# translation

lexentry: eng/hedgehog__Noun__1
written_rep: hedgehog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gráinneog
sense_list:
A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (spiny hedgehogs, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.) | (US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.


lexentry: eng/hedonism__Noun__1
written_rep: hedonism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: héadónachas
sense_list:
(ethics, uncountable) The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.


lexentry: eng/heir__Noun__1
written_rep: heir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oidhre | beangán
sense_list:
Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another. | One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.


lexentry: eng/heir_apparent__Noun__1
written_rep: heir apparent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: léiroidhre
sense_list:
(usually, monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.


lexentry: eng/heir_presumptive__Noun__1
written_rep: heir presumptive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tánaiste
sense_list:
Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.


lexentry: eng/helicopter__Noun__1
written_rep: helicopter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingearán | héileacaptar
sense_list:
(aviation) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/heliotrope__Noun__1
written_rep: heliotrope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plúr na gréine
sense_list:
(countable, botany, also, figuratively) A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers.


lexentry: eng/heliotropism__Noun__1
written_rep: heliotropism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: héileatrópacht
sense_list:
The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)


lexentry: eng/helium__Noun__1
written_rep: helium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: héiliam
sense_list:
(uncountable) The second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.


lexentry: eng/helix__Noun__1
written_rep: helix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aerscriú
sense_list:
(mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase. | (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.


lexentry: eng/hell__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: hell
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ifreann
sense_list:
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.


lexentry: eng/hellebore__Noun__1
written_rep: hellebore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eileabar
sense_list:
Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.


lexentry: eng/helm__Noun__1
written_rep: helm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: halmadóir
sense_list:
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.


lexentry: eng/hemisphere__Noun__1
written_rep: hemisphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: leathsféar
sense_list:
(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. [1550s]. | (anatomy) Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. [1804].


lexentry: eng/hemoglobin__Noun__1
written_rep: hemoglobin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: haemaglóibin
sense_list:
(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).


lexentry: eng/hen__Noun__1
written_rep: hen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cearc
sense_list:
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs. | A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.


lexentry: eng/henbane__Noun__1
written_rep: henbane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caoch na gcearc | gafann
sense_list:
A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.


lexentry: eng/hendiadys__Noun__1
written_rep: hendiadys
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: einniad
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.


lexentry: eng/her__Pronoun__1
written_rep: her
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ise | í
sense_list:
The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc.


lexentry: eng/herald__Noun__1
written_rep: herald
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aralt
sense_list:
(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms


lexentry: eng/heraldry__Noun__1
written_rep: heraldry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: araltas
sense_list:
(uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.


lexentry: eng/herd__Noun__1
written_rep: herd
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tréad
sense_list:
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/herd_immunity__Noun__1
written_rep: herd immunity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imdhíonacht tréada
sense_list:
(epidemiology) The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/herdsman__Noun__1
written_rep: herdsman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aoire | feighlí bó | maor
sense_list:
A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.


lexentry: eng/here_you_are__Phrase__1
written_rep: here you are
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seo daoibh | seo duit
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Said when handing something over to someone or doing a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something.


lexentry: eng/heredity__Noun__1
written_rep: heredity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oidhreacht | dúchas
sense_list:
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.


lexentry: eng/heresy__Noun__1
written_rep: heresy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eiriceacht
sense_list:
(religion) a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs


lexentry: eng/heritage__Noun__1
written_rep: heritage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oidhreacht
sense_list:
An inheritance; property that may be inherited. | A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory. | A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.


lexentry: eng/hermaphrodite__Noun__1
written_rep: hermaphrodite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: cadar | idirghnéas
sense_list:
(WWI, _, military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.


lexentry: eng/hermit__Noun__1
written_rep: hermit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ancaire
sense_list:
A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite. | A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.


lexentry: eng/hermit_crab__Noun__1
written_rep: hermit crab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faocha ghliomaigh | portán sligreach
sense_list:
A decapod crustacean (not a true crab) from the superfamily Paguroidea, which salvages empty seashells or other portable objects to permanently shelter and protect its soft abdomen.


lexentry: eng/hernia__Noun__1
written_rep: hernia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heirne | maidhm sheicne | snaidhm sheicne
sense_list:
(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/heroin__Noun__1
written_rep: heroin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: héaróin
sense_list:
A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world. [from late 19th century]


lexentry: eng/heroism__Noun__1
written_rep: heroism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laochas
sense_list:
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.


lexentry: eng/herringbone__Noun__1
written_rep: herringbone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cnámh an scadáin
sense_list:
(countable) A bone of a herring. | A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.


lexentry: eng/hers__Pronoun__1
written_rep: hers
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumann
sense_list:
That which belongs to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/herself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: herself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ionann
sense_list:
(emphatic) She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.


lexentry: eng/heterocyclic__Adjective__1
written_rep: heterocyclic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: heitreafháinneach
sense_list:
(organic chemistry, of a cyclic compound) Having one or more atoms other than carbon in at least one of its rings.


lexentry: eng/heterodox__Adjective__1
written_rep: heterodox
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heitreadocsach
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicting with that religion's established beliefs and therefore not heretical.


lexentry: eng/heteroglossia__Noun__1
written_rep: heteroglossia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heitribhéascna
sense_list:
(sociology, linguistics) The coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties, styles of discourse, or points of view within a single language, as in a literary work.


lexentry: eng/heterosis__Noun__1
written_rep: heterosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heatróis
sense_list:
(genetics) The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour.


lexentry: eng/heterosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: heterosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heitrisféar
sense_list:
The upper part of the atmosphere, above about 60 miles or 100 km, in which there is great variation in its composition.


lexentry: eng/heterotroph__Noun__1
written_rep: heterotroph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heitreatrófach
sense_list:
(ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy and nutrients under the form of food containing organic carbon as it cannot synthesize its own.


lexentry: eng/hew__Verb__1
written_rep: hew
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gearr
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. | (transitive, US) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.


lexentry: eng/hexane__Noun__1
written_rep: hexane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: heacsán
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C6H14. They are colorless, volatile liquids.


lexentry: eng/hiatus__Noun__1
written_rep: hiatus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: séanas
sense_list:
(linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)


lexentry: eng/hiccup__Noun__1
written_rep: hiccup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fail | snag
sense_list:
A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.


lexentry: eng/hickey__Noun__1
written_rep: hickey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plaicín suirí
sense_list:
(originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]


lexentry: eng/hidden_agenda__Noun__1
written_rep: hidden agenda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aidhm fholaigh
sense_list:
A wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody, even though people may be affected in a negative way.


lexentry: eng/high-level__Adjective__1
written_rep: high-level
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ardleibhéil
sense_list:
(computing, of a programming language) Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.


lexentry: eng/high-level_language__Noun__1
written_rep: high-level language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teanga ardleibhéil
sense_list:
(programming) A programming language requiring a compiler to translate it into a form that a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory.


lexentry: eng/high__Adjective__1
written_rep: high
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ard
sense_list:
Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level: | Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.


lexentry: eng/high_relief__Noun__1
written_rep: high relief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rilíf ard
sense_list:
(sculpture) A form of classical sculpture in which forms extend from the background by at least half of their depth.


lexentry: eng/high_street__Noun__1
written_rep: high street
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mórshráid
sense_list:
(British, Irish) Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services.


lexentry: eng/high_technology__Noun__1
written_rep: high technology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ardteicneolaíocht
sense_list:
Any highly technical or specialized technological application or equipment, especially one that involves complex electronics or computing


lexentry: eng/highlight__Noun__1
written_rep: highlight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: solas
sense_list:
(painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.


lexentry: eng/highlights__Noun__2
written_rep: highlights
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achoimre
sense_list:
Summary of an event, such as a sporting event, focussing on the most entertaining or consequential aspects; compilation of each highlight of that event


lexentry: eng/hilarity__Noun__1
written_rep: hilarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meidhir
sense_list:
(uncountable) A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter. | (countable) Something that induces laughter.


lexentry: eng/hillbilly__Noun__1
written_rep: hillbilly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cábóg
sense_list:
(often, _, pejorative) Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.


lexentry: eng/hilt__Noun__1
written_rep: hilt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dornchla | feirc
sense_list:
The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.


lexentry: eng/hilum__Noun__1
written_rep: hilum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méirscre
sense_list:
(botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.


lexentry: eng/himself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: himself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ionann
sense_list:
(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate


lexentry: eng/hindgut__Noun__1
written_rep: hindgut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: putóg chúil
sense_list:
(biology, anatomy, embryology) The caudal part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, including the colon and the rectum, in humans and some other animals.


lexentry: eng/hindquarter__Noun__1
written_rep: hindquarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ceathrú deiridh
sense_list:
(in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.


lexentry: eng/hip_bone__Noun__1
written_rep: hip bone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cnámh an chromáin | cnámh na corróige
sense_list:
(anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical skeleton parts, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/hip_flask__Noun__1
written_rep: hip flask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fleasc póca
sense_list:
A container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go.


lexentry: eng/hippie__Noun__1
written_rep: hippie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: hipí
sense_list:
(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.


lexentry: eng/hippocampus__Noun__1
written_rep: hippocampus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capall mara
sense_list:
(mythological creature) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin. | (neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.


lexentry: eng/hippopotamus__Noun__1
written_rep: hippopotamus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dobhareach
sense_list:
A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius; common hippopotamus).


lexentry: eng/hire__Verb__1
written_rep: hire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fostaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.


lexentry: eng/hireling__Noun__1
written_rep: hireling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amhas
sense_list:
(usually, pejorative) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.


lexentry: eng/histidine__Noun__1
written_rep: histidine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: histidín
sense_list:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid C6H9N3O2 found in most animal proteins; essential for tissue growth and repair.


lexentry: eng/histogram__Noun__1
written_rep: histogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: histeagram
sense_list:
(statistics) A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.


lexentry: eng/histology__Noun__1
written_rep: histology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: histeolaíocht
sense_list:
(biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.


lexentry: eng/historical_present__Noun__1
written_rep: historical present
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: láithreach stairiúil
sense_list:
(grammar) The present tense as used when referring to real past events, to add immediacy to what is being said or written. | (grammar) The present tense as used when writing a fictional narrative.


lexentry: eng/history__Noun__1
written_rep: history
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stair
sense_list:
The aggregate of past events. | The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events. | (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.


lexentry: eng/ho__Noun__2
written_rep: ho
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bean sráide
sense_list:
(slang, derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.


lexentry: eng/hoar_frost__Noun__1
written_rep: hoar frost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sioc bán | sioc geal
sense_list:
(specifically, meteorology) Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.


lexentry: eng/hobo__Noun__1
written_rep: hobo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fear siúil
sense_list:
(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.


lexentry: eng/hockey__Noun__1
written_rep: hockey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: haca | haca oighir
sense_list:
(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.


lexentry: eng/hod__Noun__1
written_rep: hod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adac
sense_list:
A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.


lexentry: eng/hoe__Noun__1
written_rep: hoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grafóg
sense_list:
An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds.


lexentry: eng/hog__Noun__1
written_rep: hog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muc | borra
sense_list:
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.


lexentry: eng/hoist__Verb__1
written_rep: hoist
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tóg
sense_list:
(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).


lexentry: eng/hold__Verb__1
written_rep: hold
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: coimeád | coinnigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.


