1
written_rep: jubilee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ιωβηλαίο
sense_list:
A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage. [from late 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/judge__Noun__1
written_rep: judge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δικαστής
sense_list:
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.


lexentry: eng/judgement_day__Noun__1
written_rep: judgement day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ημέρα της κρίσης
sense_list:
(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits; the Final Judgment, the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
written_rep: judgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κρίση
sense_list:
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely | (theology) The final award; the last sentence.


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
written_rep: judgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: κρίση | απόφαση
sense_list:
(legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.


lexentry: eng/jug__Noun__1
written_rep: jug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κανάτι
sense_list:
A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.


lexentry: eng/juggle__Verb__1
written_rep: juggle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζογκλάρω
sense_list:
To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well. | To handle or manage many tasks at once.


lexentry: eng/juggling__Noun__1
written_rep: juggling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζογκλερικά
sense_list:
The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.


lexentry: eng/jugular_vein__Noun__1
written_rep: jugular vein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σφαγίτιδα φλέβα
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.


lexentry: eng/juice__Noun__1
written_rep: juice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χυμός
sense_list:
(uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit. | (countable) A beverage made of juice. | (uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.


lexentry: eng/jukebox__Noun__1
written_rep: jukebox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τζουκμπόξ
sense_list:
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]


lexentry: eng/jump__Noun__1
written_rep: jump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: άλμα | αναπήδηση
sense_list:
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.


lexentry: eng/jump__Verb__1
written_rep: jump
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σαλτάρω | πηδάω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. | (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. | (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.


lexentry: eng/jump_rope__Noun__1
written_rep: jump rope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σκοινάκι
sense_list:
(uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. | (colloquial) A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.


lexentry: eng/jungle__Noun__1
written_rep: jungle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζούγκλα
sense_list:
A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest. | (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.


lexentry: eng/junior_high_school__Noun__1
written_rep: junior high school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γυμνάσιο
sense_list:
(education) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. In the US, it often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.


lexentry: eng/juniper__Noun__1
written_rep: juniper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άρκευθος | γιουνίπερος
sense_list:
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.


lexentry: eng/junk_food__Noun__1
written_rep: junk food
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έτοιμο ανθυγιεινό φαγητό
sense_list:
(informal) Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.


lexentry: eng/junket__Noun__1
written_rep: junket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: μπαλάντα
sense_list:
A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.


lexentry: eng/juridical__Adjective__1
written_rep: juridical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νομικός
sense_list:
Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).


lexentry: eng/juridical_act__Noun__1
written_rep: juridical act
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έννομη πράξη
sense_list:
(civil, _, law, Louisiana, Philippines) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/jurisdiction__Noun__1
written_rep: jurisdiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αρμοδιότητα | δικαιοδοσία
sense_list:
The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law. | The power or right to exercise authority.


lexentry: eng/jurisdiction__Noun__1
written_rep: jurisdiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: δικαιοδοσία
sense_list:
The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate. | The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.


lexentry: eng/juristic_act__Noun__1
written_rep: juristic act
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έννομη πράξη
sense_list:
(civil, _, law, South Africa) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/justice__Noun__1
written_rep: justice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δικαιοσύνη
sense_list:
The state or characteristic of being just or fair. | The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing. | Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another. | The civil power dealing with law. | Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.


lexentry: eng/justiciable__Adjective__1
written_rep: justiciable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δικάσιμος
sense_list:
(legal) Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
written_rep: justification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αιτιολόγηση | απολόγηση | δικαιολογία
sense_list:
(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
written_rep: justification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: στοίχιση
sense_list:
(typography, uncountable) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).


lexentry: eng/justify__Verb__1
written_rep: justify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ευθυγραμμίζω | στοιχίζω
sense_list:
(transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.


lexentry: eng/jute__Noun__1
written_rep: jute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γιούτα | ιούτη
sense_list:
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.


lexentry: eng/juvenile__Noun__1
written_rep: juvenile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ανήλικος
sense_list:
(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.


lexentry: eng/juvenile_delinquent__Noun__1
written_rep: juvenile delinquent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανήλικος παραβάτης
sense_list:
(legal) A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.


lexentry: eng/kaboom__Interjection__1
written_rep: kaboom
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καμπούμ
sense_list:
(mimesis) An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.


lexentry: eng/kaffir__Noun__1
written_rep: kaffir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: κάφρος
sense_list:
(countable, South Africa, Rhodesia, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kafir__Noun__1
written_rep: kafir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γκιαούρης
sense_list:
(Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, political) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.


lexentry: eng/kakistocracy__Noun__1
written_rep: kakistocracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κακιστοκρατία
sense_list:
(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]


lexentry: eng/kale__Noun__1
written_rep: kale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαχανίδα
sense_list:
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)


lexentry: eng/kaleidoscope__Noun__1
written_rep: kaleidoscope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καλειδοσκόπιο
sense_list:
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen. [from 1817]


lexentry: eng/kalokagathia__Noun__1
written_rep: kalokagathia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καλοκαγαθία
sense_list:
(philosophy) A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.


lexentry: eng/kamancheh__Noun__1
written_rep: kamancheh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κεμεντζές | λύρα
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A long-necked stringed instrument (a spike fiddle) with a bowl-shaped body, traditionally featuring three silk strings but now more often four metal ones, played with a bow, common among the peoples of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Near East.


lexentry: eng/kamikaze__Noun__1
written_rep: kamikaze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: επίθεση αυτοκτονίας | καμικάζι
sense_list:
One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft. | A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/kana__Noun__1
written_rep: kana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάνα
sense_list:
The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.


lexentry: eng/kangaroo__Noun__1
written_rep: kangaroo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καγκουρό
sense_list:
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/kaolinite__Noun__1
written_rep: kaolinite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καολίνης
sense_list:
(mineral) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al2Si2O5(OH)4; one of the kaolin group of minerals.


lexentry: eng/karaoke__Noun__1
written_rep: karaoke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καραόκε
sense_list:
(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.


lexentry: eng/karate__Noun__1
written_rep: karate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καράτε
sense_list:
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.


lexentry: eng/karma__Noun__1
written_rep: karma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάρμα
sense_list:
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.


lexentry: eng/karyotype__Noun__1
written_rep: karyotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καρυότυπος
sense_list:
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.


lexentry: eng/kasseri__Noun__1
written_rep: kasseri
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κασέρι
sense_list:
A medium-hard pale yellow cheese of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, usually made from unpasteurized sheep milk.


lexentry: eng/katakana__Noun__1
written_rep: katakana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατακάνα
sense_list:
(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.


lexentry: eng/katal__Noun__1
written_rep: katal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατάλ
sense_list:
(chemistry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.


lexentry: eng/kayak__Noun__1
written_rep: kayak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καγιάκ
sense_list:
A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck


lexentry: eng/kaymak__Noun__1
written_rep: kaymak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καϊμάκι
sense_list:
A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West.


lexentry: eng/kazoo__Noun__1
written_rep: kazoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καζού
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.


lexentry: eng/kebab__Noun__1
written_rep: kebab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κεμπάπ
sense_list:
(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.


lexentry: eng/keel__Noun__1
written_rep: keel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καρίνα
sense_list:
(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. | (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.


lexentry: eng/keelson__Noun__1
written_rep: keelson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εσωτρόπιο
sense_list:
(nautical) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness. [from c. 1611]


lexentry: eng/keen__Adjective__1
written_rep: keen
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: παράφορος
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.


lexentry: eng/keep__Verb__1
written_rep: keep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: κρατώ
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state. | (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.


lexentry: eng/keeper__Noun__1
written_rep: keeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: φύλακας
sense_list:
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.


lexentry: eng/keepsake__Noun__1
written_rep: keepsake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ενθύμιο | αναμνηστικό
sense_list:
Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.


lexentry: eng/keirin__Noun__1
written_rep: keirin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κέιριν
sense_list:
(cycle racing) A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny.


lexentry: eng/kelvin__Noun__1
written_rep: kelvin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κέλβιν
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".


lexentry: eng/kenosis__Noun__1
written_rep: kenosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κένωση
sense_list:
(Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.


lexentry: eng/keratoconus__Noun__1
written_rep: keratoconus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κερατόκωνος
sense_list:
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.


lexentry: eng/kerb__Noun__1
written_rep: kerb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κράσπεδο πεζοδρόμιο
sense_list:
(British, AU, NZ) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.


lexentry: eng/kerfuffle__Noun__1
written_rep: kerfuffle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανοργανωσιά
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
written_rep: kernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πυρήνας
sense_list:
The core, center, or essence of an object or system. | (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed. | (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components. | (mathematics, linear algebra, group theory, functional analysis) For a given function (especially a linear transformation between vector spaces or homomorphism between groups), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.


lexentry: eng/kerygma__Noun__1
written_rep: kerygma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κήρυγμα
sense_list:
The Apostolic proclamation of religious truths; the core teachings of Christianity taught by the early Church.


lexentry: eng/ketamine__Noun__1
written_rep: ketamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κεταμίνη
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as an anesthetic and analgesic drug and also (illicitly) as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/ketch__Noun__1
written_rep: ketch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δικάταρτο
sense_list:
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.


lexentry: eng/ketchup__Noun__1
written_rep: ketchup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κέτσαπ
sense_list:
(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup. A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.


lexentry: eng/ketone__Noun__1
written_rep: ketone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κετόνη
sense_list:
(organic compound) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.


lexentry: eng/kettle__Noun__1
written_rep: kettle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατσαρόλα | χύτρα
sense_list:
(cookware) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. | The quantity held by a kettle.


lexentry: eng/kettledrum__Noun__1
written_rep: kettledrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τυμπάνια
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.


lexentry: eng/kettling__Noun__1
written_rep: kettling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ψαροκόφινο
sense_list:
A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κλειδί
sense_list:
An object designed to open and close a lock. | An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation. | A crucial step or requirement. | A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend. | In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind. | (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code. | (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages. | (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique). | (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container. | (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole. | (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: πλήκτρο
sense_list:
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: πλήκτρο | κλειδί
sense_list:
In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.


lexentry: eng/key_logger__Noun__1
written_rep: key logger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καταγραφέας πληκτρολόγησης
sense_list:
(computing) Software or hardware designed to record keyboard entries, often for the purpose of stealing passwords or other sensitive data.


lexentry: eng/key_signature__Noun__1
written_rep: key signature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: οπλισμός
sense_list:
(music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πληκτρολόγιο | κλαβιέ
sense_list:
(computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc. | (music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κλαβιέ | πλήκτρα | πληκτρολόγιο
sense_list:
(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.


lexentry: eng/keyboard_shortcut__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard shortcut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συντόμευση πληκτρολογίου
sense_list:
(computing) A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function.


lexentry: eng/keycard__Noun__1
written_rep: keycard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διάβαση
sense_list:
A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.


lexentry: eng/keycode__Noun__1
written_rep: keycode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κλειδάριθμος
sense_list:
A code that serves to unlock something, such as an electronic door or a car stereo (as an antitheft measure).


lexentry: eng/keyhole__Noun__1
written_rep: keyhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κλειδαρότρυπα
sense_list:
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.


lexentry: eng/khedive__Noun__1
written_rep: khedive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χεδίβης
sense_list:
The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.


lexentry: eng/kibbutz__Noun__1
written_rep: kibbutz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κιμπούτς
sense_list:
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.


lexentry: eng/kick_off__Verb__1
written_rep: kick off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: εκφυλίζομαι
sense_list:
(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.


lexentry: eng/kick_rocks__Verb__1
written_rep: kick rocks
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κακομαθαίνω
sense_list:
(slang, derogatory, idiomatic) To leave or run away; to skedaddle; (often used imperatively and dismissively).


lexentry: eng/kick_someone's_ass__Verb__1
written_rep: kick someone's ass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καταστρέφω
sense_list:
(idiomatic, sometimes considered, vulgar, chiefly, US, Canada) To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
written_rep: kickback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: λάδωμα
sense_list:
(countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.


lexentry: eng/kickboxing__Noun__1
written_rep: kickboxing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κικ μπόξινγκ
sense_list:
(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.


lexentry: eng/kiddo__Noun__1
written_rep: kiddo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγόρι
sense_list:
(US, Australia, NZ, Philippines) A close friend; especially used as a form of address. | (US, Australia, NZ, Philippines) A child.


lexentry: eng/kidnap__Verb__1
written_rep: kidnap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απάγω
sense_list:
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kidney_dish__Noun__1
written_rep: kidney dish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νεφρό
sense_list:
(medicine, surgery) A shallow kidney-shaped basin for holding soiled dressings and other medical waste.


lexentry: eng/kill__Verb__1
written_rep: kill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: σβήνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To render inoperative. | (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.


lexentry: eng/kill_time__Verb__1
written_rep: kill time
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σκοτώνω τον καιρό
sense_list:
(informal, intransitive) To engage in an activity whose only purpose is to make the time seem to pass more quickly; to fill the time between activities.


lexentry: eng/killer__Noun__1
written_rep: killer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: θανατηφόρος
sense_list:
(figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task. | (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.


lexentry: eng/kiln__Noun__1
written_rep: kiln
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φούρνος
sense_list:
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.


lexentry: eng/kilo-__Prefix__1
written_rep: kilo-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χιλιο- | χιλιό-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k | (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 (1024)


lexentry: eng/kilo__Noun__1
written_rep: kilo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κιλό
sense_list:
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.


lexentry: eng/kilogram__Noun__1
written_rep: kilogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χιλιόγραμμο | κιλό
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg


lexentry: eng/kilter__Noun__1
written_rep: kilter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατάσταση
sense_list:
(chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kimberlite__Noun__1
written_rep: kimberlite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κιμπερλίτης
sense_list:
(geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.


lexentry: eng/kimono__Noun__1
written_rep: kimono
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κιμονό
sense_list:
A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.


lexentry: eng/kinase__Noun__1
written_rep: kinase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κινάση
sense_list:
(enzyme, organic compound) Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.


lexentry: eng/kindergarten__Noun__1
written_rep: kindergarten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νηπιαγωγείο
sense_list:
(North America, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852] | (North America, Australia) The elementary school grade before first grade.


lexentry: eng/kindle__Verb__1
written_rep: kindle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ανάβω | εξάπτω
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc). | (intransitive, figurative) To begin to grow or take hold.


lexentry: eng/kinematics__Noun__1
written_rep: kinematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κινηματική
sense_list:
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.


lexentry: eng/kinesiology__Noun__1
written_rep: kinesiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κινησιολογία
sense_list:
(medicine) The study of body movement. | (medicine) The application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance.


lexentry: eng/kinesthesia__Noun__1
written_rep: kinesthesia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κιναισθησία
sense_list:
Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.


lexentry: eng/kinetic_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetic energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κινητική ενέργεια
sense_list:
(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.


lexentry: eng/kinetics__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κινητική
sense_list:
(mechanics) The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
written_rep: king
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βασιλιάς | ρήγας
sense_list:
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation. | (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
written_rep: king
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ρήγας | βασιλιάς
sense_list:
(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.


lexentry: eng/king_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: king cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βασιλόπιτα
sense_list:
(Louisiana) A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day.


lexentry: eng/kingdom__Noun__1
written_rep: kingdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: βασίλειο
sense_list:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).


lexentry: eng/kingfisher__Noun__1
written_rep: kingfisher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αλκυόνη
sense_list:
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
written_rep: kingpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άξονας
sense_list:
(transportation) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt. | (transportation) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck. | (ten-pin, _, bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex. | The most important person in an undertaking or organization. | The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.


lexentry: eng/kinkajou__Noun__1
written_rep: kinkajou
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κερκολήπτης
sense_list:
Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.


lexentry: eng/kinky__Adjective__1
written_rep: kinky
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ανώμαλος
sense_list:
(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.


lexentry: eng/kiosk__Noun__1
written_rep: kiosk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: περίπτερο
sense_list:
A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/kip__Verb__1
written_rep: kip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έρωτας
sense_list:
(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φιλώ | ασπάζομαι | δίνω φιλί
sense_list:
(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: φιλώ | ασπάζομαι
sense_list:
(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.


lexentry: eng/kiss_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: kiss me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φίλα με | φίλησέ με
sense_list:
I informally request that you kiss me—that you touch my lips with your lips or press the lips against, as an expression of love or affection.


lexentry: eng/kiss_of_peace__Noun__1
written_rep: kiss of peace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φιλί ειρήνης
sense_list:
(Christianity) An early Christian greeting consisting of a kiss, originally on the mouth but later on the cheek, still used in some traditional churches.


lexentry: eng/kit__Noun__1
written_rep: kit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: κασετίνα
sense_list:
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchen paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χαρτί κουζίνας
sense_list:
(UK) Paper towels intended for kitchen purposes such as absorbing spillages and wrapping sandwiches.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_sink__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchen sink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νεροχύτης
sense_list:
A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.


lexentry: eng/kitchenware__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchenware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαγειρικά σκεύη
sense_list:
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
written_rep: kite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: χαρταετός
sense_list:
(geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end. | (sailing, dated) In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.


lexentry: eng/kith__Noun__1
written_rep: kith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φιλία
sense_list:
(archaic, or, obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances. | (Northern England, Scotland, rural, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.


lexentry: eng/kitsch__Noun__1
written_rep: kitsch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κιτς
sense_list:
Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.


lexentry: eng/kitsune__Noun__1
written_rep: kitsune
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κιτσούνε
sense_list:
(Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.


lexentry: eng/kiwi_fruit__Noun__1
written_rep: kiwi fruit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακτινίδιο
sense_list:
A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.


lexentry: eng/klaxon__Noun__1
written_rep: klaxon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κλάξον
sense_list:
A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/klepht__Noun__1
written_rep: klepht
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κλέφτης
sense_list:
(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/kleptomania__Noun__1
written_rep: kleptomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κλεπτομανία
sense_list:
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.


lexentry: eng/knead__Verb__1
written_rep: knead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζυμώνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.


lexentry: eng/knee-high__Noun__1
written_rep: knee-high
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάλτσα ως ο γόνατο
sense_list:
(US, usually, in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and supported by garter belts.


lexentry: eng/knee__Noun__1
written_rep: knee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γόνατο
sense_list:
(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.


lexentry: eng/knell__Verb__1
written_rep: knell
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγγίζω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. | (transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.


lexentry: eng/knife__Noun__1
written_rep: knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαχαίρι
sense_list:
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing. | A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.


lexentry: eng/knife__Verb__1
written_rep: knife
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μαχαιρώνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
written_rep: knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ιππότης
sense_list:
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. | (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
written_rep: knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: ίππος | άλογο
sense_list:
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
written_rep: knit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πλέκω
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. | (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.


lexentry: eng/knob__Noun__1
written_rep: knob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πόμολο
sense_list:
A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle. | A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.


lexentry: eng/knobhead__Noun__1
written_rep: knobhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ανόητος
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, vulgar, slang, synecdochically) A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/knock__Noun__1
written_rep: knock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: προανάφλεξη
sense_list:
(automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.


lexentry: eng/knock__Verb__1
written_rep: knock
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χτυπάω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. | (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.


lexentry: eng/knock_about__Verb__1
written_rep: knock about
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κακοποιώ
sense_list:
(transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/knock_it_off__Verb__1
written_rep: knock it off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τελειώνω
sense_list:
(colloquial, mostly, imperative, idiom) To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Interjection__1
written_rep: knock on wood
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χτύπα ξύλο
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US, Philippines) Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Verb__1
written_rep: knock on wood
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χτύπα ξύλο
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US, Philippines) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.


lexentry: eng/knockoff__Noun__1
written_rep: knockoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαϊμού
sense_list:
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
written_rep: knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κόμπος | κόμβος
sense_list:
A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
written_rep: knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: κόμβος
sense_list:
(mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above). | (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.


lexentry: eng/knout__Noun__1
written_rep: knout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καμουτσίκι
sense_list:
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.


lexentry: eng/know-it-all__Noun__1
written_rep: know-it-all
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ξερόλα | ξερόλας
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
written_rep: know
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: γνωρίζω | ξέρω
sense_list:
(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. | (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
written_rep: know
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: γνωρίζω
sense_list:
(transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γνώση | αγωγή
sense_list:
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γνώση | επίγνωση
sense_list:
Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge_is_power__Proverb__1
written_rep: knowledge is power
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: η γνώση είναι δύναμη
sense_list:
Scientia potentia est; with knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of one's objectives will certainly increase.


lexentry: eng/koala__Noun__1
written_rep: koala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κοάλα
sense_list:
A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/kofta__Noun__1
written_rep: kofta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κεφτές | κιοφτές
sense_list:
Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.


lexentry: eng/kogel_mogel__Noun__1
written_rep: kogel mogel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κόγκελ μόγκελ
sense_list:
An egg-based homemade dessert made from egg yolks, sugar, and flavourings such as honey, vanilla, cocoa or rum, similar to eggnog, popular in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in Caucasus.


lexentry: eng/kokoretsi__Noun__1
written_rep: kokoretsi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κοκορέτσι
sense_list:
A traditional Greek dish typically consumed at Easter, consisting mainly of seasoned lamb or goat offal.


lexentry: eng/koliva__Noun__1
written_rep: koliva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κόλλυβα
sense_list:
A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.


lexentry: eng/komboskini__Noun__1
written_rep: komboskini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κομβοσχοίνι | κομποσκοίνι
sense_list:
(Christianity) A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.


lexentry: eng/kore__Noun__1
written_rep: kore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κόρη
sense_list:
(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.


lexentry: eng/koruna__Noun__1
written_rep: koruna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κορώνα
sense_list:
The currency of the Czech Republic, divided into 100 hellers. | The former currency of Slovakia, divided into 100 haliers.


lexentry: eng/koulouri__Noun__1
written_rep: koulouri
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κουλούρι
sense_list:
A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame or sunflower seeds, often sold on the streets of Greece.


lexentry: eng/krone__Noun__1
written_rep: krone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κορώνα
sense_list:
The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.


lexentry: eng/krypton__Noun__1
written_rep: krypton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κρυπτό
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/kugel__Noun__1
written_rep: kugel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σφαίρα
sense_list:
A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.


lexentry: eng/kulak__Noun__1
written_rep: kulak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κουλάκος
sense_list:
(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.


lexentry: eng/kumari__Noun__1
written_rep: kumari
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: θεά
sense_list:
(Hinduism, chiefly, _, Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.


lexentry: eng/kumquat__Noun__1
written_rep: kumquat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κουμκουάτ
sense_list:
A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).


lexentry: eng/kykeon__Noun__1
written_rep: kykeon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κυκεώνας
sense_list:
An Ancient Greek drink made mainly of water, barley and herbs. Closely tied to Demeter and the seasonal celebrations of Crete.


lexentry: eng/lab_rat__Noun__1
written_rep: lab rat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ινδόχοιρος
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person or group used as the subject of an experiment or test, especially unwillingly or unwittingly.


lexentry: eng/label__Noun__1
written_rep: label
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ετικέτα | επιγραφή
sense_list:
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.


lexentry: eng/label__Verb__1
written_rep: label
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: βαφτίζω | κατατάσσω σε | τιτλοφορώ
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.


lexentry: eng/labial__Adjective__1
written_rep: labial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χειλικός
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia. | (linguistics, phonetics) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.


lexentry: eng/labionasal__Adjective__1
written_rep: labionasal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χειλεορινικός
sense_list:
(medicine) Labial and nasal; pertaining to both the upper lip and the nose, or to both lips and the nose.


lexentry: eng/labium__Noun__1
written_rep: labium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χείλος του αιδοίου
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.