lexentry: eng/hold__Verb__1
written_rep: hold
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: coinnigh
sense_list:
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.


lexentry: eng/hold_out__Verb__1
written_rep: hold out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fan
sense_list:
(idiomatic, often, with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)


lexentry: eng/holding_company__Noun__1
written_rep: holding company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuideachta sealbhaíochta
sense_list:
(business) A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.


lexentry: eng/hole__Noun__1
written_rep: hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: poll
sense_list:
An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent. | (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is. | (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.


lexentry: eng/holiday__Noun__1
written_rep: holiday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lá saoire
sense_list:
A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed. | A day declared free from work by the state or government.


lexentry: eng/holiday__Noun__1
written_rep: holiday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: saoire
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.


lexentry: eng/holiday__Noun__1
written_rep: holiday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: laethanta saoire
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).


lexentry: eng/holiday_camp__Noun__1
written_rep: holiday camp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campa saoire
sense_list:
(British) An enclosed resort providing accommodation (often in chalets) and entertainment, generally aimed at families.


lexentry: eng/holly__Noun__1
written_rep: holly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann cuilinn | cuileann
sense_list:
Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.


lexentry: eng/holmium__Noun__1
written_rep: holmium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hoilmiam
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.


lexentry: eng/holocaust__Noun__1
written_rep: holocaust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: uileloscadh
sense_list:
Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter. | hence, the state-sponsored mass murder of a particular group of people in society. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/holography__Noun__1
written_rep: holography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: holagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms


lexentry: eng/holy_water__Noun__1
written_rep: holy water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uisce coisricthe
sense_list:
(Christianity) In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things.


lexentry: eng/homage__Noun__1
written_rep: homage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ómós
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, such as towards a person after their retirement or death. | (historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
written_rep: home
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baile
sense_list:
One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.


lexentry: eng/home_front__Noun__1
written_rep: home front
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fronta baile
sense_list:
The civilian sphere as opposed to the military; specifically, the civilian sphere supporting the military's efforts in a war.


lexentry: eng/home_page__Noun__1
written_rep: home page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leathanach baile
sense_list:
The main or first page of a website or set of hyperlinked documents. | The default page set to open in a web browser or hypertext system when it starts up, or when its home function is invoked.


lexentry: eng/homeopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: homeopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hoiméapaite
sense_list:
A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.


lexentry: eng/homeostasis__Noun__1
written_rep: homeostasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aonstádas | hoiméastáis
sense_list:
(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.


lexentry: eng/homesickness__Noun__1
written_rep: homesickness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumha (i ndiaidh an bhaile)
sense_list:
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.


lexentry: eng/homicide__Noun__1
written_rep: homicide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dúnmharú
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.


lexentry: eng/homing_pigeon__Noun__1
written_rep: homing pigeon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colúr frithinge
sense_list:
A variety of domesticated rock pigeon (Columba livia) that has been selectively bred to be able to find its way home over extremely long distances.


lexentry: eng/hominid__Noun__1
written_rep: hominid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: homainid
sense_list:
Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.


lexentry: eng/homogeneous__Adjective__1
written_rep: homogeneous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: aonchineálach
sense_list:
(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)


lexentry: eng/homology__Noun__1
written_rep: homology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: homalógacht
sense_list:
(algebra) Given a chain complex {Gn} and its associated set of homomorphisms {Hn}, the rule which explains how each Hn maps Gn into the kernel of Gn+1. | (biology, psychology) The relationship, between characteristics or behaviours, of having a shared evolutionary or developmental origin;(evolutionary theory) specifically, a correspondence between structures in separate life forms having a common evolutionary origin, such as that between mammalian flippers and hands. | (chemistry) The relationship, between elements, of being in the same group of the periodic table. | (genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in different but related genes. | (geometry, projective geometry) An automorphism of the projective plane (representing a perspective projection) that leaves all the points of some straight line (the homology axis) fixed and maps all the lines through some single point (the homology centre) onto themselves. | (organic chemistry) The relationship, between organic compounds, of being in the same homologous series. | (topology, algebraic topology) A general way of associating a sequence of algebraic objects, such as abelian groups or modules, to a sequence of topological spaces; also used attributively: see Usage notes below. | The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.


lexentry: eng/homomorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: homomorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: homamorfacht
sense_list:
(algebra) A structure-preserving map between two algebraic structures of the same type, such as groups, rings, or vector spaces.


lexentry: eng/homophone__Noun__1
written_rep: homophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: homafón | téarma comhfhuaimneach
sense_list:
(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Adjective__1
written_rep: homosexual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aerach | homaighnéasach
sense_list:
(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Noun__1
written_rep: homosexual
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: homaighnéasach
sense_list:
(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/homosexuality__Noun__1
written_rep: homosexuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: homaighnéasachas | homaighnéasacht
sense_list:
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]


lexentry: eng/honest__Adjective__1
written_rep: honest
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macánta
sense_list:
(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.


lexentry: eng/honesty__Noun__1
written_rep: honesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: sailchuach na gealaí
sense_list:
(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly Lunaria annua.


lexentry: eng/honey__Noun__1
written_rep: honey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mil
sense_list:
(uncountable) A viscous, gold-coloured sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.


lexentry: eng/honey_badger__Noun__1
written_rep: honey badger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: broc meala
sense_list:
Mellivora capensis, a badger-like mustelid native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.


lexentry: eng/honey_bee__Noun__1
written_rep: honey bee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beach mheala | seileán
sense_list:
Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.


lexentry: eng/honeycomb__Noun__1
written_rep: honeycomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cíor mheala
sense_list:
(uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.


lexentry: eng/honeymoon__Noun__1
written_rep: honeymoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mí na meala
sense_list:
The period of time immediately following a marriage. | A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period. | A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).


lexentry: eng/honor__Noun__1
written_rep: honor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oirmhidin
sense_list:
(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).


lexentry: eng/honor__Noun__1
written_rep: honor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: clú
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.


lexentry: eng/honor__Noun__1
written_rep: honor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: oineach | onóir
sense_list:
(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.


lexentry: eng/honor__Verb__1
written_rep: honor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oirmhinnigh | onóraigh | tabhair onóir do
sense_list:
(transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.


lexentry: eng/hoof__Noun__1
written_rep: hoof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crúb
sense_list:
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.


lexentry: eng/hook__Noun__1
written_rep: hook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crúca
sense_list:
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. | (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.


lexentry: eng/hook__Noun__1
written_rep: hook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 24
trans_list: dorn | húc
sense_list:
(boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc


lexentry: eng/hook_up__Verb__1
written_rep: hook up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ceangail
sense_list:
(idiomatic, slang) To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.


lexentry: eng/hookworm__Noun__1
written_rep: hookworm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péist chrúcach
sense_list:
Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.


lexentry: eng/hoop__Noun__1
written_rep: hoop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fonsa
sense_list:
A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. | (now, chiefly, historical) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt. | (basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.


lexentry: eng/hoopoe__Noun__1
written_rep: hoopoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hupu
sense_list:
Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.


lexentry: eng/hop__Noun__2
written_rep: hop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: leannlus
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc. | (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.


lexentry: eng/hope__Noun__1
written_rep: hope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dóchas | dúil | súil
sense_list:
(countable, _, or, _, uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.


lexentry: eng/horde__Noun__1
written_rep: horde
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slua
sense_list:
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. | A large number of people or things.


lexentry: eng/horizon__Noun__1
written_rep: horizon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spéire
sense_list:
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.


lexentry: eng/hormone__Noun__1
written_rep: hormone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hormón
sense_list:
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.


lexentry: eng/horn__Noun__1
written_rep: horn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: adharc
sense_list:
Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar. | (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects. | (countable, musical instrument) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others. | (countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle. | (vulgar, slang, with definite article) An erection of the penis.


lexentry: eng/hornbeam__Noun__1
written_rep: hornbeam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann sleamhain
sense_list:
A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.


lexentry: eng/horned_grebe__Noun__1
written_rep: horned grebe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foitheach cluasach
sense_list:
A type of grebe native to the Northern Hemisphere, Podiceps auritus, that has tufts of feathers during the breeding season positioned like horns on the sides of the head.


lexentry: eng/horned_owl__Noun__1
written_rep: horned owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ulchabhán
sense_list:
An owl of the genus Bubo native to the Americas, among the largest types of owl, having two horn-like tufts of feathers on its head.


lexentry: eng/hornet__Noun__1
written_rep: hornet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cearnabhán
sense_list:
A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.


lexentry: eng/horny__Adjective__2
written_rep: horny
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adharcach | gnéasach | macnasach | mealltach | téisiúil | áilíosach
sense_list:
(slang, informal) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.


lexentry: eng/horror_movie__Noun__1
written_rep: horror movie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scannán uafáis
sense_list:
(mostly, North America) A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.


lexentry: eng/horse__Noun__1
written_rep: horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capall | each
sense_list:
(chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse. | (nautical) Type of equipment. | (dated, slang, among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.


lexentry: eng/horse__Noun__1
written_rep: horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: each | capall
sense_list:
Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.


lexentry: eng/horse__Noun__1
written_rep: horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eachra
sense_list:
(military, sometimes, uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).


lexentry: eng/horse_chestnut__Noun__1
written_rep: horse chestnut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann cnó capaill
sense_list:
Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/horse_mussel__Noun__1
written_rep: horse mussel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diúilicín capaill
sense_list:
Atrina zelandica, a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m depth with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell covered with hollow spines. | Atrina squamifera


lexentry: eng/horsefly__Noun__1
written_rep: horsefly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creabhar | creabhar capaill
sense_list:
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).


lexentry: eng/horseshoe__Noun__1
written_rep: horseshoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crú
sense_list:
The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.


lexentry: eng/horsetail__Noun__1
written_rep: horsetail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eireaball capaill
sense_list:
(botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.


lexentry: eng/hospice__Noun__1
written_rep: hospice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ospís
sense_list:
(uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.


lexentry: eng/hospital__Noun__1
written_rep: hospital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ospidéal
sense_list:
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.


lexentry: eng/hospital_gown__Noun__1
written_rep: hospital gown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gúna ospidéil
sense_list:
A gown worn by patients, typically being knee-length, having short sleeves, and being secured on the body with strings or snaps.


lexentry: eng/hospitality__Noun__1
written_rep: hospitality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cóir | fáilte | gart
sense_list:
The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.


lexentry: eng/hospitality__Noun__1
written_rep: hospitality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aíocht | fáilteachas
sense_list:
(business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.


lexentry: eng/hostage__Noun__1
written_rep: hostage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banna | brá | geall | giall
sense_list:
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.


lexentry: eng/hostel__Noun__1
written_rep: hostel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brú
sense_list:
A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.


lexentry: eng/hot_tub__Noun__1
written_rep: hot tub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tobán te
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) A large tub, often situated outdoors, filled with hot water and used for communal leisure bathing.


lexentry: eng/hot_water_bottle__Noun__1
written_rep: hot water bottle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buidéal te
sense_list:
A flexible, saclike bottle, usually made of rubber, intended to be filled with hot water and placed on some part of the body for thermotherapy, or simple warming.


lexentry: eng/hot_whiskey__Noun__1
written_rep: hot whiskey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuisce te | uisce beatha te
sense_list:
A drink consisting of a shot of whiskey, boiling water, brown sugar, and a slice of lemon with cloves.