lexentry: eng/labor-intensive__Adjective__1
written_rep: labor-intensive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έντασης εργασίας | εντάσεως εργασίας
sense_list:
(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.


lexentry: eng/labor_market__Noun__1
written_rep: labor market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγορά εργασίας
sense_list:
(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.


lexentry: eng/laboratory__Noun__1
written_rep: laboratory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εργαστήριο
sense_list:
A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis. | A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
written_rep: labour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: δουλειά | εργασία | εργατικό δυναμικό | κόπος | μόχθος
sense_list:
(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
written_rep: labour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: τοκετός | γέννα | ωδίνες τοκετού
sense_list:
(medicine, obstetrics) The act of a mother giving birth. | The time period during which a mother gives birth.


lexentry: eng/labour_force__Noun__1
written_rep: labour force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εργατικό δυναμικό
sense_list:
The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).


lexentry: eng/labyrinth__Noun__1
written_rep: labyrinth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαβύρινθος
sense_list:
(gardening) A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges. | (anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).


lexentry: eng/lac__Noun__1
written_rep: lac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάκη
sense_list:
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.


lexentry: eng/lace__Noun__1
written_rep: lace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δαντέλα
sense_list:
(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp


lexentry: eng/lackluster__Adjective__1
written_rep: lackluster
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μουντός
sense_list:
Having no shine or lustre; dull. | (figurative) Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.


lexentry: eng/lacquer__Noun__1
written_rep: lacquer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βερνίκι
sense_list:
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrimal gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δακρυϊκός πόρος
sense_list:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) Either of a pair of almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_sac__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrimal sac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δακρυϊκός ασκός
sense_list:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla and receives the lacrimal canaliculi.


lexentry: eng/lacrosse__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrosse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λακρός
sense_list:
(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.


lexentry: eng/lactase__Noun__1
written_rep: lactase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λακτάση
sense_list:
(enzyme, organic compound) A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.


lexentry: eng/lactic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lactic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γαλακτικό οξύ
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/lactose__Noun__1
written_rep: lactose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λακτόζη
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
written_rep: lacuna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κενό
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
written_rep: lacuna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κενό | χάσμα
sense_list:
An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σκάλα
sense_list:
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps). | In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: πόντος
sense_list:
(chiefly, Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.


lexentry: eng/ladette__Noun__1
written_rep: ladette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγοροκόριτσο
sense_list:
(informal) A young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.


lexentry: eng/ladies_and_gentlemen__Noun__1
written_rep: ladies and gentlemen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κυρίες και κύριοι
sense_list:
Used to address an audience. | (rare, _, and, _, euphemism) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.


lexentry: eng/lady__Noun__1
written_rep: lady
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κυρία
sense_list:
A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority. | A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.


lexentry: eng/ladybird__Noun__1
written_rep: ladybird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πασχαλίτσα
sense_list:
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.


lexentry: eng/lag__Noun__1
written_rep: lag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: καθυστέρηση | χρονοτριβή
sense_list:
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.


lexentry: eng/lagging__Noun__1
written_rep: lagging
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: θερμομονωτικό υλικό
sense_list:
The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection. | The material so used.


lexentry: eng/lagniappe__Noun__1
written_rep: lagniappe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υπηρεσία
sense_list:
(chiefly, Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.


lexentry: eng/lahmacun__Noun__1
written_rep: lahmacun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαχματζούν
sense_list:
A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).


lexentry: eng/lair__Noun__1
written_rep: lair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: κρησφύγετο | λημέρι
sense_list:
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.


lexentry: eng/lake__Noun__4
written_rep: lake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: λάκη
sense_list:
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.


lexentry: eng/lamb_fries__Noun__1
written_rep: lamb fries
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αμελέτητα
sense_list:
(US) The testicles of a lamb, peeled, rolled in cracker meal, fried, and served as food, a traditional dish in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.


lexentry: eng/lambada__Noun__1
written_rep: lambada
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαμπάντα
sense_list:
(preceded by definite article) A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching.


lexentry: eng/lambda__Noun__1
written_rep: lambda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάμδα | λάμβδα
sense_list:
The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/lambda_calculus__Noun__1
written_rep: lambda calculus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λογισμός λάμδα
sense_list:
(computing theory) Any of a family of functionally complete algebraic systems in which lambda expressions are evaluated according to a fixed set of rules to produce values, which may themselves be lambda expressions.


lexentry: eng/lambskin__Noun__1
written_rep: lambskin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αρνί
sense_list:
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.


lexentry: eng/lament__Verb__1
written_rep: lament
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: οικτίρω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. | (transitive) To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.


lexentry: eng/lametta__Noun__1
written_rep: lametta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βροχή
sense_list:
Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.


lexentry: eng/lamia__Noun__1
written_rep: lamia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάμια | Λάμια
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.


lexentry: eng/lamina__Noun__1
written_rep: lamina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πέταλο | φολίδα
sense_list:
(skeleton) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.


lexentry: eng/lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάμπα
sense_list:
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. | A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.


lexentry: eng/lampoon__Noun__1
written_rep: lampoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λίβελλος | σάτιρα
sense_list:
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.


lexentry: eng/lampshade__Noun__1
written_rep: lampshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αμπαζούρ
sense_list:
A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.


lexentry: eng/lance__Noun__1
written_rep: lance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λόγχη
sense_list:
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.


lexentry: eng/lanceolate__Adjective__1
written_rep: lanceolate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λογχοειδής
sense_list:
(botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.


lexentry: eng/lancet_arch__Noun__1
written_rep: lancet arch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λογχοειδές τόξο
sense_list:
(architecture) A sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th century.


lexentry: eng/land__Noun__1
written_rep: land
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γαίες | εκτάσεις | κτήματα
sense_list:
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.


lexentry: eng/landau__Noun__1
written_rep: landau
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαντό
sense_list:
A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.


lexentry: eng/landgrave__Noun__1
written_rep: landgrave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: λανδίγραβος | λανδγράβος
sense_list:
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).


lexentry: eng/landing_craft__Noun__1
written_rep: landing craft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αποβατικό σκάφος
sense_list:
(nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.


lexentry: eng/landing_gear__Noun__1
written_rep: landing gear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σύστημα προσγείωσης
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.


lexentry: eng/landing_net__Noun__1
written_rep: landing net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απόχη
sense_list:
(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.


lexentry: eng/landlord__Noun__1
written_rep: landlord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σπιτονοικοκύρης
sense_list:
A person that leases real property; a lessor. | (chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house. | (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τοπίο
sense_list:
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. | A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc. | The pictorial aspect of a country.


lexentry: eng/landslide__Noun__1
written_rep: landslide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατολίσθηση
sense_list:
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γλώσσα
sense_list:
(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication. | (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does. | (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: διάλεκτος | ιδιογλωσσία | φρασεολογία
sense_list:
(uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.


lexentry: eng/languid__Adjective__1
written_rep: languid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: άτονος
sense_list:
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.


lexentry: eng/languish__Verb__1
written_rep: languish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μαραζώνω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/languor__Noun__1
written_rep: languor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ατονία
sense_list:
(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/lanolin__Noun__1
written_rep: lanolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λανολίνη
sense_list:
A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.


lexentry: eng/lansquenet__Noun__1
written_rep: lansquenet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Λάντσκνεχτ
sense_list:
(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.


lexentry: eng/lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φανάρι
sense_list:
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.


lexentry: eng/lanternfish__Noun__1
written_rep: lanternfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λυχναρόψαρο
sense_list:
any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.


lexentry: eng/lanthanide__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthanide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λανθανίδιο
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.


lexentry: eng/lanthanum__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthanum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λανθάνιο | λανδάνιο
sense_list:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/lanyard__Noun__1
written_rep: lanyard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: δράκαινα
sense_list:
(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.


lexentry: eng/lap__Noun__1
written_rep: lap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: λαιμός
sense_list:
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered. | The upper legs of a seated person.


lexentry: eng/lap__Noun__2
written_rep: lap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: διάδρομος
sense_list:
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping. | (swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.


lexentry: eng/lap_dog__Noun__1
written_rep: lap dog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σκυλάκι
sense_list:
A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.


lexentry: eng/laparoscopy__Noun__1
written_rep: laparoscopy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαπαροσκόπηση | λαπαροσκοπία
sense_list:
(medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.


lexentry: eng/laparotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: laparotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαπαροτομή
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.


lexentry: eng/lapel__Noun__1
written_rep: lapel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γιακάς | πέτο
sense_list:
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.


lexentry: eng/lapwing__Noun__1
written_rep: lapwing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καλημάνα
sense_list:
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.


lexentry: eng/larceny__Noun__1
written_rep: larceny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κλοπή
sense_list:
(legal, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.]


lexentry: eng/largehearted__Adjective__1
written_rep: largehearted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεγαλόκαρδος
sense_list:
Possessing the properties associated with the heart as the seat of love; compassionate, generous, benevolent, forgiving, etc.


lexentry: eng/largesse__Noun__1
written_rep: largesse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γενναιόδωρος
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.


lexentry: eng/larkspur__Noun__1
written_rep: larkspur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δελφίνιο
sense_list:
A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida


lexentry: eng/larnax__Noun__1
written_rep: larnax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάρνακα | λάρναξ
sense_list:
(archaeology, historical) A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece.


lexentry: eng/larva__Noun__1
written_rep: larva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: προνύμφη
sense_list:
An animal in the aforementioned stage. | (figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.


lexentry: eng/larynx__Noun__1
written_rep: larynx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάρυγγας
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.


lexentry: eng/laser_printer__Noun__1
written_rep: laser printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εκτυπωτής λέιζερ
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A computer printer that uses a laser beam to produce an image on a rotating drum before transferring it to the paper.


lexentry: eng/lassie__Noun__1
written_rep: lassie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κορίτσι
sense_list:
(chiefly, Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.


lexentry: eng/last_but_not_least__Adverb__1
written_rep: last but not least
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βέβαια
sense_list:
An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.


lexentry: eng/last_night__Noun__1
written_rep: last night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εψές
sense_list:
(often, used adverbially) The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_straw__Noun__1
written_rep: last straw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: η σταγόνα που ξεχείλισε το ποτήρι
sense_list:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.


lexentry: eng/last_word__Noun__1
written_rep: last word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: στέμμα
sense_list:
(idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
written_rep: latch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σύρτης | μάνταλο
sense_list:
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
written_rep: latch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μανδαλωτής | μανταλωτής
sense_list:
(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.


lexentry: eng/late__Adjective__1
written_rep: late
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: μακαρίτης
sense_list:
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)


lexentry: eng/lateen__Noun__1
written_rep: lateen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λατίνι
sense_list:
(ship parts) A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.


lexentry: eng/latency__Noun__1
written_rep: latency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: καθυστέρηση | υστέρηση
sense_list:
(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. | (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.


lexentry: eng/lateral__Adjective__1
written_rep: lateral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: έξω
sense_list:
(phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to speech sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tongue, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.


lexentry: eng/laterite__Noun__1
written_rep: laterite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λατερίτης
sense_list:
A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.


lexentry: eng/lath__Noun__1
written_rep: lath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φάσα
sense_list:
A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.


lexentry: eng/lathe__Noun__2
written_rep: lathe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τόρνος
sense_list:
(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.


lexentry: eng/lather__Noun__1
written_rep: lather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αφρός
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water. | (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
written_rep: latitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πλάτος
sense_list:
(geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. | (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
written_rep: latitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γεωγραφικό πλάτος
sense_list:
(geography) An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.


lexentry: eng/latte__Noun__1
written_rep: latte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καφέ-ω-λαι
sense_list:
A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. | A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).


lexentry: eng/lattermath__Noun__1
written_rep: lattermath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επακόλουθο | συνέπεια
sense_list:
(literally) The latter (i.e. second) mowing, a second crop of grass grown after the first was harvested


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καφάσι
sense_list:
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
written_rep: laugh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γελώ | γελάω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
written_rep: laugh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γελάω
sense_list:
(intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. | (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.


lexentry: eng/laughing_dove__Noun__1
written_rep: laughing dove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φοινικοτρύγονο
sense_list:
A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.


lexentry: eng/laughter__Noun__1
written_rep: laughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: γέλιο
sense_list:
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.


lexentry: eng/launch__Noun__2
written_rep: launch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άκατος
sense_list:
(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". | (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.


lexentry: eng/launcher__Noun__1
written_rep: launcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εκτοξευτής | προωθητής
sense_list:
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.


lexentry: eng/launder__Verb__1
written_rep: launder
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πλένω
sense_list:
To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. | (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.


lexentry: eng/laundry__Noun__1
written_rep: laundry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: πλυντήριο | πλυσταριό | μπουγάδα | πλύσιμο
sense_list:
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.


lexentry: eng/laundry_basket__Noun__1
written_rep: laundry basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάνιστρο
sense_list:
A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.


lexentry: eng/laura__Noun__1
written_rep: laura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Λάουρα
sense_list:
(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.


lexentry: eng/laurel__Noun__1
written_rep: laurel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δάφνη
sense_list:
Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.


lexentry: eng/lava__Noun__1
written_rep: lava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάβα
sense_list:
The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.


lexentry: eng/lava_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: lava lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Λάμπα λάβας
sense_list:
A kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.


lexentry: eng/lavender__Noun__1
written_rep: lavender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεβάντα
sense_list:
Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family. | A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
written_rep: law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νόμος | δίκαιο
sense_list:
(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
written_rep: law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: νόμος
sense_list:
Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.) | (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule. | A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.) | (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.


lexentry: eng/law_of_the_jungle__Noun__1
written_rep: law of the jungle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: νόμος της ζούγκλας
sense_list:
(figurative) A putative law dictating that one serves one's own interest to the extent that one can, in any situation where legal authority is absent or generally ignored; self-interested behaviour that emerges in the absence of law; lawlessness.


lexentry: eng/lawnmower__Noun__1
written_rep: lawnmower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χλοοκοπτική μηχανή
sense_list:
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.


lexentry: eng/lawsuit__Noun__1
written_rep: lawsuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγωγή | μήνυση
sense_list:
(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.


lexentry: eng/lawyer__Noun__1
written_rep: lawyer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: δικηγόρος
sense_list:
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.


lexentry: eng/lay__Adjective__1
written_rep: lay
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαϊκόσ
sense_list:
Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them. | Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.


lexentry: eng/lay_down__Verb__1
written_rep: lay down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ορίζω
sense_list:
(transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).


lexentry: eng/lay_off__Verb__1
written_rep: lay off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απολύω
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, US, idiom) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.


lexentry: eng/layoff__Noun__1
written_rep: layoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: προσωρινή απόλυση
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).


lexentry: eng/layout__Noun__1
written_rep: layout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: σελιδοποίηση
sense_list:
(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.


lexentry: eng/laytime__Noun__1
written_rep: laytime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σταλία
sense_list:
In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
written_rep: lazaretto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λαζαρέτο
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. [from early 17th c.] | A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μόλυβδος
sense_list:
(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: βυθομετρητής | επιμολυβδώνω
sense_list:
(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: διάστιχο
sense_list:
(uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: προβάδισμα
sense_list:
(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.


lexentry: eng/leader__Noun__1
written_rep: leader
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: κύριο άρθρο
sense_list:
(UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: φύλλο
sense_list:
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf). | A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. | A flat section used to extend the size of a table. | (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.


lexentry: eng/leaf_node__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φύλλο
sense_list:
(botany) One of the spots upon a stem where buds and intercalary meristems occur, usually marking the end of a season's growth. | (comptheory) A node, in a tree, that has no children.


lexentry: eng/league__Verb__1
written_rep: league
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συνασπίζομαι | συνδυάζομαι
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.


lexentry: eng/league_table__Noun__1
written_rep: league table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πίνακας
sense_list:
(sports) A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.


lexentry: eng/leak__Noun__1
written_rep: leak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαρροή
sense_list:
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. | The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. | A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.


lexentry: eng/leak__Verb__1
written_rep: leak
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαρρέω
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. | (ambitransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.


lexentry: eng/leakage__Noun__1
written_rep: leakage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαρροή
sense_list:
An act of leaking, or something that leaks. | The amount lost due to a leak. | An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.


lexentry: eng/leap_of_faith__Noun__1
written_rep: leap of faith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τυφλή πίστη
sense_list:
(figuratively) The act of believing in something despite lack of proof of its truth or existence, or the attempt of something without being sure of its possible outcome.


lexentry: eng/leap_year__Noun__1
written_rep: leap year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δίσεκτο έτος
sense_list:
A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.


lexentry: eng/leapfrog__Noun__1
written_rep: leapfrog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βαρελάκια
sense_list:
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.


lexentry: eng/learn__Verb__1
written_rep: learn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαθαίνω
sense_list:
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.


lexentry: eng/learned_borrowing__Noun__1
written_rep: learned borrowing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λόγιο δάνειο
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.


lexentry: eng/lease__Noun__1
written_rep: lease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εκμίσθωση | μισθωτήριο | σύμβαση μίσθωσης
sense_list:
(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.


lexentry: eng/least_common_multiple__Noun__1
written_rep: least common multiple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ελάχιστο κοινό πολλαπλάσιο
sense_list:
(number theory) The smallest positive integer which is divisible by (equivalently, is an integer multiple of) each of a specified finite set of integers.


lexentry: eng/least_weasel__Noun__1
written_rep: least weasel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νυφίτσα
sense_list:
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/leather__Noun__1
written_rep: leather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δέρμα
sense_list:
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.


lexentry: eng/leatherette__Noun__1
written_rep: leatherette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δερματίνη
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, also, attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
written_rep: leave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αφήνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely. | (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. | (transitive) To transfer possession of after death. | (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.


lexentry: eng/leave_me_alone__Phrase__1
written_rep: leave me alone
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άσε με ήσυχη | άσε με ήσυχο | αφήστε με ήσυχη | αφήστε με ήσυχο
sense_list:
stop talking to me, stop being near me, stop interfering with my life (used especially when one is angry, frustrated, or annoyed).


lexentry: eng/leave_no_stone_unturned__Verb__1
written_rep: leave no stone unturned
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κινώ γη και ουρανό
sense_list:
(idiom) To search or investigate thoroughly. | (figuratively) To perform a task carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.


lexentry: eng/lecithin__Noun__1
written_rep: lecithin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεκιθίνη
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier).


lexentry: eng/lectern__Noun__1
written_rep: lectern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αναλόγιο
sense_list:
A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.


lexentry: eng/lecturer__Noun__1
written_rep: lecturer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: επιμελήτρια | επιμελητής
sense_list:
A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.


lexentry: eng/lede__Noun__2
written_rep: lede
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εισαγωγή | εισαγωγική παράγραφος
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/ledger_line__Noun__1
written_rep: ledger line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: βοηθητική γραμμή
sense_list:
(music) A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff.


lexentry: eng/lee__Noun__1
written_rep: lee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καταφύγιο
sense_list:
(nautical) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind. | (nautical) The side of the ship away from the wind.


lexentry: eng/leech__Noun__1
written_rep: leech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βδέλλα
sense_list:
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. | (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.


lexentry: eng/leek__Noun__1
written_rep: leek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πράσο
sense_list:
A vegetable of variety variety, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.


lexentry: eng/leer__Verb__1
written_rep: leer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καταστέλλω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.


lexentry: eng/left__Adjective__1
written_rep: left
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αριστερός
sense_list:
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← | (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.


lexentry: eng/leg_warmer__Noun__1
written_rep: leg warmer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: περικνημίδα
sense_list:
A type of garment similar to a footless sock, which usually extends from below the knee to above the ankle.


lexentry: eng/legal_person__Noun__1
written_rep: legal person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νομικό πρόσωπο
sense_list:
(legal) An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.


lexentry: eng/legal_positivism__Noun__1
written_rep: legal positivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νομικός θετικισμός
sense_list:
(legal) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).


lexentry: eng/legalize__Verb__1
written_rep: legalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νομιμοποιώ
sense_list:
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.


lexentry: eng/legate__Noun__1
written_rep: legate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: παπικός έξαρχος
sense_list:
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.


lexentry: eng/legato__Noun__1
written_rep: legato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεγκατούρα
sense_list:
(music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes. | (music) A passage that is played legato.


lexentry: eng/legend__Noun__1
written_rep: legend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: θρύλος
sense_list:
A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events. | A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.


lexentry: eng/legion__Noun__1
written_rep: legion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεγεώνα
sense_list:
(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.


lexentry: eng/legionary__Noun__1
written_rep: legionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: λεγεωνάριος
sense_list:
A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).


lexentry: eng/legwork__Noun__1
written_rep: legwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεπτοδουλειά
sense_list:
Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.


lexentry: eng/leishmaniasis__Noun__1
written_rep: leishmaniasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεϊσμανίαση
sense_list:
(disease) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.


lexentry: eng/lemma__Noun__1
written_rep: lemma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λήμμα
sense_list:
(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. | (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.


lexentry: eng/lemon__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: λεμονί | λεμόνι
sense_list:
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits. | A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). | (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor. | (fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex. | (geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.


lexentry: eng/lemon_balm__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon balm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μελισσόχορτο
sense_list:
A perennial herb, of species Melissa officinalis, of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc.


lexentry: eng/lemon_juice__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon juice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεμονάδα | χυμός λεμονιού
sense_list:
The liquid extract of lemon fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
written_rep: lemonade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεμονάδα | λεμονίτα
sense_list:
(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
written_rep: lemonade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: λεμονάδα | γκαζόζα | λεμονίτα
sense_list:
(UK, AU, NZ) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/lend__Verb__1
written_rep: lend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δανείζω
sense_list:
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.


lexentry: eng/lender__Noun__1
written_rep: lender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δανειστής
sense_list:
One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.


lexentry: eng/lens__Noun__1
written_rep: lens
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φακός
sense_list:
An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. | A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. | (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.


lexentry: eng/lentil__Noun__1
written_rep: lentil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φακή
sense_list:
Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | The seed of these plants, used as food.


lexentry: eng/leonine__Adjective__1
written_rep: leonine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιονταρίσιος
sense_list:
(pathology) Of a facies: resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.


lexentry: eng/leopard__Noun__1
written_rep: leopard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεοπάρδαλη
sense_list:
Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess) .


lexentry: eng/leotard__Noun__1
written_rep: leotard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κορμάκι
sense_list:
A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)


lexentry: eng/leper_colony__Noun__1
written_rep: leper colony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεπροκομείο
sense_list:
An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.


lexentry: eng/leprosy__Noun__1
written_rep: leprosy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λέπρα
sense_list:
(disease, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.


lexentry: eng/leptokurtic__Adjective__1
written_rep: leptokurtic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεπτόκυρτος
sense_list:
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.


lexentry: eng/lepton__Noun__1
written_rep: lepton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεπτό
sense_list:
A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).


lexentry: eng/lepton__Noun__2
written_rep: lepton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεπτόνιο
sense_list:
(particle physics) An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.


lexentry: eng/leptospirosis__Noun__1
written_rep: leptospirosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεπτοσπείρωση
sense_list:
An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.


lexentry: eng/lesbian__Adjective__1
written_rep: lesbian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεσβιακός | λεσβία
sense_list:
(of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners. | (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.


lexentry: eng/lese_majesty__Noun__1
written_rep: lese majesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έγκλημα καθοσιώσεως
sense_list:
The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.


lexentry: eng/leshy__Noun__1
written_rep: leshy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δασοκόμος
sense_list:
(Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.


lexentry: eng/lesion__Noun__1
written_rep: lesion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: τραύμα
sense_list:
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.