lexentry: eng/hotbed__Noun__1
written_rep: hotbed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nead
sense_list:
(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.


lexentry: eng/hotel__Noun__1
written_rep: hotel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: óstán
sense_list:
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/hound's_tongue__Noun__1
written_rep: hound's tongue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leadhb ghadhair | teanga chon
sense_list:
A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale) with soft tongue-shaped leaves and an offensive odour. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles.


lexentry: eng/hour__Noun__1
written_rep: hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uair
sense_list:
A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). | (Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
written_rep: house
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teach
sense_list:
(Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate. | A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. [from 10th c.] | A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10th c.] | A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. [from 10th c.] | (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.] | A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house_arrest__Noun__1
written_rep: house arrest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: braighdeanas baile
sense_list:
(legal) Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.


lexentry: eng/house_sparrow__Noun__1
written_rep: house sparrow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gealbhan binne
sense_list:
A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.


lexentry: eng/housekeeper__Noun__1
written_rep: housekeeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bean tí
sense_list:
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/housekeeper__Noun__1
written_rep: housekeeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bean tí | tíosach
sense_list:
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/housemaid__Noun__1
written_rep: housemaid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cailín aimsire | cailín tí
sense_list:
A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.


lexentry: eng/housepost__Noun__1
written_rep: housepost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cleith
sense_list:
(architecture) A vertical pillar supporting the roof of a house, especially among Native American peoples where these posts may be decorated with carvings.


lexentry: eng/housewife__Noun__1
written_rep: housewife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bean tí
sense_list:
(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.


lexentry: eng/housing_estate__Noun__1
written_rep: housing estate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eastát | eastát tithíochta
sense_list:
A group of often architecturally similar buildings constructed at the same time. Primarily for residential accommodation, estates may also include commercial facilities.


lexentry: eng/how__Adverb__1
written_rep: how
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: chomh
sense_list:
(exclamative) Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.


lexentry: eng/how_are_you__Phrase__1
written_rep: how are you
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. In form a question, and thus followed by a question mark. Typical responses include:

trans_list:
cad é an dóigh atá ort | cad é mar tá sibh | cad é mar tá tú | conas taoi | conas tá sibh | conas tá tú


lexentry: eng/how_do_you_do__Phrase__1
written_rep: how do you do
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conas atá tú
sense_list:
(formal) A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used as a rhetorical question among familiar parties, depending on the region).


lexentry: eng/howitzer__Noun__1
written_rep: howitzer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: habhatsar
sense_list:
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.


lexentry: eng/hub__Noun__1
written_rep: hub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mol
sense_list:
The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. | A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted. | (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.


lexentry: eng/huffy__Adjective__1
written_rep: huffy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stuacach
sense_list:
(informal) Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated. | (informal) Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy.


lexentry: eng/hug__Noun__1
written_rep: hug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuach
sense_list:
A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").


lexentry: eng/huh__Interjection__1
written_rep: huh
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agus
sense_list:
(with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion. | (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question. | (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement. | (informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said. | (informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.


lexentry: eng/hull__Noun__2
written_rep: hull
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cabhail
sense_list:
(mathematics, geometry, of a set A) The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.


lexentry: eng/human_being__Noun__1
written_rep: human being
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: duine | neach daonna
sense_list:
A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.


lexentry: eng/human_immunodeficiency_virus__Noun__1
written_rep: human immunodeficiency virus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: víreas easpa imdhíonachta daonna
sense_list:
(virology) Either of the two related viruses, human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus 2 (HIV-2) that progressively destroy the body's immune system and can potentially lead to AIDS.


lexentry: eng/human_resources__Noun__1
written_rep: human resources
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acmhainní daonna
sense_list:
(management) The personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees; abbreviated as HR. | (management) The personnel employed in an organization.


lexentry: eng/human_rights__Noun__1
written_rep: human rights
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cearta an duine | cearta daonna
sense_list:
(international law) The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.


lexentry: eng/humanity__Noun__1
written_rep: humanity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daonail
sense_list:
Humankind; human beings as a group. | The human condition or nature. | The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.


lexentry: eng/humble__Verb__1
written_rep: humble
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: uirísligh
sense_list:
(transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.


lexentry: eng/humid__Adjective__1
written_rep: humid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taisíoch
sense_list:
Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.


lexentry: eng/hummus__Noun__1
written_rep: hummus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: humas
sense_list:
A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.


lexentry: eng/humour__Noun__1
written_rep: humour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: giúmar
sense_list:
(uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.


lexentry: eng/humour__Noun__1
written_rep: humour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: greann
sense_list:
(medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.


lexentry: eng/humus__Noun__1
written_rep: humus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: húmas
sense_list:
A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.


lexentry: eng/hundredweight__Noun__1
written_rep: hundredweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: céad
sense_list:
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".


lexentry: eng/hunting__Noun__1
written_rep: hunting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiach | sealgaireacht | seilg
sense_list:
The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.


lexentry: eng/hunting_horn__Noun__1
written_rep: hunting horn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corn fiaigh
sense_list:
(music) A bugle, being either simply curved (especially in heraldry), or having from one (in e.g. some Roman horns) to three (in many modern musical horns) spirals, on which signals are blown during a hunt.


lexentry: eng/hunting_knife__Noun__1
written_rep: hunting knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scian sealgaire
sense_list:
A knife optimized for use in hunting animals, usually with a substantial belly and sometimes with a back edge that is partially serrated#Adjective for sawing#Noun; fixed-blade and folding versions are both popular, and tasks such as field dressing, skinning#Noun, and bushcraft are anticipated.


lexentry: eng/hunting_whip__Noun__1
written_rep: hunting whip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuip fiaigh
sense_list:
A whip with a hooked horn handle (that can be used for opening gates), a short shaft or stock, and a long leather thong with a silk or cord lash.


lexentry: eng/hurdle__Noun__1
written_rep: hurdle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cliath
sense_list:
(athletics, horses) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race. | A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.


lexentry: eng/hurdy-gurdy__Noun__1
written_rep: hurdy-gurdy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hurdaí-gurdaí
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.


lexentry: eng/hurling__Noun__1
written_rep: hurling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: iomáin | iomáint | iománaíocht
sense_list:
An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.


lexentry: eng/hurricane__Noun__1
written_rep: hurricane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hairicín | spéirling
sense_list:
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.


lexentry: eng/hurry__Verb__1
written_rep: hurry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éascaigh
sense_list:
(intransitive) To do things quickly. | (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. | (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.


lexentry: eng/hurt__Verb__1
written_rep: hurt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gortaigh
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. | (transitive, intransitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.


lexentry: eng/husbandry__Noun__1
written_rep: husbandry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: talmhaíocht
sense_list:
The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.


lexentry: eng/husk__Noun__1
written_rep: husk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crotal
sense_list:
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.


lexentry: eng/hut__Noun__1
written_rep: hut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: both | bothán
sense_list:
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.


lexentry: eng/hybrid__Noun__1
written_rep: hybrid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cros-síolrach | hibrid
sense_list:
(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.


lexentry: eng/hydraulic_engineering__Noun__1
written_rep: hydraulic engineering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innealtóireacht hiodrálach
sense_list:
A sub-discipline of civil engineering concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage.


lexentry: eng/hydrazide__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrazide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hiodraisíd
sense_list:
(chemistry) any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH2 or derived forms -NRNR2


lexentry: eng/hydrazine__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: hiodraisín
sense_list:
(organic compound, countable) Any member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH2-NH2.


lexentry: eng/hydrocephalus__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrocephalus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hiodracafalas
sense_list:
(medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue


lexentry: eng/hydrochloric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrochloric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad hidreaclórach
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/hydroculture__Noun__1
written_rep: hydroculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidreashaothrú
sense_list:
A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.


lexentry: eng/hydrofluoric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrofluoric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad hidreafluarach
sense_list:
(chemistry) A solution of hydrogen fluoride, HF, in water; it is a weak but very corrosive acid, used in the production of fluorine compounds, and in metallurgy.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidrigin
sense_list:
The lightest chemical element (symbol H), with an atomic number of 1 and atomic weight of 1.00794. | A molecule of this molecular species


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrogen bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buama hidrigine
sense_list:
A thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).


lexentry: eng/hydrogenate__Verb__1
written_rep: hydrogenate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidriginigh
sense_list:
(chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat


lexentry: eng/hydrogeology__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrogeology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidrigeolaíocht
sense_list:
The geology of groundwater, especially concerning the physical, biological and chemical properties of its occurrence and movement.


lexentry: eng/hydrography__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidreagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(nautical) The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.


lexentry: eng/hydrology__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidreolaíocht
sense_list:
The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/hydrometallurgy__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrometallurgy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidri-mhiotaleolaíocht
sense_list:
The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.


lexentry: eng/hydrometry__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidriméadracht
sense_list:
(physics) The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers


lexentry: eng/hydrotropism__Noun__1
written_rep: hydrotropism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hidreatrópacht
sense_list:
(biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.


lexentry: eng/hyena__Noun__1
written_rep: hyena
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hiéana
sense_list:
Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited. | (Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.


lexentry: eng/hygrometer__Noun__1
written_rep: hygrometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taismhéadar
sense_list:
(meteorology) An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.


lexentry: eng/hyperbaric_chamber__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperbaric chamber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seomra hipearbarach
sense_list:
A vessel containing air at an elevated pressure, especially one used to administer oxygen to a patient


lexentry: eng/hyperbola__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperbola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipearbóil
sense_list:
(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/hyperbole__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperbole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipearbóil | urtheilgean
sense_list:
(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.


lexentry: eng/hyperbolic__Adjective__2
written_rep: hyperbolic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: hipearbóileach
sense_list:
(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).


lexentry: eng/hypercharge__Noun__1
written_rep: hypercharge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipearlucht
sense_list:
(physics) Short for hyperonic charge: a quantum characteristic of a group of subatomic particles governed by the strong force that is related to strangeness and is represented by a number equal to twice the average value of the electric charge of the group.


lexentry: eng/hyperconjugation__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperconjugation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipear-chomhchuingiú
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system


lexentry: eng/hypercorrection__Noun__1
written_rep: hypercorrection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forcheartú
sense_list:
(linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule.


lexentry: eng/hyperkalemia__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperkalemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipearcailéim
sense_list:
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range).


lexentry: eng/hyperlink__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperlink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipearnasc
sense_list:
Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action. | (by extension) The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.


lexentry: eng/hyperlink__Verb__1
written_rep: hyperlink
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipearnasc
sense_list:
(of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink. | To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.


lexentry: eng/hypernucleus__Noun__1
written_rep: hypernucleus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipearnúicléas
sense_list:
(physics) a nucleus that consists of protons, neutrons and at least one hyperon, such as a lambda baryon


lexentry: eng/hypernym__Noun__1
written_rep: hypernym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scáth-théarma
sense_list:
(semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term—as, for example, insect being (a hypernym) for ant.


lexentry: eng/hyperspace__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperspace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: hipearspás
sense_list:
(mathematics) A Euclidian space of unspecified dimension. | (science fiction) A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light travel.


lexentry: eng/hypertext__Noun__1
written_rep: hypertext
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipirtéacs
sense_list:
(uncountable) Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks. | (countable) A hypertext document.


lexentry: eng/hyperthyroidism__Noun__1
written_rep: hyperthyroidism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipirtíoróideacht
sense_list:
(medicine) The excessive production of hormones by the thyroid. | (pathology) The pathological condition resulting from these excess hormones.


lexentry: eng/hypertrophy__Noun__1
written_rep: hypertrophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeartrófacht
sense_list:
(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.


lexentry: eng/hyphen__Noun__1
written_rep: hyphen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fleiscín
sense_list:
The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.


lexentry: eng/hypnosis__Noun__1
written_rep: hypnosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hiopnóis
sense_list:
A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.


lexentry: eng/hypochondria__Noun__1
written_rep: hypochondria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galareagla | hipeacoindre
sense_list:
(medicine) A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.


lexentry: eng/hypochondriasis__Noun__1
written_rep: hypochondriasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeacoindriáis
sense_list:
(medicine) A mental disorder characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary.


lexentry: eng/hypocotyl__Noun__1
written_rep: hypocotyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeacotail
sense_list:
(botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.


lexentry: eng/hypocrisy__Noun__1
written_rep: hypocrisy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bréagchrábhadh | fimínteacht
sense_list:
The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.


lexentry: eng/hypocrite__Noun__1
written_rep: hypocrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fimíneach
sense_list:
Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/hypocycloid__Noun__1
written_rep: hypocycloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipicioglóideach
sense_list:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.


lexentry: eng/hypodermis__Noun__1
written_rep: hypodermis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: hipideirm
sense_list:
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.


lexentry: eng/hypomania__Noun__1
written_rep: hypomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeamáine
sense_list:
(medicine) A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.


lexentry: eng/hyponasty__Noun__1
written_rep: hyponasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeanastacht
sense_list:
(botany) an upward bending of leaves or other plant parts, caused by increased growth on their lower surface


lexentry: eng/hypophosphate__Noun__1
written_rep: hypophosphate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fofhosfáit | hipeafosfáit
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of phosphorus P2O64- derived from hypophosphoric acid; any salt containing this anion


lexentry: eng/hypoplasia__Noun__1
written_rep: hypoplasia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeapláise
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) Underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells.


lexentry: eng/hypospadias__Noun__1
written_rep: hypospadias
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeaspáidias
sense_list:
(anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.


lexentry: eng/hypostome__Noun__1
written_rep: hypostome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeastóm
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:


lexentry: eng/hypothalamus__Noun__1
written_rep: hypothalamus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeatalamas
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.


lexentry: eng/hypotheca__Noun__1
written_rep: hypotheca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipithiach
sense_list:
(microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate


lexentry: eng/hypothesis__Noun__1
written_rep: hypothesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipitéis
sense_list:
(sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.


lexentry: eng/hypothyroidism__Noun__1
written_rep: hypothyroidism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipitíoróideacht
sense_list:
(pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/hypotrochoid__Noun__1
written_rep: hypotrochoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeatrocóideach
sense_list:
(geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates inside the perimeter of another circle.


lexentry: eng/hypovolemic__Adjective__1
written_rep: hypovolemic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipeavoiléimeach
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to hypovolemia, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.


lexentry: eng/hypoxemia__Noun__1
written_rep: hypoxemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hiopocsaeime
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.


lexentry: eng/hysteria__Noun__1
written_rep: hysteria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: histéire
sense_list:
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.


lexentry: eng/iamb__Noun__1
written_rep: iamb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iambus
sense_list:
(prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/iatrochemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: iatrochemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iatraiceimic
sense_list:
(chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical remedies to diseases; alternatively, the application of chemistry to medical theory.


lexentry: eng/iatrogenic__Adjective__1
written_rep: iatrogenic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iatraigineach
sense_list:
(medicine, of a disease, injury, or other adverse outcome) Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.


lexentry: eng/ibuprofen__Noun__1
written_rep: ibuprofen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iobúpróifein
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.


lexentry: eng/ice__Noun__1
written_rep: ice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oighear
sense_list:
Water in frozen (solid) form. | (physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. | (ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played. | A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.


lexentry: eng/ice_age__Noun__1
written_rep: ice age
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: oighearaois
sense_list:
(colloquial) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).


lexentry: eng/ice_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: ice cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oighearchaidhp
sense_list:
A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/ice_cream__Noun__1
written_rep: ice cream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uachtar reoite | reoiteog
sense_list:
(uncountable) A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured. | (countable) A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.


lexentry: eng/ice_cream_cone__Noun__1
written_rep: ice cream cone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coirceog reoiteoige | cón uachtar reoite
sense_list:
A thin, conical confection baked from crepe batter, sealed at its apex, used to hold ice cream while it is being eaten.


lexentry: eng/iceberg__Noun__1
written_rep: iceberg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cnoc oighir
sense_list:
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/icing_on_the_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: icing on the cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an dlaíóg mhullaigh
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good (or bad in an ironic sense depending on the context).


lexentry: eng/icon__Noun__1
written_rep: icon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íocón
sense_list:
An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | (religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | (graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something. | (internet, informal) An image used to represent a user; an avatar or profile picture.


lexentry: eng/iconography__Noun__1
written_rep: iconography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íocónagrafaíocht
sense_list:
A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.


lexentry: eng/iconostasis__Noun__1
written_rep: iconostasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íocónastáis
sense_list:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
written_rep: idea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: smaoineamh | idé | nóisean
sense_list:
More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ideal__Noun__1
written_rep: ideal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: idéal
sense_list:
A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at. | (algebra, order theory, lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).


lexentry: eng/idealism__Noun__1
written_rep: idealism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idéalachas
sense_list:
The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life. | (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.


lexentry: eng/identical__Adjective__1
written_rep: identical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhionann
sense_list:
(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.


lexentry: eng/identification__Noun__1
written_rep: identification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aitheantas
sense_list:
(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.


lexentry: eng/identity__Noun__1
written_rep: identity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ionannas
sense_list:
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.


lexentry: eng/identity_element__Noun__1
written_rep: identity element
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ball ionannais
sense_list:
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which when applied, in either order, to any other element via a binary operation yields the other element.


lexentry: eng/ideological__Adjective__1
written_rep: ideological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idé-eolaíoch | idé-eolaíochta
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to an ideology. | Based on an ideology or misleading studies or statistics, especially based on the media or propaganda. Not based on scientific evidence or reality.


lexentry: eng/ideology__Noun__1
written_rep: ideology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idé-eolaíocht
sense_list:
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group. | (uncountable) The study of the origin and nature of ideas.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
written_rep: idiom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cor cainte
sense_list:
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.


lexentry: eng/idiomaticity__Noun__1
written_rep: idiomaticity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nádúrthacht | rithim nádúrtha
sense_list:
(linguistics, countable, rare) The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantic-pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).


lexentry: eng/idiophone__Noun__1
written_rep: idiophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ideafón
sense_list:
Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).


lexentry: eng/if_I_were_you__Phrase__1
written_rep: if I were you
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dá mba mé tú
sense_list:
A phrase said to introduce advice, i.e. to express what one would do in the interlocutor's situation.


lexentry: eng/if_and_only_if__Conjunction__1
written_rep: if and only if
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: is gá agus is leor
sense_list:
(logic, mathematics) Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as.


lexentry: eng/igneous__Adjective__1
written_rep: igneous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bruthach
sense_list:
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.


lexentry: eng/igneous_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: igneous rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruthcharraig | carraig dhoigheartha
sense_list:
(geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive).


lexentry: eng/iguana__Noun__1
written_rep: iguana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ioguána
sense_list:
(zoology) Any member of the genus Iguana. | Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae. | Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).


lexentry: eng/ileum__Noun__1
written_rep: ileum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caolán beag | iléam
sense_list:
(anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.


lexentry: eng/illiquidity__Noun__1
written_rep: illiquidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neamhleachtacht
sense_list:
(economics) The condition of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset


lexentry: eng/illiterate__Adjective__1
written_rep: illiterate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ainléannta
sense_list:
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.


lexentry: eng/illumination__Noun__1
written_rep: illumination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: soilsiú
sense_list:
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. | Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.


lexentry: eng/illustrate__Verb__1
written_rep: illustrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: maisigh
sense_list:
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.


lexentry: eng/image__Noun__1
written_rep: image
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íomhá
sense_list:
An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture. | (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)


lexentry: eng/imagination__Noun__1
written_rep: imagination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íomháineacht
sense_list:
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. | Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.


lexentry: eng/imam__Noun__1
written_rep: imam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: iomám
sense_list:
(usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.


lexentry: eng/immigration__Noun__1
written_rep: immigration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inimirce
sense_list:
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.


lexentry: eng/immoral__Adjective__1
written_rep: immoral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mímhorálta
sense_list:
Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)


lexentry: eng/immune_system__Noun__1
written_rep: immune system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: córas imdhíonachta
sense_list:
(anatomy, immunology) The system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and cell products such as antibodies.


lexentry: eng/immunity__Noun__1
written_rep: immunity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: díolúine
sense_list:
(law) An exemption from prosecution. | (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.


lexentry: eng/immunization__Noun__1
written_rep: immunization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imdhíonadh
sense_list:
(US, uncountable) The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.


lexentry: eng/immunoglobulin__Noun__1
written_rep: immunoglobulin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glóbailin imdhíonachta
sense_list:
(protein, immunology) Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.


lexentry: eng/impala__Noun__1
written_rep: impala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iompála
sense_list:
An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.


lexentry: eng/impalpable__Adjective__1
written_rep: impalpable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: do-airithe | dobhraite | domhothaithe | doshonraithe
sense_list:
Not able to be perceived by the senses (especially by touch); intangible or insubstantial; not easily grasped or understood.


lexentry: eng/impedance__Noun__1
written_rep: impedance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coisceas
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.


lexentry: eng/imperfection__Noun__1
written_rep: imperfection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neamhfhoirfeacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.


lexentry: eng/imperialism__Noun__1
written_rep: imperialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impiriúlachas
sense_list:
The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.


lexentry: eng/impiety__Noun__1
written_rep: impiety
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aindiagacht | éagráifeacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being impious. | (uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.


lexentry: eng/implication__Noun__1
written_rep: implication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: impleacht
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.


lexentry: eng/import__Noun__1
written_rep: import
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allmhaire | iompórtáil
sense_list:
(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. | (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.


lexentry: eng/impose__Verb__1
written_rep: impose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuir i bhfeidhm
sense_list:
To place or put (something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, an encumbrance, a penalty, etc.) on another thing or on someone; to inflict, to repose; also, to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing, especially something regarded as burdensome).


lexentry: eng/impossible__Adjective__1
written_rep: impossible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dodhéanta
sense_list:
Not possible; not able to be done or happen. | (colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.


lexentry: eng/imprecation__Noun__1
written_rep: imprecation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oirbhire
sense_list:
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone. | A curse.


lexentry: eng/impregnable__Adjective__1
written_rep: impregnable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dochloíte
sense_list:
(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable. | (figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible.


lexentry: eng/impressionism__Noun__1
written_rep: impressionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impriseanachas
sense_list:
(arts) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.


lexentry: eng/impressionistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: impressionistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impriseanaíoch
sense_list:
Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism. | Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.