lexentry: eng/less_is_more__Proverb__1
written_rep: less is more
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ουκ εν τω πολλώ το ευ
sense_list:
That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.


lexentry: eng/lesson__Noun__1
written_rep: lesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μάθημα
sense_list:
A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. | Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.


lexentry: eng/let's__Verb__1
written_rep: let's
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αφήνω
sense_list:
Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.


lexentry: eng/let__Verb__1
written_rep: let
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αφήνω | επιτρέπω
sense_list:
(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). | (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).


lexentry: eng/let_alone__Conjunction__1
written_rep: let alone
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πόσο μάλλον
sense_list:
(idiomatic, negative polarity item) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.


lexentry: eng/let_bygones_be_bygones__Verb__1
written_rep: let bygones be bygones
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: περασμένα ξεχασμένα
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).


lexentry: eng/let_go__Verb__1
written_rep: let go
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αφήνω
sense_list:
(intransitive, with of, and, transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.


lexentry: eng/let_slide__Verb__1
written_rep: let slide
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πηγαίνω
sense_list:
(transitive, of intangibles) To let go, allow, release, pass over without action. | (idiomatic) To allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy.


lexentry: eng/lethargy__Noun__1
written_rep: lethargy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λήθαργος
sense_list:
A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/letter_carrier__Noun__1
written_rep: letter carrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ταχυδρόμος
sense_list:
An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_credit__Noun__1
written_rep: letter of credit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τραπεζική πίστωση
sense_list:
(finance, banking) A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts up to a certain limit to be acquired by the beneficiary against delivery of documents specified in the letter.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_recommendation__Noun__1
written_rep: letter of recommendation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συστατική επιστολή
sense_list:
A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.


lexentry: eng/letterbox__Noun__1
written_rep: letterbox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γραμματοκιβώτιο
sense_list:
A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/lettuce__Noun__1
written_rep: lettuce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαρούλι
sense_list:
An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves. | (uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.


lexentry: eng/leu__Noun__1
written_rep: leu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λέι
sense_list:
The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani. | The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.


lexentry: eng/leucine__Noun__1
written_rep: leucine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λευκίνη
sense_list:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.


lexentry: eng/leukemia__Noun__1
written_rep: leukemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λευχαιμία
sense_list:
(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.


lexentry: eng/leukocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: leukocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λευκό αιμοσφαίριο
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.


lexentry: eng/levanter__Noun__1
written_rep: levanter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεβάντες
sense_list:
An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
written_rep: level
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αλφάδι
sense_list:
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. | (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
written_rep: level
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: επίπεδο
sense_list:
Degree or amount. | (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.


lexentry: eng/level_crossing__Noun__1
written_rep: level crossing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ισόπεδος διάβασις
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Noun__1
written_rep: leverage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μόχλευση
sense_list:
A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque. | (finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Verb__1
written_rep: leverage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αξιοποιώ | εκμεταλλεύομαι
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).


lexentry: eng/leviathan__Noun__1
written_rep: leviathan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεβιάθαν
sense_list:
(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.


lexentry: eng/levity__Noun__1
written_rep: levity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ελαφρότητα
sense_list:
Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters. | The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.


lexentry: eng/levorotatory__Adjective__1
written_rep: levorotatory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αριστερόστροφος
sense_list:
(chemistry) (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-#Prefix.


lexentry: eng/lexeme__Noun__1
written_rep: lexeme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λέξημα
sense_list:
(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.


lexentry: eng/lexical__Adjective__1
written_rep: lexical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεξικό
sense_list:
(linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language. | (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.


lexentry: eng/lexical_category__Noun__1
written_rep: lexical category
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φύση
sense_list:
(linguistics) A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/lexicography__Noun__1
written_rep: lexicography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεξικογραφία | λεξικογράφηση
sense_list:
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries. | (uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.


lexentry: eng/lexicon__Noun__1
written_rep: lexicon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: λεξιλόγιο
sense_list:
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.) | The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)


lexentry: eng/liability__Noun__1
written_rep: liability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: χάντικαπ
sense_list:
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.


lexentry: eng/libation__Noun__1
written_rep: libation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σπονδή
sense_list:
The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity. | The wine or liquid thus poured out.


lexentry: eng/libel__Noun__1
written_rep: libel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λίβελλος | λιβελλογράφημα
sense_list:
(countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.


lexentry: eng/liberal__Noun__1
written_rep: liberal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: φιλελεύθερος
sense_list:
(political) A supporter of any of several liberal parties. | (UK politics) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).


lexentry: eng/liberalism__Noun__1
written_rep: liberalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: φιλελευθερισμός
sense_list:
(politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed. | (economics) An economic ideology in favour of laissez faire and the free market (related to economic liberalism).


lexentry: eng/libertarian_socialism__Noun__1
written_rep: libertarian socialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ελευθεριακοί σοσιαλισμός
sense_list:
Any of a group of political philosophies dedicated to opposing coercive forms of authority and social hierarchy, prominent examples being capitalism and the State; especially one that encourages the direct seizure by the people of the means of production with the aim of moving toward the creation of a radical direct democracy.


lexentry: eng/libertarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: libertarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ελευθερισμός
sense_list:
(economics, philosophy, politics) A political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives, and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property, provided they allow others that same liberty.


lexentry: eng/libertine__Noun__2
written_rep: libertine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κρανίο
sense_list:
Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.


lexentry: eng/libido__Noun__1
written_rep: libido
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λίμπιντο
sense_list:
(common usage) Sexual urges or drives. | (psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.


lexentry: eng/library__Noun__1
written_rep: library
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βιβλιοθήκη
sense_list:
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users. | (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease. | (card games, Magic: The Gathering) The deck or draw pile.


lexentry: eng/library_science__Noun__1
written_rep: library science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βιβλιοθηκονομία
sense_list:
An interdisciplinary science incorporating the humanities, law and applied science to study topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information.


lexentry: eng/libre__Adjective__1
written_rep: libre
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: άγαμος
sense_list:
(software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/license__Noun__1
written_rep: license
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άδεια
sense_list:
A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. | The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.


lexentry: eng/license_plate__Noun__1
written_rep: license plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πινακίδα κυκλοφορίας
sense_list:
An identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a sequence of letters, numbers, or both identifying the vehicle, and placed at the back and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/licentious__Adjective__1
written_rep: licentious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακόλαστος
sense_list:
Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.


lexentry: eng/lichen__Noun__1
written_rep: lichen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λειχήνα
sense_list:
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.


lexentry: eng/lickspittle__Verb__1
written_rep: lickspittle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κωλογλείφτης
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).


lexentry: eng/licorice__Noun__1
written_rep: licorice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γλυκόριζα
sense_list:
(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.


lexentry: eng/lictor__Noun__1
written_rep: lictor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ραβδούχος
sense_list:
An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανθυπολοχαγός | υπολοχαγός | υποσμηναγός | ανθυποπλοίαρχος | ανθυποσμηναγός | υποπλοίαρχος
sense_list:
(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: πρωτοπαλίκαρο | υπαρχηγός
sense_list:
A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_colonel__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant colonel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: αντισυνταγματάρχης | αντισμήναρχος
sense_list:
An English-language term used as a general categorization for military officer ranks that are the equivalent of lieutenant colonel, the relative rank level is found in most countries.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_general__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant general
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αντιπτέραρχος | αντιστράτηγος
sense_list:
A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.


lexentry: eng/lieutenant_junior_grade__Noun__1
written_rep: lieutenant junior grade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανθυποπλοίαρχος
sense_list:
A commissioned officer of the United States Navy whose rank is above an ensign's and below a lieutenant, or a corresponding rank in other navies.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
written_rep: life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζωή | βίος
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. | A worthwhile existence. | Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc. | The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
written_rep: life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: βίος | ζωή
sense_list:
(video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
written_rep: life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: ισόβια
sense_list:
(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).


lexentry: eng/life_drawing__Noun__1
written_rep: life drawing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακαδημία
sense_list:
A sketched study of a model holding a pose, normally nude, or the process of creating such an image.


lexentry: eng/life_insurance__Noun__1
written_rep: life insurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ασφάλεια ζωής
sense_list:
A form of insurance on the life of a person, whereby if the person dies then the insurance policy pays out a sum of money to the beneficiary (such as a person's family).


lexentry: eng/life_partner__Noun__1
written_rep: life partner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σύντροφος
sense_list:
A romantic partner for life. This can be same-sex or opposite-sex, married or without marriage, and monogamous or polyamorous.


lexentry: eng/life_raft__Noun__1
written_rep: life raft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σωσίβια λέμβος
sense_list:
A usually inflatable raft carried aboard a ship or airplane, used to save lives in case the vessel has to be abandoned in an emergency on the sea.


lexentry: eng/lifeguard__Noun__1
written_rep: lifeguard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ναυαγοσώστης | ναυαγοσώστρια
sense_list:
A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.


lexentry: eng/lift__Noun__1
written_rep: lift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ασανσέρ | ανελκυστήρας
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, and, New Zealand, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.


lexentry: eng/lift__Noun__1
written_rep: lift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: άνωση
sense_list:
An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.


lexentry: eng/liftoff__Noun__1
written_rep: liftoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απογείωση
sense_list:
(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.


lexentry: eng/ligation__Noun__1
written_rep: ligation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: απολίνωση
sense_list:
(surgery) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating.


lexentry: eng/ligature__Noun__1
written_rep: ligature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: λιγκατούρα
sense_list:
(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ĳ; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature. | (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.


lexentry: eng/light__Adjective__2
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ελαφρύς | ελαφρός | αβαρής
sense_list:
(nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.


lexentry: eng/light__Noun__1
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φως
sense_list:
(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light. | (countable) A source of illumination. | (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.


lexentry: eng/light__Verb__1
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: ανάβω
sense_list:
(transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.


lexentry: eng/light_bulb__Noun__1
written_rep: light bulb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ηλεκτρική λυχνία | ηλεκτρικός λαμπτήρας
sense_list:
An evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.


lexentry: eng/light_pollution__Noun__1
written_rep: light pollution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φωτορύπανση
sense_list:
An excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.


lexentry: eng/light_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: light verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απολεξικοποιημένο ρήμα
sense_list:
(linguistics) A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.


lexentry: eng/light_year__Noun__1
written_rep: light year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έτος φωτός
sense_list:
(astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (1016 metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.


lexentry: eng/lighter__Noun__1
written_rep: lighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: αναπτήρας
sense_list:
A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/lighter__Noun__2
written_rep: lighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φορτηγίδα
sense_list:
A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).


lexentry: eng/lightheadedness__Noun__1
written_rep: lightheadedness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιποθυμία
sense_list:
The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.


lexentry: eng/lightning__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αστραπή
sense_list:
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.


lexentry: eng/lightning_rod__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning rod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αλεξικέραυνο
sense_list:
A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning.


lexentry: eng/lightning_rod__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning rod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κεραυνός
sense_list:
(figuratively) A person or thing that is a target for negative reactions and distracts criticism from another target.


lexentry: eng/lightning_strike__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning strike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κεραυνός | χτύπημα κεραυνού
sense_list:
A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.


lexentry: eng/lightship__Noun__1
written_rep: lightship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: καραβοφάναρο | φαρόπλοιο
sense_list:
(nautical) A vessel riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.


lexentry: eng/like__Noun__1
written_rep: like
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: αγαπημένο
sense_list:
(internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/like__Noun__2
written_rep: like
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: όμοιος
sense_list:
(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.


lexentry: eng/like__Verb__1
written_rep: like
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: βάζω λάικ | λαϊκάρω
sense_list:
(Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.


lexentry: eng/likelihood__Noun__1
written_rep: likelihood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πιθανότητα | ενδεχόμενο | πιθανοφάνεια
sense_list:
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.


lexentry: eng/liken__Verb__1
written_rep: liken
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: παραβάλλω
sense_list:
Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.