lexentry: eng/improve__Verb__1
written_rep: improve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: téigh i bhfeabhas
sense_list:
(obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure. | (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.


lexentry: eng/improvement__Noun__1
written_rep: improvement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: biseach | feabhas
sense_list:
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.


lexentry: eng/improvise__Verb__1
written_rep: improvise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seiftigh
sense_list:
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.


lexentry: eng/improvised_explosive_device__Noun__1
written_rep: improvised explosive device
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feiste phléascach sheiftithe
sense_list:
An unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerillas, commandos or terrorists.


lexentry: eng/imprudent__Adjective__1
written_rep: imprudent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aimhghlic | ainchríonna | díchéillí | místuama | neamhchríonna | éigríonna
sense_list:
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.


lexentry: eng/impulsive__Adjective__1
written_rep: impulsive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tobann
sense_list:
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.


lexentry: eng/in__Adverb__1
written_rep: in
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: isteach
sense_list:
Towards the speaker or other reference point. | After the beginning of something. | (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.


lexentry: eng/in_for_a_penny,_in_for_a_pound__Proverb__1
written_rep: in for a penny, in for a pound
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ó loisc mé an choinneal loiscfidh mé an t-orlach
sense_list:
Having started something, one must see it through to its end, rather than stopping short; one must “go the whole hog”.


lexentry: eng/in_right_of__Preposition__1
written_rep: in right of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: as dualgas
sense_list:
(law, government, often, capitalized) jurisdiction of a person who is head of state of more than one state


lexentry: eng/in_the_middle_of__Preposition__1
written_rep: in the middle of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: i mbun
sense_list:
(often followed by the -ing form of a verb) Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/in_the_name_of__Preposition__1
written_rep: in the name of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in ainm
sense_list:
With appeal to; by; often used to introduce oaths | By the authority of. | Under the name or possession of. | Under the designation or excuse of.


lexentry: eng/inanition__Noun__1
written_rep: inanition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: foilmhe
sense_list:
(philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.


lexentry: eng/inaugurate__Verb__1
written_rep: inaugurate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: infheistigh
sense_list:
To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely) , to begin or commence (something); to start.


lexentry: eng/inauguration__Noun__1
written_rep: inauguration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oirniú
sense_list:
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/inbox__Noun__1
written_rep: inbox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bocsa isteach
sense_list:
(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.


lexentry: eng/incense__Noun__1
written_rep: incense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: túis
sense_list:
Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.


lexentry: eng/incest__Noun__1
written_rep: incest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciorrú coil | col | corbadh
sense_list:
Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.


lexentry: eng/inch__Noun__1
written_rep: inch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orlach
sense_list:
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb. | Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.


lexentry: eng/incidence__Noun__1
written_rep: incidence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ionsaitheacht
sense_list:
(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.


lexentry: eng/incident__Noun__1
written_rep: incident
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eachtra
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence. | An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.


lexentry: eng/include__Verb__1
written_rep: include
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tuig
sense_list:
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. | To consider as part of something; to comprehend.


lexentry: eng/incompatible__Adjective__1
written_rep: incompatible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrártha | neamhfhreagrach
sense_list:
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.


lexentry: eng/incontinence__Noun__1
written_rep: incontinence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neamhchoinneálacht | ainriantacht | neamh-mheasarthacht
sense_list:
(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).


lexentry: eng/incontinent__Adjective__1
written_rep: incontinent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neamhchoinneálach
sense_list:
Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.


lexentry: eng/incredible__Adjective__1
written_rep: incredible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dochreidte
sense_list:
(literal) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief. [from 15th c.] | (figurative) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring. | (figurative) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful; excellent.


lexentry: eng/increment__Noun__1
written_rep: increment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: breis | breisíocht | incrimint
sense_list:
The amount of increase. | (grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.


lexentry: eng/incubate__Verb__1
written_rep: incubate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gor
sense_list:
(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.


lexentry: eng/incubation__Noun__1
written_rep: incubation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gor
sense_list:
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.


lexentry: eng/incubation_period__Noun__1
written_rep: incubation period
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tréimhse ghoir
sense_list:
(epidemiology) The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.


lexentry: eng/indefinite_article__Noun__1
written_rep: indefinite article
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alt éiginnte
sense_list:
(grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.


lexentry: eng/indemnification__Noun__1
written_rep: indemnification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leorchúiteamh
sense_list:
The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty. | A reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty. | The state of being indemnified.


lexentry: eng/indemnity__Noun__1
written_rep: indemnity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cúiteamh
sense_list:
(legal) The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss. | (insurance) A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.


lexentry: eng/independence__Noun__1
written_rep: independence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neamhspleáchas
sense_list:
The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.


lexentry: eng/indicator__Noun__1
written_rep: indicator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: treotháscaire
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.


lexentry: eng/indict__Verb__1
written_rep: indict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: díotáil
sense_list:
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.


lexentry: eng/indigestion__Noun__1
written_rep: indigestion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mí-dhíleá | tinneas bhéal an ghoile
sense_list:
A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.


lexentry: eng/indigo__Noun__1
written_rep: indigo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: indeagó | plúirín
sense_list:
An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.


lexentry: eng/indiscernible__Adjective__1
written_rep: indiscernible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dofheicthe
sense_list:
Not capable of being discerned or perceived. | Not capable of being distinguished from something else.


lexentry: eng/individualism__Noun__1
written_rep: individualism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: indibhidiúlachas
sense_list:
The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.


lexentry: eng/indivisible__Adjective__1
written_rep: indivisible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: doroinnte
sense_list:
Incapable of being divided; atomic. | (arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.


lexentry: eng/indolent__Adjective__1
written_rep: indolent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: leasc
sense_list:
(medicine) Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.) | (medicine) Healing slowly


lexentry: eng/ineffectual__Adjective__1
written_rep: ineffectual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mí-éifeachtach
sense_list:
Unable or insufficient to produce effect. | Worthless; ineffective. | Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.


lexentry: eng/inessive__Adjective__1
written_rep: inessive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ineiseach
sense_list:
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the state of being in or inside a location.


lexentry: eng/infant__Noun__1
written_rep: infant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bábaí
sense_list:
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.


lexentry: eng/infect__Verb__1
written_rep: infect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galraigh | ionfhabhtaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.


lexentry: eng/infectious__Adjective__1
written_rep: infectious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tógálach
sense_list:
(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).


lexentry: eng/infectious_disease__Noun__1
written_rep: infectious disease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galar gabhálach | galar tógálach
sense_list:
(medicine) An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host. | (medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.


lexentry: eng/infidel__Noun__1
written_rep: infidel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainchreidmheach | díchreidmheach | neamhchreidmheach
sense_list:
(now, usually, derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain religion. | (now, usually, derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain principle.


lexentry: eng/infidelity__Noun__1
written_rep: infidelity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mídhílseacht
sense_list:
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.


lexentry: eng/infiltrate__Verb__1
written_rep: infiltrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insíothlaigh | síothlaigh isteach
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to. | (transitive) To cause (a liquid) to pass through something by filtration.


lexentry: eng/infinite__Adjective__1
written_rep: infinite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: éigríochta
sense_list:
Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. [from 15th c.] | (mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless. [from 17th c.] | (set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements.


lexentry: eng/infinitive__Noun__1
written_rep: infinitive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infinideach
sense_list:
(grammar) The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood). | (grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.


lexentry: eng/infinity__Noun__1
written_rep: infinity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éigríoch
sense_list:
(uncountable) endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size. | (countable, mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.


lexentry: eng/inflammation__Noun__1
written_rep: inflammation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bruith | adhaint | aodh | athlasadh | gor | gríosú
sense_list:
(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
written_rep: influence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tionchar
sense_list:
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. | A person or thing exerting such power or action.


lexentry: eng/influence__Verb__1
written_rep: influence
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: téigh i bhfeidhm ar
sense_list:
(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.


lexentry: eng/influenza__Noun__1
written_rep: influenza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fliú
sense_list:
(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.


lexentry: eng/informatics__Noun__1
written_rep: informatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faisnéisíocht
sense_list:
(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.


lexentry: eng/information__Noun__1
written_rep: information
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eolas | fios
sense_list:
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/information_society__Noun__1
written_rep: information society
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sochaí eolais
sense_list:
(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.


lexentry: eng/information_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: information theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoiric eolais | teoiric fhaisnéise
sense_list:
(mathematics) A branch of applied mathematics and engineering involving the quantification of information sent over a communication channel, disregarding the meaning of the sent messages, exemplified by the noisy-channel coding theorem.


lexentry: eng/infrared__Noun__1
written_rep: infrared
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infridhearg
sense_list:
(uncountable) The electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.


lexentry: eng/infrastructure__Noun__1
written_rep: infrastructure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bonneagar | infreastruchtúr
sense_list:
(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887]


lexentry: eng/ingestion__Noun__1
written_rep: ingestion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ionghabháil
sense_list:
The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.


lexentry: eng/ingot__Noun__1
written_rep: ingot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barra | uinge
sense_list:
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
written_rep: inheritance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oidhreacht
sense_list:
The passing of title to an estate upon death. | (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament. | (biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.


lexentry: eng/inhuman__Adjective__1
written_rep: inhuman
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mídhaonnachtúil
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.


lexentry: eng/initial__Noun__1
written_rep: initial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceannlitir | túslitir
sense_list:
The first letter of a word or a name. | In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.


lexentry: eng/injective__Adjective__1
written_rep: injective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inteilgeach
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic


lexentry: eng/injunction__Noun__1
written_rep: injunction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: urghaire
sense_list:
That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept. | (legal) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.


lexentry: eng/ink__Noun__1
written_rep: ink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dúch
sense_list:
A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc. | The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.


lexentry: eng/inkwell__Noun__1
written_rep: inkwell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dúchán
sense_list:
A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.


lexentry: eng/inorganic_chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: inorganic chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceimic neamhorgánach
sense_list:
(chemistry) The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.


lexentry: eng/inquiry__Noun__1
written_rep: inquiry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiosrúchán
sense_list:
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.


lexentry: eng/insect__Noun__1
written_rep: insect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feithid
sense_list:
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/insemination__Noun__1
written_rep: insemination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: toirchiú
sense_list:
The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).


lexentry: eng/inspect__Verb__1
written_rep: inspect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniúch
sense_list:
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
written_rep: inspiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: inspioráid
sense_list:
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. | The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. | A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.


lexentry: eng/installment__Noun__1
written_rep: installment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eachtra
sense_list:
One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.


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


lexentry: eng/insubordination__Noun__1
written_rep: insubordination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: easumhlaíocht
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: inis
sense_list:
Situated on an island. | (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: aonraigh
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/insult__Noun__1
written_rep: insult
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achasán
sense_list:
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.


lexentry: eng/insult__Verb__1
written_rep: insult
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maslaigh | tarcaisnigh
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: polasaí árachais
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: cuir árachas ar
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/integer__Noun__1
written_rep: integer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slánuimhir
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/integrated_circuit__Noun__1
written_rep: integrated circuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciorcad iomlánaithe
sense_list:
(semiconductors) A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.


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


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


lexentry: eng/intend__Verb__1
written_rep: intend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tá faoi
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: reachtóir
sense_list:
(legal) the sense in which the legal system interprets something, especially the intention of legislation


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
written_rep: inter-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: idir-
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: idirfheidhm | idirghníomh | idirghníomhaíocht | idirghníomhú | idirghníomhúchán | imghníomhú
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: idirghníomhach
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: idirghuí
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/interconfessional__Adjective__1
written_rep: interconfessional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirchreidmheach
sense_list:
(religion) Taking place between religious organisations that have different systems of formulated theology (confessions of faith)


lexentry: eng/intercontinental_ballistic_missile__Noun__1
written_rep: intercontinental ballistic missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diúracán balaistíoch idirilchríochach
sense_list:
(military, rocketry) A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Noun__1
written_rep: interdict
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: urghaire
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: 01
trans_list: urghair
sense_list:
(transitive, Roman Catholic) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
written_rep: interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ús
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: spéis | suim
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/interferometer__Noun__1
written_rep: interferometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trasnamhéadar
sense_list:
(physics) any of several instruments that use the interference of waves to determine wavelengths and wave velocities, determine refractive indices, measure small distances, temperature changes, stresses, and many other useful measurements.


lexentry: eng/interferon__Noun__1
written_rep: interferon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inteirféarón
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: intriacht
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/interlanguage__Noun__1
written_rep: interlanguage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirtheanga
sense_list:
A language generated by a student of a foreign language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language.


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


lexentry: eng/internal_combustion_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: internal combustion engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inneall dócháin inmheánaigh
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: idirnáisiúnta
sense_list:
common to, or affecting, two or more nations. | Of or concerning the association called the International.


lexentry: eng/international_rules_football__Noun__1
written_rep: international rules football
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peil na rialacha idirnáisiunta
sense_list:
A sport created as a mixture of Australian rules football and Gaelic football, to allow international matches between Australia and Ireland.


lexentry: eng/interpellation__Noun__1
written_rep: interpellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forghairm
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: idirphas
sense_list:
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
written_rep: interpret
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teangaire
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/interpreter__Noun__1
written_rep: interpreter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teangaire
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/interrobang__Noun__1
written_rep: interrobang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhartha ceiste uaillbhreasa
sense_list:
The nonstandard punctuation mark ⟨‽⟩ (a combination of ⟨?⟩ and ⟨!⟩), which may be used at the end of a sentence to express excitement or disbelief, or to indicate that it is a rhetorical question. [from 1962.] | (rare) A combination of a question mark and an exclamation mark; ⟨!?⟩ or ⟨?!⟩.


lexentry: eng/interrogative_pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: interrogative pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forainm ceisteach
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/intersex__Adjective__1
written_rep: intersex
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirghnéasach
sense_list:
(of an individual) Having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.


lexentry: eng/intersexuality__Noun__1
written_rep: intersexuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirghnéas
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/interstellar_medium__Noun__1
written_rep: interstellar medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meán idir-réaltach
sense_list:
(astronomy) The matter that exists in the space between star systems in a galaxy, including gas, dust, and cosmic rays.


lexentry: eng/intertidal_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: intertidal zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: urthrá
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: agallamh
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/intestine__Noun__1
written_rep: intestine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: putóg | drólanna
sense_list:
(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.


lexentry: eng/intestine__Noun__1
written_rep: intestine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: putóg
sense_list:
One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.


lexentry: eng/into__Preposition__1
written_rep: into
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: i | i rith
sense_list:
(mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".


lexentry: eng/intolerant__Adjective__1
written_rep: intolerant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: éadulangach
sense_list:
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.


lexentry: eng/intoxicating__Adjective__1
written_rep: intoxicating
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meisciúil
sense_list:
(of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant. | (figurative) Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant.


lexentry: eng/intricacy__Noun__1
written_rep: intricacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castacht
sense_list:
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled. | Perplexity. | Something which is intricate or complex.


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


lexentry: eng/intuition__Noun__1
written_rep: intuition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intinn
sense_list:
Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes. | A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.


lexentry: eng/intuitionism__Noun__1
written_rep: intuitionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iomasachas
sense_list:
(mathematics) An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it.


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


lexentry: eng/invert__Verb__1
written_rep: invert
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aisiompaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.


lexentry: eng/invest__Verb__1
written_rep: invest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infheistigh
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/investigate__Verb__1
written_rep: investigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniúch
sense_list:
(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. | (transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret. | (intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.


lexentry: eng/investigation__Noun__1
written_rep: investigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiosrúchán
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: 02
trans_list: fuilleamh
sense_list:
(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.


lexentry: eng/invitation__Noun__1
written_rep: invitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuireadh
sense_list:
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company. | (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/invoice__Noun__1
written_rep: invoice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sonrasc
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/iodic__Adjective__1
written_rep: iodic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iadach
sense_list:
(chemistry) of, or relating to iodine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five


lexentry: eng/iodoform__Noun__1
written_rep: iodoform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iadaform | trí-iadaimeatán
sense_list:
(chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, CHI3; a yellow crystalline compound, formerly used as a mild antiseptic.


lexentry: eng/iodometry__Noun__1
written_rep: iodometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iadaiméadracht
sense_list:
(chemistry) An analytical technique that uses the sudden disappearance (or appearance) of iodine to mark the end of a redox titration


lexentry: eng/ion__Noun__1
written_rep: ion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ian
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: ianú | ianúchán
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/ionosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: ionosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ianaisféar
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.


lexentry: eng/iridium__Noun__1
written_rep: iridium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iridiam
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: glóiriam | ireas
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: imreasc | inteachán | seall
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: liosta
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: iarann
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. | (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
written_rep: irony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íoróin
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.


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


lexentry: eng/irregularity__Noun__1
written_rep: irregularity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mírialtacht | neamhrialtacht
sense_list:
(countable) An instance of being irregular. | (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.


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


lexentry: eng/irritable_bowel_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: irritable bowel syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: siondróm putóige greannaithí
sense_list:
(pathology) A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.


lexentry: eng/island__Noun__1
written_rep: island
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: oileán | inis
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. | An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.


lexentry: eng/islets_of_Langerhans__Noun__1
written_rep: islets of Langerhans
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insíní Langerhans
sense_list:
(anatomy, biology) Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells.


lexentry: eng/isobar__Noun__1
written_rep: isobar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iseabar
sense_list:
(meteorology) A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure. | (nuclear physics) Either of two nuclides of different elements having the same mass number.


lexentry: eng/isobaric__Adjective__1
written_rep: isobaric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iseabarach
sense_list:
having the same pressures, masses, or densities | (thermodynamics) (of a process) having a constant pressure throughout


lexentry: eng/isolate__Verb__1
written_rep: isolate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aonraigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To set apart or cut off from others. | (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.


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


lexentry: eng/isomer__Noun__1
written_rep: isomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isiméir
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/isomerism__Noun__1
written_rep: isomerism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isiméireacht
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae


lexentry: eng/isometric__Adjective__1
written_rep: isometric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isiméadrach
sense_list:
Of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions. | Of, or being a geometric system of three equal axes lying at right angles to each other (especially in crystallography).


lexentry: eng/isomorphic__Adjective__1
written_rep: isomorphic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iseamorfach
sense_list:
(mathematics) Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence. | (biology) Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution. | Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations.


lexentry: eng/isoprene__Noun__1
written_rep: isoprene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isipréin
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/isosceles_trapezoid__Noun__1
written_rep: isosceles trapezoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: traipéisiam comhchosach
sense_list:
A quadrilateral with two parallel sides and a separate pair of congruent sides which are not parallel.


lexentry: eng/isostasy__Noun__1
written_rep: isostasy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iseastacht
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: isiteirm
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: iseatóp
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/issue__Noun__1
written_rep: issue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eagrán
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: ceist
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/issue__Noun__1
written_rep: issue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: deacracht
sense_list:
(law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.


lexentry: eng/isthmus__Noun__1
written_rep: isthmus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuing
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: sé | é | sí | ea | í
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: 06
trans_list: sé
sense_list:
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
written_rep: it
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: é | í
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_takes_one_to_know_one__Proverb__1
written_rep: it takes one to know one
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile
sense_list:
(idiomatic) expressing the same underlying character-judgment themes as pot calling the kettle black or set a thief to catch a thief.


lexentry: eng/italic__Adjective__1
written_rep: italic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iodálach
sense_list:
(typography, of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.


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


lexentry: eng/itself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: itself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ionann
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: eabhar
sense_list:
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals. | 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/jack-o'-lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: jack-o'-lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Seán na gealaí
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: cat
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: 02
trans_list: mam
sense_list:
(electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bratach
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/jackal__Noun__1
written_rep: jackal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seacál
sense_list:
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.


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


lexentry: eng/jade__Noun__1
written_rep: jade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: séad
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/jaguarundi__Noun__1
written_rep: jaguarundi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iaguarúndaí
sense_list:
A medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, Puma yagouaroundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi or Felis yagouaroundi.


lexentry: eng/jail__Noun__1
written_rep: jail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: príosún
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/jam__Noun__1
written_rep: jam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: subh
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__Verb__1
written_rep: jam
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: plúch
sense_list:
To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.


lexentry: eng/jam_session__Noun__1
written_rep: jam session
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mairteoil
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: ursain
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/janissary__Noun__1
written_rep: janissary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Ianasóir
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: gloine
sense_list:
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/jargon__Noun__1
written_rep: jargon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: béarlagair
sense_list:
(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject. | (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.


lexentry: eng/jasper__Noun__1
written_rep: jasper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seaspar
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: buíochán
sense_list:
(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jaunting_car__Noun__1
written_rep: jaunting car
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carr cliathánach
sense_list:
(historical) A kind of low-set horse-drawn open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sideways, sitting back to back.


lexentry: eng/jaw__Noun__1
written_rep: jaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: draid
sense_list:
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.


lexentry: eng/jazz__Noun__1
written_rep: jazz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: snagcheol
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: éadmhar | éad a bheith agat/ort
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.] | Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.] | 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: formad
sense_list:
(archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance. | (countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.


lexentry: eng/jejunum__Noun__1
written_rep: jejunum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aoineán
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: 02
trans_list: subh
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: smugairle róin
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: buidéal
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/jersey__Noun__1
written_rep: jersey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geansaí
sense_list:
(countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body. | (countable, US) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.


lexentry: eng/jet_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: jet engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scairdinneall
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: tuirse aerthaistil
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_stream__Noun__1
written_rep: jet stream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scairdsruth
sense_list:
(meteorology) any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction


lexentry: eng/jewel__Noun__1
written_rep: jewel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seoid
sense_list:
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone. | 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/jib__Noun__1
written_rep: jib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: jib | seol cinn | seol jibe | éadach cinn
sense_list:
(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.


lexentry: eng/jig__Noun__1
written_rep: jig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: port
sense_list:
(traditional English Morris, _, dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.


lexentry: eng/job__Noun__1
written_rep: job
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jab
sense_list:
A task. | (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).


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


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


lexentry: eng/joist__Noun__1
written_rep: joist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giarsa
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: buachaill mór | cleasaí | fear na gcrúb
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/joss_stick__Noun__1
written_rep: joss stick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bata túise
sense_list:
A stick of incense, especially (China, _, Taoism, Buddhism, etc.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.


lexentry: eng/joule__Noun__1
written_rep: joule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giúl
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/journal__Noun__1
written_rep: journal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dialann
sense_list:
A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook. | (accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts. | (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.