lexentry: eng/lily__Noun__1
written_rep: lily
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κρίνο
sense_list:
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.


lexentry: eng/limbic_system__Noun__1
written_rep: limbic system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεταιχμιακό σύστημα
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) Part of the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; includes amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus.


lexentry: eng/limbo__Noun__1
written_rep: limbo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άβυσσος
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/limbo__Noun__1
written_rep: limbo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κενό
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lime_mortar__Noun__1
written_rep: lime mortar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ασβεστοκονίαμα
sense_list:
A soft form of mortar made from sand and slaked lime, largely replaced by cement mortar in modern building methods.


lexentry: eng/limestone__Noun__1
written_rep: limestone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ασβεστόλιθος
sense_list:
An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.


lexentry: eng/limewater__Noun__1
written_rep: limewater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ασβεστόνερο
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.


lexentry: eng/limit__Noun__1
written_rep: limit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: όριο
sense_list:
(mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).


lexentry: eng/limit__Verb__1
written_rep: limit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: περιορίζω
sense_list:
(transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.


lexentry: eng/limitation__Noun__1
written_rep: limitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: περιορισμός
sense_list:
The act of limiting or the state of being limited. | An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.


lexentry: eng/limited_liability_company__Noun__1
written_rep: limited liability company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης
sense_list:
(legal) A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.


lexentry: eng/limnology__Noun__1
written_rep: limnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιμνολογία
sense_list:
(ecology) The science concerning the biological, physical and geological properties of fresh water bodies, especially lakes and ponds.


lexentry: eng/limonene__Noun__1
written_rep: limonene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιμονένιο
sense_list:
(organic compound) A monoterpene hydrocarbon 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance


lexentry: eng/limousine__Noun__1
written_rep: limousine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: λιμουζίνα
sense_list:
A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/limpet__Noun__1
written_rep: limpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πεταλίδα
sense_list:
A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.


lexentry: eng/linchpin__Noun__1
written_rep: linchpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αστράγαλος
sense_list:
A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.


lexentry: eng/linchpin__Noun__1
written_rep: linchpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: αδράχτι
sense_list:
(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γραμμή
sense_list:
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. | (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. | (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness. | A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon. | The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection. | (especially, military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces. | The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. [from later 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: ουρά
sense_list:
A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 18
trans_list: πεζικό
sense_list:
(military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 20
trans_list: καταγωγή
sense_list:
A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.


lexentry: eng/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 21
trans_list: γραμμή | σπάγκος
sense_list:
A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.


lexentry: eng/line_of_business__Noun__1
written_rep: line of business
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κλάδος
sense_list:
A product or a set of related products that serve a particular customer transaction or business need.


lexentry: eng/lineage__Noun__1
written_rep: lineage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γενεαλογία
sense_list:
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.


lexentry: eng/linear__Adjective__1
written_rep: linear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γραμμικός
sense_list:
Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course. | (mathematics) (of polynomials or polynomial equations)


lexentry: eng/linear_algebra__Noun__1
written_rep: linear algebra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γραμμική άλγεβρα
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics that deals with vectors, vector spaces, linear transformations and systems of linear equations.


lexentry: eng/linear_transformation__Noun__1
written_rep: linear transformation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γραμμικός μετασχηματισμός
sense_list:
(linear algebra) A map between vector spaces which preserves the operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication.


lexentry: eng/linearity__Noun__1
written_rep: linearity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γραμμικότητα
sense_list:
The state of being linear. | (mathematics) A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
written_rep: linger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διαρκώ
sense_list:
(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
written_rep: linger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: αντέχω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.


lexentry: eng/lingo__Noun__1
written_rep: lingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αργκό
sense_list:
(informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.


lexentry: eng/lingua_franca__Noun__1
written_rep: lingua franca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γλώσσα | κοινή
sense_list:
A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its speakers.


lexentry: eng/link__Noun__1
written_rep: link
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: σύνδεσμος | υπερσύνδεσμος
sense_list:
(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.


lexentry: eng/linkage__Noun__1
written_rep: linkage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: υφέν
sense_list:
(US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.


lexentry: eng/linked_list__Noun__1
written_rep: linked list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατάλογος
sense_list:
(computer science) A simple linear data structure, each of whose nodes includes a pointer to the next (and sometimes previous) node in the list, enabling traversal of the structure in at least one direction from any starting point.


lexentry: eng/linoleum__Noun__1
written_rep: linoleum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λινόλεουμ
sense_list:
An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.


lexentry: eng/lintel__Noun__1
written_rep: lintel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανώφλι | πρέκι | υπέρθυρο
sense_list:
(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.


lexentry: eng/lion__Noun__1
written_rep: lion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιοντάρι
sense_list:
A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. | (in particular) A male lion, as opposed to a lioness. | (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion. | A Chinese foo dog. | A person who shows attributes associated with the lion, such as strength, courage, or ferocity. | A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity. | A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion. | (historical) An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.


lexentry: eng/lip__Noun__1
written_rep: lip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: χείλος
sense_list:
(countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.


lexentry: eng/lipid__Noun__1
written_rep: lipid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιπίδιο
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.


lexentry: eng/liposuction__Noun__1
written_rep: liposuction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιποαναρρόφηση
sense_list:
(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.


lexentry: eng/liquefied_natural_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: liquefied natural gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υγροποιημένο φυσικό αέριο
sense_list:
(petrochemistry) Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.


lexentry: eng/liqueur__Noun__1
written_rep: liqueur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ηδύποτο | λικέρ
sense_list:
A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/liquid__Adjective__1
written_rep: liquid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υγρός
sense_list:
Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.


lexentry: eng/liquid__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υγρό
sense_list:
A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.


lexentry: eng/liquid_air__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid air
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: yγροποιημένος αέρας
sense_list:
Air which is in a liquid state due to being pressurized or kept at a low temperature, or both, usually for storage and transport purposes.


lexentry: eng/liquid_crystal__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid crystal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υγρός κρύσταλλος
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions.


lexentry: eng/liquidity__Noun__1
written_rep: liquidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ρευστότητα
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state or property of being liquid. | (economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash. | (finance) Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.


lexentry: eng/liquor__Noun__1
written_rep: liquor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: οινοπνευματώδες ποτό
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.


lexentry: eng/lisp__Verb__1
written_rep: lisp
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ψευδίζω
sense_list:
To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.


lexentry: eng/list__Noun__1
written_rep: list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: λίστα | κατάλογος
sense_list:
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600]


lexentry: eng/list__Noun__1
written_rep: list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: λίστα
sense_list:
(computing, programming) A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.


lexentry: eng/listen__Verb__1
written_rep: listen
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακούω
sense_list:
(intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound. | (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.


lexentry: eng/listenership__Noun__1
written_rep: listenership
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ακροαματικότητα
sense_list:
The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio) , an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast).


lexentry: eng/litany__Noun__1
written_rep: litany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιτανεία
sense_list:
A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. | (figurative) A prolonged or tedious list.


lexentry: eng/literal__Adjective__1
written_rep: literal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατά γράμμα | κυριολεκτικός
sense_list:
Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical, and etymonic rather than idiomatic.


lexentry: eng/literal__Noun__1
written_rep: literal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κυριολεκτικό
sense_list:
(programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.


lexentry: eng/literally__Adverb__1
written_rep: literally
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κυριολεκτικά | κατά γράμμα
sense_list:
Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor; without overstatement, understatement, euphemism, or dysphemism.


lexentry: eng/literary__Adjective__1
written_rep: literary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λογοτεχνικός
sense_list:
Relating to literature. | Relating to writers, or the profession of literature. | Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.


lexentry: eng/literary_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: literary agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πράκτορας
sense_list:
A person who represents writers and their written works to publishers and film producers and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same.


lexentry: eng/literature__Noun__1
written_rep: literature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: λογοτεχνία
sense_list:
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture. | (usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.


lexentry: eng/lithiasis__Noun__1
written_rep: lithiasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιθίαση
sense_list:
(medicine) The process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.


lexentry: eng/lithium__Noun__1
written_rep: lithium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λίθιο | Λιθιο
sense_list:
(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal.


lexentry: eng/lithography__Noun__1
written_rep: lithography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιθογραφία
sense_list:
The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it. [from 1813]


lexentry: eng/lithosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: lithosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιθόσφαιρα
sense_list:
(geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates.


lexentry: eng/lithotripsy__Noun__1
written_rep: lithotripsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιθοτριψία
sense_list:
(surgery) A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument, by which a kidney stone or similar calculus is broken into particles small enough to be voided or washed out.


lexentry: eng/litmus__Noun__1
written_rep: litmus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ηλιοτρόπιο
sense_list:
(uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.


lexentry: eng/litotes__Noun__1
written_rep: litotes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιτότητα
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive.


lexentry: eng/litter__Noun__1
written_rep: litter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άχυρο
sense_list:
(uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. [1325]


lexentry: eng/litter__Noun__1
written_rep: litter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: σκουπίδι
sense_list:
(countable) A mobile bed or couch transported upon or suspended from poles placed over human shoulders or animal backs. [1330s] | (medical, countable) Synonym of stretcher, such a vehicle used for transporting the sick and injured, inclusive of designs carried in the hand.


lexentry: eng/little_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: little boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αγοράκι
sense_list:
A male child, especially one younger than ten years of age. | (AU, NZ) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or a cheerio.


lexentry: eng/little_bustard__Noun__1
written_rep: little bustard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χαμωτίδα
sense_list:
Tetrax tetrax, a migratory bird of the family Otididae (bustards) found in parts of Europe and Central Asia


lexentry: eng/little_egret__Noun__1
written_rep: little egret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λευκοτσικνιάς
sense_list:
A species of egret, Egretta garzetta, family Ardeidae, widely distributed throughout the Old World, the Caribbean, and Eastern North America.


lexentry: eng/little_green_man__Noun__1
written_rep: little green man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πράσινο ανθρωπάκι
sense_list:
(chiefly, science fiction) A conventional fictional alien from outer space in the form of a small humanoid with green skin.


lexentry: eng/liturgy__Noun__1
written_rep: liturgy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λειτουργία
sense_list:
A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.


lexentry: eng/live__Adjective__1
written_rep: live
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζωντανός
sense_list:
(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive. | (engineering) Imparting power; having motion. | (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.


lexentry: eng/live__Adjective__1
written_rep: live
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: άσκαστος
sense_list:
Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives). | (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.


lexentry: eng/live__Adjective__1
written_rep: live
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: ηλεκτροφόρος | ρευματοφόρος
sense_list:
(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.


lexentry: eng/live_by_the_sword,_die_by_the_sword__Proverb__1
written_rep: live by the sword, die by the sword
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πάντες όσοι πιάσωσι μάχαιραν διά μαχαίρας θέλουσιν απολεσθή
sense_list:
One who uses violence can expect a violent response; it is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.


lexentry: eng/livelihood__Noun__1
written_rep: livelihood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζωή
sense_list:
A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/liver__Noun__1
written_rep: liver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ήπαρ | συκώτι
sense_list:
(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/liverwort__Noun__1
written_rep: liverwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ηπατικός
sense_list:
A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.


lexentry: eng/livery__Noun__1
written_rep: livery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: στολή
sense_list:
Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.


lexentry: eng/living_fossil__Noun__1
written_rep: living fossil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζωντανό απολίθωμα
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory) Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. [from 1859]


lexentry: eng/living_thing__Noun__1
written_rep: living thing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζωντανός
sense_list:
An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.


lexentry: eng/llama__Noun__1
written_rep: llama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάμα
sense_list:
A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.


lexentry: eng/load__Noun__1
written_rep: load
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: φορτίο | φόρτωμα
sense_list:
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.


lexentry: eng/load__Verb__1
written_rep: load
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φορτώνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). | (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory. | (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.


lexentry: eng/loaded__Adjective__1
written_rep: loaded
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ματσωμένος
sense_list:
(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber. | (colloquial) Possessing great wealth. | (slang) Drunk.