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


lexentry: eng/joyride__Noun__1
written_rep: joyride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: spraoithiomáint
sense_list:
An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner.


lexentry: eng/judge__Noun__1
written_rep: judge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breitheamh
sense_list:
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice. | A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.


lexentry: eng/judgement_day__Noun__1
written_rep: judgement day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Lá an Bhreithiúnais
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: 04
trans_list: fíorasc
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: crúsca
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/jugular_vein__Noun__1
written_rep: jugular vein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuingealach | féith chuingealach | féith scornaigh
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: sú
sense_list:
(uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit. | (countable) A beverage made of juice. | (uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.


lexentry: eng/jumble_sale__Noun__1
written_rep: jumble sale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: margadh mangarae
sense_list:
(British) A sale of used goods by individuals operating tables or stalls, usually held indoors and open to the public.


lexentry: eng/jump__Verb__1
written_rep: jump
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: léim
sense_list:
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.


lexentry: eng/jump_the_queue__Verb__1
written_rep: jump the queue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an scuaine a shárú
sense_list:
To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.


lexentry: eng/jungle__Noun__1
written_rep: jungle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dufair
sense_list:
A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.


lexentry: eng/jungle_gym__Noun__1
written_rep: jungle gym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barraí moncaí
sense_list:
(US, Israel) A play structure designed for children to climb on, traditionally constructed as a frame of metal bars as introduced in 1920.


lexentry: eng/juniper__Noun__1
written_rep: juniper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aiteal | biora leacra | iúr binne | iúr creige
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/jurisdiction__Noun__1
written_rep: jurisdiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: urlámhas
sense_list:
The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law. | The power or right to exercise authority.


lexentry: eng/jury__Noun__1
written_rep: jury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giúiré
sense_list:
(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
written_rep: justification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: réasún
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/jute__Noun__1
written_rep: jute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: siúit
sense_list:
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc. | The plants from which this fibre is obtained.


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


lexentry: eng/kangaroo__Noun__1
written_rep: kangaroo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cangarú
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/kangaroo_court__Noun__1
written_rep: kangaroo court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cúirt bhradach
sense_list:
(originally, US, idiomatic) A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group of people which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, and often acts abusively or decides unjustly. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/kaolinite__Noun__1
written_rep: kaolinite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chré Shíneach
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/kapok__Noun__1
written_rep: kapok
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capac | capóc
sense_list:
A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.


lexentry: eng/karst__Noun__1
written_rep: karst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boireann | carst
sense_list:
(geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.


lexentry: eng/kayak__Noun__1
written_rep: kayak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cadhc
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/kazoo__Noun__1
written_rep: kazoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casú
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/keel__Noun__1
written_rep: keel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: claíomh
sense_list:
(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/keeper__Noun__1
written_rep: keeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: coimeádaí | maor
sense_list:
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.


lexentry: eng/kelpie__Noun__1
written_rep: kelpie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: each-uisge
sense_list:
(Celtic mythology) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.


lexentry: eng/kelvin__Noun__1
written_rep: kelvin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceilvin
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/kerb__Noun__1
written_rep: kerb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colbha
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: amharclann
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/kerosene__Noun__1
written_rep: kerosene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceirisín
sense_list:
A thin colorless, blue- or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.


lexentry: eng/kestrel__Noun__1
written_rep: kestrel
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: The common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus.
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list:
bod gaoithe | bodaire gaoithe | pocaire gaoithe | pocaire gaoithe coiteann | seabhac buí | seabhac gaoithe


lexentry: eng/ketchup__Noun__1
written_rep: ketchup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: citseap
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: céatón
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/kettledrum__Noun__1
written_rep: kettledrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tiompán | citealdruma
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eochair
sense_list:
An object designed to open and close a lock. | A crucial step or requirement. | 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. | In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind. | (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. | (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: eochair | cnaipe
sense_list:
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eochairchlár | méarchlár | luibheanchlár
sense_list:
(computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc. | (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. | (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_shortcut__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard shortcut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aicearra méarchláir
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/keyhole__Noun__1
written_rep: keyhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: poll eochrach
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/khat__Noun__1
written_rep: khat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cait
sense_list:
A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.


lexentry: eng/kick__Verb__1
written_rep: kick
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciceáil
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. | (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
written_rep: kickback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: breab
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/kidney_dish__Noun__1
written_rep: kidney dish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: duán
sense_list:
(medicine, surgery) A shallow kidney-shaped basin for holding soiled dressings and other medical waste.


lexentry: eng/killdeer__Noun__1
written_rep: killdeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feadóg ghlórach
sense_list:
A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.


lexentry: eng/kiln__Noun__1
written_rep: kiln
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: áith
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: cilea-
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/kilogram__Noun__1
written_rep: kilogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cileagram
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/kimono__Noun__1
written_rep: kimono
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cimeonó
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/kindergarten__Noun__1
written_rep: kindergarten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gairdín
sense_list:
(North America, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]


lexentry: eng/kinetic_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetic energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuinneamh cinéiteach
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: cinéitic
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. | (chemistry) The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
written_rep: king
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rí
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. | (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit. | A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.


lexentry: eng/king_cobra__Noun__1
written_rep: king cobra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rí-chobra
sense_list:
A large venomous snake found in East Asia (Ophiophagus hannah), the longest venomous snake in the world.


lexentry: eng/kingfisher__Noun__1
written_rep: kingfisher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cruidín
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: acastóir
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/kinky__Adjective__1
written_rep: kinky
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: adharcachán
sense_list:
(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.


lexentry: eng/kip__Verb__1
written_rep: kip
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codail
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: póg
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_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: kiss me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: póg
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/kitchen_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchen paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páipéar cistine
sense_list:
(UK) Paper towels intended for kitchen purposes such as absorbing spillages and wrapping sandwiches.


lexentry: eng/kitchenware__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchenware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gréithe cistine
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: eitleog
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: cumann
sense_list:
(archaic, or, obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances. | (Northern England, Scotland, rural, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.


lexentry: eng/kiwi_fruit__Noun__1
written_rep: kiwi fruit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cíobhaí
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: adharc
sense_list:
A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/knee__Noun__1
written_rep: knee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glúin
sense_list:
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: bain do
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: scian
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 and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger. | Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
written_rep: knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ridire
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. | (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/knighthood__Noun__1
written_rep: knighthood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ridireacht
sense_list:
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir" | The quality of being a knight.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
written_rep: knit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cniotáil
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/knobhead__Noun__1
written_rep: knobhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: amadán
sense_list:
(Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, vulgar, slang, synecdochically) A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person.


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


lexentry: eng/knockoff__Noun__1
written_rep: knockoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moncaí
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: snaidhm
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__2
written_rep: knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cnota
sense_list:
One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).


lexentry: eng/knothole__Noun__1
written_rep: knothole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poll cranra
sense_list:
In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.


lexentry: eng/knout__Noun__1
written_rep: knout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuip
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__Verb__1
written_rep: know
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a fhios a bheith agat | eolas a bheith ag | is eol do
sense_list:
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that. | (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fios
sense_list:
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.] | Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.] | Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/koala__Noun__1
written_rep: koala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cóála
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/koan__Noun__1
written_rep: koan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cóán
sense_list:
(Zen, _, Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.


lexentry: eng/koi__Noun__1
written_rep: koi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carbán koi
sense_list:
Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.


lexentry: eng/kore__Noun__1
written_rep: kore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iníon
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/krill__Noun__1
written_rep: krill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crill
sense_list:
any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.


lexentry: eng/krone__Noun__1
written_rep: krone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coróin
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: crioptón
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/kulak__Noun__1
written_rep: kulak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cluas
sense_list:
(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.


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


lexentry: eng/kuru__Noun__1
written_rep: kuru
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kuru
sense_list:
A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.


lexentry: eng/kyle__Noun__1
written_rep: kyle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caol
sense_list:
(Scotland) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.


lexentry: eng/labor_market__Noun__1
written_rep: labor market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: margadh an tsaothair | margadh fostaíochta
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: saotharlann
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: obair | saothar
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: tinneas clainne
sense_list:
(medicine, obstetrics) The act of a mother giving birth. | The time period during which a mother gives birth.


lexentry: eng/labyrinth__Noun__1
written_rep: labyrinth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lúbra
sense_list:
(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/lacquer__Noun__1
written_rep: lacquer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laicear
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: faireog dheorach
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/lacrosse__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrosse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crosógaíocht
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/lactic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lactic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad lachtach
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: lachtós
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/ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dréimire
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/ladies_and_gentlemen__Noun__1
written_rep: ladies and gentlemen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a dhaoine uaisle
sense_list:
Used to address an audience. | (rare, _, and, _, euphemism) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.


lexentry: eng/ladle__Noun__1
written_rep: ladle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: póca
sense_list:
A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle. | (metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.


lexentry: eng/lady's_thumb__Noun__1
written_rep: lady's thumb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glúineach dhearg
sense_list:
A perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.


lexentry: eng/lady-in-waiting__Noun__1
written_rep: lady-in-waiting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bean choimhdeachta
sense_list:
A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.


lexentry: eng/lady__Noun__1
written_rep: lady
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: bean uasal
sense_list:
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: bóín Dé | bó shamhraidh | bóín samhraidh
sense_list:
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.


lexentry: eng/lair__Noun__1
written_rep: lair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brocais | leaba dhearg
sense_list:
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. | A shed or shelter for domestic animals.


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


lexentry: eng/lamina__Noun__1
written_rep: lamina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crú
sense_list:
(botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet. | (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: lampa
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/lampblack__Noun__1
written_rep: lampblack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dubh súiche | smúrabhán
sense_list:
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.


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


lexentry: eng/lamprey__Noun__1
written_rep: lamprey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péist an dá shúil déag
sense_list:
Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.


lexentry: eng/lampshade__Noun__1
written_rep: lampshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scáthlán lampa | clúdach lampa
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: sleá
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/land_bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: land bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: droichead talún
sense_list:
(biogeography) An isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses.


lexentry: eng/landing_net__Noun__1
written_rep: landing net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cochall | lúbach
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: tiarna talaimh | tiarna talún
sense_list:
A person that leases real property; a lessor. | (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.


lexentry: eng/landmark__Noun__1
written_rep: landmark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sainchomhartha
sense_list:
A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation. | A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.


lexentry: eng/landrace__Noun__1
written_rep: landrace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pór dúchasach
sense_list:
(often, attributive) Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taobh tíre | tírdhreach
sense_list:
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pictiúr den tírdhreach | radharc tíre | tírdhreach
sense_list:
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.


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


lexentry: eng/lane__Noun__1
written_rep: lane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lána
sense_list:
A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. | A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teanga
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. | (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words. | (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. | (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does. | (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language. | (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.


lexentry: eng/language_barrier__Noun__1
written_rep: language barrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacainn teanga
sense_list:
A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.


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


lexentry: eng/lanolin__Noun__1
written_rep: lanolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: úsc olla
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/lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laindéar
sense_list:
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.


lexentry: eng/lantern_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: lantern wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: roth laindéir
sense_list:
A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.


lexentry: eng/lanthanum__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthanum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lantainam
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: 01
trans_list: láinnéar
sense_list:
(nautical) A short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc. | (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_dance__Noun__1
written_rep: lap dance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damhsa gabhail
sense_list:
An erotic form of entertainment, typically at a men's club, where a naked or nearly-nude performer straddles a customer and moves in a rhythmic, sexual manner over his or her lap.


lexentry: eng/lap_dog__Noun__1
written_rep: lap dog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: measán
sense_list:
(cynology) 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: laparascópacht
sense_list:
(medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.


lexentry: eng/lapel__Noun__1
written_rep: lapel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bóna | liopa
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: adhaircín | pilibín
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: eitilt
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: mórchroíoch
sense_list:
Possessing the properties associated with the heart as the seat of love; compassionate, generous, benevolent, forgiving, etc.


lexentry: eng/larynx__Noun__1
written_rep: larynx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laraing | an feadán glóir | úll na scórnaí
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/lash__Verb__1
written_rep: lash
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gread
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. | (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash. | (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.


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


lexentry: eng/last__Determiner__1
written_rep: last
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: seo caite
sense_list:
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.


lexentry: eng/last__Verb__1
written_rep: last
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mair
sense_list:
(intransitive) To endure, continue over time. | (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.


lexentry: eng/last_but_not_least__Adverb__1
written_rep: last but not least
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an ball is mó ar deireadh | an meall is mó ar deireadh
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__Adverb__1
written_rep: last night
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aréir
sense_list:
during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_night__Noun__1
written_rep: last night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aréir
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: buille na tubaiste
sense_list:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.


lexentry: eng/late__Adjective__1
written_rep: late
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: tine
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/lath__Noun__1
written_rep: lath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lata
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: deil
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/latitude__Noun__1
written_rep: latitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leithead
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/latte__Noun__1
written_rep: latte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caife bán
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/laudanum__Noun__1
written_rep: laudanum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ládanam
sense_list:
(pharmacology) A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
written_rep: laugh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gáir | déan gáire
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/laughing_kookaburra__Noun__1
written_rep: laughing kookaburra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cúcabarra gáiriteach
sense_list:
A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.


lexentry: eng/laughter__Noun__1
written_rep: laughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gáire
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/laundry_basket__Noun__1
written_rep: laundry basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciseán níocháin
sense_list:
A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.


lexentry: eng/lava__Noun__1
written_rep: lava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laibhe
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/law__Noun__1
written_rep: law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dlí
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. | 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.)


lexentry: eng/lawnmower__Noun__1
written_rep: lawnmower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buainteoir | lomaire | lomaire faiche | lomaire léana
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: agra dlí | cúis dlí | tagra
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: dlíodóir
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-by__Noun__1
written_rep: lay-by
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leataobh
sense_list:
(UK, Philippines) A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones. | (UK) A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc. | (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway.


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


lexentry: eng/lay_brother__Noun__1
written_rep: lay brother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bráthair tuata
sense_list:
(Christianity) A layman who is a member of a religious congregation or monastic order without the intention to become a priest.


lexentry: eng/layer__Noun__1
written_rep: layer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sraith
sense_list:
A single thickness of some material covering a surface. | A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.


lexentry: eng/layperson__Noun__1
written_rep: layperson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tuata
sense_list:
A person who is not a cleric. | One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.


lexentry: eng/lazurite__Noun__1
written_rep: lazurite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasúirít
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, Na4-5Al3Si3O12S.


lexentry: eng/lazy-bed__Noun__1
written_rep: lazy-bed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainneor | iompú
sense_list:
(agriculture, historical) a ridge of ground generally used for growing potatoes and sometimes also for raising corn, the seed being laid on the surface and covered with earth dug out of trenches along both sides


lexentry: eng/lead-acid__Adjective__1
written_rep: lead-acid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéid is luaidhe | luaidhe-aigéadach
sense_list:
Describing a battery having lead electrodes and an electrolyte of sulfuric acid solution; used in motor vehicles


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luaidhe
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). | (slang) bullets; ammunition.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: treoraigh
sense_list:
(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played | In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luaidhe
sense_list:
(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead. | (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: treoraigh
sense_list:
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: duilleog | bileog
sense_list:
(publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: comhla
sense_list:
(plural leaves or leafs) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.


lexentry: eng/leak__Noun__1
written_rep: leak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sceitheadh
sense_list:
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/lean__Adjective__1
written_rep: lean
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caol
sense_list:
(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. | Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.


lexentry: eng/leap_day__Noun__1
written_rep: leap day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lá bisigh
sense_list:
An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.


lexentry: eng/leap_year__Noun__1
written_rep: leap year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bliain bhisigh
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: caitheamh cliobóg
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/least_weasel__Noun__1
written_rep: least weasel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bláthnaid ghallda
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: leathar
sense_list:
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
written_rep: leave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fág
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 end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). | (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.


lexentry: eng/leave_someone_in_the_lurch__Verb__1
written_rep: leave someone in the lurch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fág Baile Átha Cliath ar an mbóthar ag duine | fág san abar
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.


lexentry: eng/lecithin__Noun__1
written_rep: lecithin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leicitin
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: léachtán
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: 01
trans_list: léachtóir
sense_list:
A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession. | A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.


lexentry: eng/lede__Noun__2
written_rep: lede
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hata
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/ledge__Noun__1
written_rep: ledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: coirnis
sense_list:
(geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. | A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.


lexentry: eng/lee__Noun__1
written_rep: lee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fothain
sense_list:
(nautical) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind. | A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.


lexentry: eng/leek__Noun__1
written_rep: leek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cainneann
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__Noun__1
written_rep: leer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: claonfhéachaint
sense_list:
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.


lexentry: eng/lees__Noun__1
written_rep: lees
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amhaisc | dríodar | moirt
sense_list:
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.


lexentry: eng/left-click__Verb__1
written_rep: left-click
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cléchliceáil
sense_list:
(intransitive, computing) To press the left button on a computer mouse. | (transitive, computing) To activate an item on the screen by left-clicking while the pointer is over it.


lexentry: eng/left__Adjective__1
written_rep: left
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clé
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: ←


lexentry: eng/leg__Noun__1
written_rep: leg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cos
sense_list:
In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle. | A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.


lexentry: eng/legal_tender__Noun__1
written_rep: legal tender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dlíthairiscint
sense_list:
(legal) Any form of currency that by law cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt equal to the amount offered.


lexentry: eng/legion__Noun__1
written_rep: legion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: léigiún
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/legislation__Noun__1
written_rep: legislation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reachtaíocht
sense_list:
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws. | Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body


lexentry: eng/lemon__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: buí líomóide
sense_list:
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits. | A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). | (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual. | (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: lus na meala líomóide
sense_list:
A perennial herb, of species Melissa officinalis, of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc.


lexentry: eng/lemon_verbena__Noun__1
written_rep: lemon verbena
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beirbhéine líomóideach
sense_list:
A deciduous perennial shrub native to South America, used for its lemon-like fragrance and flavor, Aloysia citrodora.


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


lexentry: eng/lemur__Noun__1
written_rep: lemur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: léamar
sense_list:
(colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.


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


lexentry: eng/lentil__Noun__1
written_rep: lentil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lionsa
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: leon
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: liopard
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/leopard_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: leopard shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: siorc liopaird
sense_list:
A hound shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive markings; it is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/leotard__Noun__1
written_rep: leotard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: léatar
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/leprosy__Noun__1
written_rep: leprosy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lobhra
sense_list:
(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. | Ellipsis of murine leprosy. and feline leprosy, diseases caused in rodents and cats by Mycobacterium lepraemurium.


lexentry: eng/lepton__Noun__2
written_rep: lepton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leaptón
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: leiptispioróis
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: leispiach
sense_list:
(of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners. | (of a woman, broadly) Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners. | (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more women; homosexual, gay. | (especially of an institution or group) Intended for lesbians.


lexentry: eng/lesser_bilby__Noun__1
written_rep: lesser bilby
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bilbí beag
sense_list:
An extinct species of bilby, a rabbit-sized marsupial, Macrotis leucura, previously endemic to arid regions of central Australia.


lexentry: eng/lesser_celandine__Noun__1
written_rep: lesser celandine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aonscoth | grán arcáin
sense_list:
A European perennial herb (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria), having heart-shaped leaves and solitary yellow flowers


lexentry: eng/lesson__Noun__1
written_rep: lesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceacht
sense_list:
A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. | A learning task assigned to a student; homework. | Something learned or to be learned. | A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.


lexentry: eng/let__Verb__1
written_rep: let
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceadaigh
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_bygones_be_bygones__Verb__1
written_rep: let bygones be bygones
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an rud atá thart bíodh sé thart
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: scaoil (de)
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/letter__Noun__1
written_rep: letter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: litir
sense_list:
A symbol in an alphabet. | A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.


lexentry: eng/letterbox__Noun__1
written_rep: letterbox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bosca litreacha | bosca poist
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: leitís
sense_list:
An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.


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


lexentry: eng/level__Adjective__1
written_rep: level
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cothrom
sense_list:
At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with. | Unvaried in frequency. | Unvaried in volume.


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


lexentry: eng/levity__Noun__1
written_rep: levity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éadroime
sense_list:
Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters.


lexentry: eng/lexical__Adjective__1
written_rep: lexical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foclóireachta | léacsach
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_item__Noun__1
written_rep: lexical item
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aonad léacsach | mír fhoclóireachta
sense_list:
(semantics) A term (that is, a word or sequence of words) that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs; exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.


lexentry: eng/lexicography__Noun__1
written_rep: lexicography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foclóireacht
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/lexicology__Noun__1
written_rep: lexicology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foclóireolaíocht
sense_list:
(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.


lexentry: eng/liberalism__Noun__1
written_rep: liberalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: liobrálachas
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.


lexentry: eng/libertine__Noun__2
written_rep: libertine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: blaosc
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: 02
trans_list: libídeo
sense_list:
(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: leabharlann
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. | A collection of books or other forms of stored information. | (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease. | (card games) The deck or draw pile.


lexentry: eng/libre__Adjective__1
written_rep: libre
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: saor
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_plate__Noun__1
written_rep: license plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pláta cláraithe
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: ainrianta | drabhlásach
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: léicean
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/licorice__Noun__1
written_rep: licorice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carra mhilis
sense_list:
(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.


lexentry: eng/licorice__Noun__1
written_rep: licorice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: liocras
sense_list:
(uncountable, chemistry) A flavouring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant.


lexentry: eng/lie__Verb__1
written_rep: lie
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luigh
sense_list:
(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. | (intransitive) To be placed or situated.


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


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
written_rep: life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: saol | beatha | beo
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.


lexentry: eng/life__Noun__1
written_rep: life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: saol
sense_list:
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: 12
trans_list: príosúnacht saoil
sense_list:
(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).


lexentry: eng/life_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: life cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: timthriall na beatha
sense_list:
(biology) The course of stages through which an organism passes from fertilized zygote until maturity, reproduction, and death.


lexentry: eng/life_insurance__Noun__1
written_rep: life insurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: árachas saoil
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_jacket__Noun__1
written_rep: life jacket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seaicéad tarrthála
sense_list:
an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water.


lexentry: eng/lifeguard__Noun__1
written_rep: lifeguard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: garda tarrthála
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: ardaitheoir
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.


lexentry: eng/