lexentry: eng/loam__Noun__1
written_rep: loam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάσπη
sense_list:
(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.


lexentry: eng/loan__Noun__1
written_rep: loan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: δάνειο
sense_list:
(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). | The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.


lexentry: eng/lobby__Noun__1
written_rep: lobby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: κλίκα
sense_list:
(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.


lexentry: eng/lobe__Noun__1
written_rep: lobe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λοβός
sense_list:
Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] | (anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/lobotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: lobotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λοβοτομή
sense_list:
A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses. | (figurative) Separation, removal or deprivation.


lexentry: eng/lobster__Noun__1
written_rep: lobster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αστακός
sense_list:
A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood. | A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.


lexentry: eng/lobster_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: lobster pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ψαροκόφινο
sense_list:
A trap used to catch lobsters, resembling a crate with a small opening that a lobster can enter but has trouble exiting.


lexentry: eng/local__Adjective__1
written_rep: local
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: τοπικός
sense_list:
(computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program. | (group theory, of a property of a finite group) Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.


lexentry: eng/local_administrative_unit__Noun__1
written_rep: local administrative unit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δήμος
sense_list:
(administration, legal) In the European union, a low-level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state.


lexentry: eng/local_government__Noun__1
written_rep: local government
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση
sense_list:
Any form of government whose remit covers an area less than that of the nation and, in some cases, less than that of a state.


lexentry: eng/localhost__Noun__1
written_rep: localhost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τοπικός υπολογιστής
sense_list:
(networking) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.


lexentry: eng/localization__Noun__1
written_rep: localization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: τοπικοποίηση
sense_list:
(software engineering) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.


lexentry: eng/localization__Noun__1
written_rep: localization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: εντοπισμός
sense_list:
(algebra) A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.


lexentry: eng/localize__Verb__1
written_rep: localize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: εντοπίζω
sense_list:
(software engineering, marketing, transitive) To adapt (a product or service) for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc.


lexentry: eng/locative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: locative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τοπική | τοπική πτώση
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein; corresponding roughly to the English prepositions "in", "on", "at", and "by".


lexentry: eng/lock__Noun__1
written_rep: lock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: υδατοφράκτης
sense_list:
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.


lexentry: eng/lock__Noun__1
written_rep: lock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: κλειδαριά | υδατοφράκτης
sense_list:
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/locus__Noun__1
written_rep: locus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τόπος
sense_list:
A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. | (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.


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


lexentry: eng/lodge__Noun__1
written_rep: lodge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: θυρωρείο
sense_list:
Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/logical_connective__Noun__1
written_rep: logical connective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λογικό συνδετικό
sense_list:
(logic) A truth-valued function such as (the usual suspects): conjunction, disjunction, negation, and material implication.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/logorrhea__Noun__1
written_rep: logorrhea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λογόρροια | λογοδιάρροια
sense_list:
(often, humorous) Excessive talkativeness. | (psychology) Excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder.


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


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


lexentry: eng/lokma__Noun__1
written_rep: lokma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λουκουμάς
sense_list:
A pastry made of fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, typically shaped into a ring or ball. (used especially of the Turkish variant of this pastry)


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/long-term__Adjective__1
written_rep: long-term
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μακροπρόθεσμος
sense_list:
Becoming evident after a relatively long time period. | Extending over a relatively long time period.


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


lexentry: eng/long__Adjective__1
written_rep: long
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: έξω
sense_list:
(cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/look_and_feel__Noun__1
written_rep: look and feel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: όψη και αίσθηση
sense_list:
(software, of an application, operating system, etc.) The combination of the visual design and behaviour of a user interface.


lexentry: eng/look_at__Verb__1
written_rep: look at
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κοιτάζω
sense_list:
(transitive) To observe or watch. | (transitive) To study visually. | (transitive) To face; to be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.


lexentry: eng/look_forward_to__Verb__1
written_rep: look forward to
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανυπομονώ | ευελπιστώ | προσβλέπω
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/loop__Noun__1
written_rep: loop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: βρόχος | θηλιά
sense_list:
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/loose_change__Noun__1
written_rep: loose change
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ψιλά
sense_list:
Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag. | (idiomatic) A sum of money considered small or insignificant.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/lose__Verb__1
written_rep: lose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χάνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability. | (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). | (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. | (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. | (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.


lexentry: eng/lose__Verb__1
written_rep: lose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: χάνω | ηττώμαι
sense_list:
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | (transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).


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


lexentry: eng/loss__Noun__1
written_rep: loss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απώλεια
sense_list:
(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. | (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.


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


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


lexentry: eng/lot__Noun__1
written_rep: lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: πεπρωμένο
sense_list:
That which happens without human design or forethought. | The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/love__Noun__1
written_rep: love
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: αγάπη
sense_list:
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | (colloquial, Commonwealth) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/low-grade_fever__Noun__1
written_rep: low-grade fever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πυρέτιο
sense_list:
(medicine) A slight fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit).


lexentry: eng/low-level_language__Noun__1
written_rep: low-level language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γλώσσα χαμηλού επιπέδου
sense_list:
(programming) A computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a particular computer architecture's assembly language, containing no provisions for portability between architectures.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/low__Noun__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ναδίρ | χαμηλό
sense_list:
A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc). | (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.


lexentry: eng/low_blow__Noun__1
written_rep: low blow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χτύπημα κάτω από τη ζώνη
sense_list:
(boxing) An unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent’s waist. | (figurative, by extension) Any attack that is considered unfair or unscrupulous.


lexentry: eng/lower__Verb__1
written_rep: lower
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χαμηλώνω
sense_list:
(transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down | (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of | (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/lozenge__Noun__1
written_rep: lozenge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ρόμβος
sense_list:
(shapes, heraldiccharge) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/luminary__Noun__1
written_rep: luminary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: φως
sense_list:
One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light. | (archaic) An artificial light; an illumination.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/lure__Noun__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: δόλωμα
sense_list:
(also, figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure. | (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.


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


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


lexentry: eng/luster__Noun__1
written_rep: luster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λάμψη
sense_list:
The ability or condition of shining when light is applied, inclusive of shine, sheen, polish, gloss, sparkle, etc.


lexentry: eng/lustration__Noun__1
written_rep: lustration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κάθαρση
sense_list:
(politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.


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


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


lexentry: eng/luteinizing_hormone__Noun__1
written_rep: luteinizing hormone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ωχρινοτροπίνη
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A hormone, produced by anterior part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals.


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


lexentry: eng/luthier__Noun__1
written_rep: luthier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατασκευαστής έγχορδος όργανο
sense_list:
A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/lymphadenopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphadenopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λεμφαδενοπάθεια
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes; it is often a nonspecific sign of infection but is also often of obscure origin and benign.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/machete__Noun__1
written_rep: machete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαχαίρα | ματσέτα
sense_list:
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μηχανή | μηχάνημα | μηχανισμός
sense_list:
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: μηχανισμός
sense_list:
Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: μηχανή
sense_list:
(historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/mad__Adjective__1
written_rep: mad
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: λυσσασμένος | μανιακός
sense_list:
(slang, chiefly, _, New York, AAVE) Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: περιοδικό
sense_list:
A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.


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


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


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαγεία
sense_list:
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.] | (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.]


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/magma__Noun__1
written_rep: magma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μάγμα
sense_list:
(geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μέγεθος
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something. | (mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically | (astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100. | (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude | (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαόνι
sense_list:
(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μαόνι | ερυθρόξυλο
sense_list:
(countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes. [from 18th c.] | A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. [from 19th c.] | (obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table. [19th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: αλληλογραφία | ταχυδρομείο
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/main_memory__Noun__1
written_rep: main memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κεντρική μνήμη | κύρια μνήμη
sense_list:
(computing) The primary volatile memory of a computer, not including memory cache, persistent disk storage, or external storage.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/major__Adjective__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεγάλος
sense_list:
Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. | Greater in number, quantity, or extent.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/make__Verb__1
written_rep: make
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: κάνω | φτιάχνω | κατασκευάζω | καταλαβαίνω | καταφέρνω
sense_list:
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.


lexentry: eng/make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill__Verb__1
written_rep: make a mountain out of a molehill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάνω την τρίχα τριχιά | πνίγομαι σε μια κουταλιά νερό
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.


lexentry: eng/make_a_virtue_of_necessity__Verb__1
written_rep: make a virtue of necessity
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάνω την ανάγκη φιλοτιμία
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.


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


lexentry: eng/make_ends_meet__Verb__1
written_rep: make ends meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μόλις τα βγάζω πέρα
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/makeover__Noun__1
written_rep: makeover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αναμόρφωση
sense_list:
A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αρσενικός
sense_list:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.] | (of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/malpractice__Noun__1
written_rep: malpractice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αμέλεια
sense_list:
The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss. | Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.


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


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


lexentry: eng/mammal__Noun__1
written_rep: mammal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: θηλαστικό | θηλαστικά
sense_list:
An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.


lexentry: eng/mammillary_body__Noun__1
written_rep: mammillary body
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαστίο εγκεφάλου
sense_list:
(anatomy) One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/man__Noun__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: άνδρας | άντρας
sense_list:
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
written_rep: manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διευθυντής | μάνατζερ | διευθύντρια
sense_list:
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.


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


lexentry: eng/manat__Noun__1
written_rep: manat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μανάτ
sense_list:
The basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qapik. | The basic unit of currency for Turkmenistan; subdivided into 100 tennesi.


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


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


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μανταρινιά
sense_list:
A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μανταρίνι
sense_list:
The fruit of this tree; in loose, informal usage, the term may include other similar citrus fruits such as Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan).


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


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


lexentry: eng/mandylion__Noun__1
written_rep: mandylion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μανδήλιον
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, Eastern Orthodoxy) often Mandylion: the Image of Edessa, a holy relic consisting of a piece of cloth upon which an image of the face of Jesus Christ had been miraculously imprinted without human intervention (that is, an acheiropoieton); an artistic depiction of this relic.


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ελιγμός
sense_list:
(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.] | A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: χειρισμός
sense_list:
(medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. [from 18th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Verb__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ελίσσομαι
sense_list:
(figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully | (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme


lexentry: eng/mangal__Noun__2
written_rep: mangal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαγκάλι
sense_list:
A Middle Eastern-style barbecue (cookout), or the barbecue (grill; cooking apparatus) it is cooked on.


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


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


lexentry: eng/manhood__Noun__1
written_rep: manhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ανδρισμός | αρρενωπότητα
sense_list:
The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively. | The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.


lexentry: eng/manic_depression__Noun__1
written_rep: manic depression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μανιοκατάθλιψη
sense_list:
(clinical psychology, psychiatry, dated) A psychiatric diagnostic category, now called bipolar disorder, characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic) and clinical depression.


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


lexentry: eng/manioc__Noun__1
written_rep: manioc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Κασάβα
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared. | (uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.


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


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


lexentry: eng/mannequin__Noun__1
written_rep: mannequin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ανδρείκελο
sense_list:
A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes. | A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery. | An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/mantle__Noun__1
written_rep: mantle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μανδύας
sense_list:
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. [from 9th c.] | (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust. [from 20th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/manufacture__Verb__1
written_rep: manufacture
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κατασκευάζω
sense_list:
To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery. | (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.


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


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


lexentry: eng/manuscript__Noun__1
written_rep: manuscript
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χειρόγραφο
sense_list:
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced. | A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.


lexentry: eng/manwhore__Noun__1
written_rep: manwhore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζιγκολό
sense_list:
(slang) A man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute. | (slang) A promiscuous man who has no regard for his sexual partners or the emotional value of his relationships.


lexentry: eng/many_a_mickle_makes_a_muckle__Proverb__1
written_rep: many a mickle makes a muckle
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: σταλαγματιά σταλαγματιά γεμίζει η στάμνα η πλατιά
sense_list:
(chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount. [from 1793]


lexentry: eng/many_hands_make_light_work__Proverb__1
written_rep: many hands make light work
part_of_speech: proverb
sense_list: A large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
ισχύς εν τη ενώσει | κράτα με να σε κρατώ, ν' ανεβούμε το βουνό | το 'να χέρι νίβει τ' άλλο και τα δυο το πρόσωπο


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


lexentry: eng/maqam__Noun__1
written_rep: maqam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μακάμ | μακάμι
sense_list:
(music) A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/maqluba__Noun__1
written_rep: maqluba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαγκλούμπα | μακλούμπα
sense_list:
A traditional Levantine dish of meat, rice, and fried vegetables, cooked in a pot which is then flipped upside down prior to serving.


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


lexentry: eng/marathon__Noun__1
written_rep: marathon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαραθώνιος
sense_list:
A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race. | (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.


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


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


lexentry: eng/march__Noun__1
written_rep: march
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εμβατήριο
sense_list:
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies. | A political rally or parade | Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/marginal__Adjective__1
written_rep: marginal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μέτριος
sense_list:
Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.


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


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


lexentry: eng/marijuana__Noun__1
written_rep: marijuana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαριχουάνα
sense_list:
The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect. | The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: αγορά | παζάρι
sense_list:
City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise. | The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.


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


lexentry: eng/market_maker__Noun__1
written_rep: market maker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ειδικός διαπραγματευτής
sense_list:
(finance) A person or company that undertakes to quote both a buy and a sell price for a financial instrument.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/marriage__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: γάμος
sense_list:
The state of being married. [from 14th c.] | (often, _, specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others. | A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
written_rep: marry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: παντρεύομαι
sense_list:
(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
written_rep: marry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: παντρεύω
sense_list:
(transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. [from 14th c.] | (transitive, figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union. [from 15th c.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/marshrutka__Noun__1
written_rep: marshrutka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαρσρούτκα
sense_list:
(transport) A share taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. The role of the modern marshrutka is similar to that of the minibus in other countries, except that some implementations of marshrutka allow passengers to stand.


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


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


lexentry: eng/martial__Adjective__1
written_rep: martial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: πολεμικός
sense_list:
(comparable) Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike. | (comparable) Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.


lexentry: eng/martial__Adjective__1
written_rep: martial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: σίδερο
sense_list:
(not comparable, chemistry, medicine, obsolete) Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/martyrdom__Noun__1
written_rep: martyrdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μαρτύριο
sense_list:
The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. | Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.


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


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


lexentry: eng/mask__Noun__1
written_rep: mask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μεταμφίεση
sense_list:
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. | A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.


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


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


lexentry: eng/masquerade__Noun__1
written_rep: masquerade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μασκαράτα
sense_list:
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. | (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.


lexentry: eng/masquerade__Verb__1
written_rep: masquerade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεταμφιέζω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__1
written_rep: mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μάζα
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram. | A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size. | (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy. | A large quantity; a sum. | Bulk; magnitude; body; size.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/masturbation__Noun__1
written_rep: masturbation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αυνανισμός | μαλακία
sense_list:
Sexual stimulation of the genitals or other erotic regions, often to orgasm, usually in the context of oneself.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: συνάδελφος | συνέταιρος | συνεργάτης
sense_list:
A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.


lexentry: eng/mate__Verb__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ζευγαρώνω
sense_list:
(intransitive) To copulate. | (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring. | (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/matriarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: matriarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μητριαρχία
sense_list:
A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity). | The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.


lexentry: eng/matrix__Noun__1
written_rep: matrix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: μήτρα | πίνακας | μητρώο
sense_list:
(mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ύλη
sense_list:
A kind of substance. | (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. | An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.


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


lexentry: eng/mature__Adjective__1
written_rep: mature
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ώριμος
sense_list:
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe. | Profound; careful.


lexentry: eng/maturity__Noun__1
written_rep: maturity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ωριμότητα
sense_list:
The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression. | When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/maximization__Noun__1
written_rep: maximization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεγιστοποίηση
sense_list:
The act of raising something to its greatest value or extent. | (mathematics) The process of finding the maximum value of a function.


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


lexentry: eng/maybe__Adverb__1
written_rep: maybe
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ίσως
sense_list:
(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__2
written_rep: meal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: άλφιτο | χονδράλευρο
sense_list:
The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.


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


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


lexentry: eng/mean__Adjective__1
written_rep: mean
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: άγριος
sense_list:
Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another. | Powerful; fierce; strong.


lexentry: eng/mean__Noun__1
written_rep: mean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: μέσος όρος
sense_list:
(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. [from 15th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/meanwhile__Adverb__1
written_rep: meanwhile
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εν τω μεταξύ
sense_list:
During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. | During an intervening time; from now until a future time.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/media__Noun__3
written_rep: media
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ΜΜΕ | μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης
sense_list:
(usually, with a definite article; often treated as, _, uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/medieval__Noun__1
written_rep: medieval
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεσαιωνικός
sense_list:
Someone living in the Middle Ages. | A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/medlar__Noun__1
written_rep: medlar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μούσμουλο
sense_list:
Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.


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


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


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
written_rep: meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συναντώ | συναντιέμαι
sense_list:
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. | To come face to face with someone by arrangement.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
written_rep: meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: συναντώ | γνωρίζω
sense_list:
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.


lexentry: eng/meeting__Noun__1
written_rep: meeting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συνάντηση
sense_list:
(gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet. | A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly. | An encounter between people, even accidental.


lexentry: eng/mega-__Prefix__1
written_rep: mega-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεγα-
sense_list:
(originally) Very large, great. | In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M.


lexentry: eng/megalomania__Noun__1
written_rep: megalomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεγαλομανία
sense_list:
A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/melasma__Noun__1
written_rep: melasma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: χλόασμα
sense_list:
(pathology) A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.


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


lexentry: eng/melodrama__Noun__1
written_rep: melodrama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μελόδραμα
sense_list:
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks


lexentry: eng/melodramatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: melodramatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μελοδραματικός
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. | Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
written_rep: melt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: λιώνω | τήκω
sense_list:
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. | (transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.


lexentry: eng/meltdown__Noun__1
written_rep: meltdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τήξη
sense_list:
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.


lexentry: eng/melting__Noun__1
written_rep: melting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τήξη
sense_list:
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.


lexentry: eng/melting_point__Noun__1
written_rep: melting point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: θερμοκρασία τήξης
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure.


lexentry: eng/melting_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: melting pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: χοάνη | χωνευτήριο
sense_list:
(figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.


lexentry: eng/member__Noun__1
written_rep: member
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μέλος
sense_list:
One who belongs to a group. | Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.


lexentry: eng/member_function__Noun__1
written_rep: member function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μέθοδος
sense_list:
(programming) A function that belongs to a class and can be called on instances of the object defined by that class.


lexentry: eng/member_state__Noun__1
written_rep: member state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κράτος μέλος
sense_list:
A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεμβράνη | υμένας
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments. | A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force. | A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
written_rep: meme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μιμίδιο
sense_list:
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.


lexentry: eng/memoir__Noun__1
written_rep: memoir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: απομνημονεύματα
sense_list:
A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/memorandum__Noun__1
written_rep: memorandum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μνημόνιο | υπόμνημα
sense_list:
A short note serving as a reminder. | A written business communication. | A brief diplomatic communication.


lexentry: eng/memorial__Noun__1
written_rep: memorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μνημείο
sense_list:
(obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.] | Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.] | A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.] | (now, rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.] | (chiefly, Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.] | (legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
written_rep: memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μνήμη
sense_list:
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will. | (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).


lexentry: eng/memory_card__Noun__1
written_rep: memory card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κάρτα μνήμης
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A personal computer's expansion memory module that fits in a standard interface such as a PCI or ISA slot.


lexentry: eng/memory_stick__Noun__1
written_rep: memory stick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κάρτα μνήμης
sense_list:
(computing) One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.


lexentry: eng/menagerie__Noun__1
written_rep: menagerie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: θηριοτροφείο
sense_list:
A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.


lexentry: eng/menaion__Noun__1
written_rep: menaion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Μηναίον
sense_list:
The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia.


lexentry: eng/mend__Verb__1
written_rep: mend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: επισκευάζω
sense_list:
(archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).


lexentry: eng/menhir__Noun__1
written_rep: menhir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μενίρ
sense_list:
(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/meningitis__Noun__1
written_rep: meningitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μηνιγγίτιδα
sense_list:
(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.


lexentry: eng/meninx__Noun__1
written_rep: meninx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μήνιγγα
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/meniscus__Noun__1
written_rep: meniscus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: μηνίσκος
sense_list:
(anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/menologium__Noun__1
written_rep: menologium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μηνολόγιο | μηναίο
sense_list:
A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and


lexentry: eng/menses__Noun__1
written_rep: menses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έμμηνα | καταμήνια
sense_list:
The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.


lexentry: eng/menstrual_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: menstrual cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έμμηνος κύκλος
sense_list:
The recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human.


lexentry: eng/menstruation__Noun__1
written_rep: menstruation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εμμηνόρροια | περίοδος
sense_list:
The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.


lexentry: eng/mental__Adjective__1
written_rep: mental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διανοητικός | νοητικός | πνευματικός | τρελός
sense_list:
(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.


lexentry: eng/mental__Adjective__1
written_rep: mental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: τρελός
sense_list:
Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter. | Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder. | Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.


lexentry: eng/mental_calculation__Noun__1
written_rep: mental calculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: νοεροί υπολογισμοί
sense_list:
Arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator.


lexentry: eng/mental_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: mental disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ψυχική ασθένεια
sense_list:
(psychiatry) A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.


lexentry: eng/mental_hospital__Noun__1
written_rep: mental hospital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ψυχιατρείο | τρελοκομείο | φρενοκομείο
sense_list:
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.


lexentry: eng/mentalese__Noun__1
written_rep: mentalese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: διάλεκτος διανοουμένων | διανοουμενίστικα
sense_list:
(philosophy, psychology) A hypothetical non-verbal language in which concepts are represented in the mind. [from 1960s]


lexentry: eng/menthol__Noun__1
written_rep: menthol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μενθόλη | μεντόλ | μινθόλη
sense_list:
(organic compound) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/mention__Noun__1
written_rep: mention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αναφορά | μνεία | μνημόνευση
sense_list:
A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: κατάλογος | μενού | εδεσματολόγιο
sense_list:
A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: μενού | κατάλογος
sense_list:
(computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface


lexentry: eng/mercantilism__Noun__1
written_rep: mercantilism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εμποροκρατία
sense_list:
(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.


lexentry: eng/mercenary__Noun__1
written_rep: mercenary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: μισθοφόρος
sense_list:
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.


lexentry: eng/merchant_navy__Noun__1
written_rep: merchant navy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: εμπορικός στόλος
sense_list:
A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality.


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
written_rep: mercurial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ζωηρός
sense_list:
(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: υδράργυρος
sense_list:
(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercy__Noun__1
written_rep: mercy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: έλεος
sense_list:
(uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. | (uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. | (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. | (countable) A blessing; something to be thankful for.


lexentry: eng/mere__Adjective__1
written_rep: mere
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: απλός
sense_list:
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meretricious__Adjective__1
written_rep: meretricious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: κοινός
sense_list:
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.


lexentry: eng/merger__Noun__2
written_rep: merger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: συγχώνευση
sense_list:
The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit. | (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party. | (legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: μεσημβρινός
sense_list:
(also, geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: απώγειο | μεσουράνημα
sense_list:
(figuratively) The highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something; culmination, peak, zenith. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meringue__Noun__1
written_rep: meringue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mαρέγκα | μπεζές
sense_list:
A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned. | A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet.


lexentry: eng/merit__Noun__1
written_rep: merit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: αξία
sense_list:
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward. | (countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.


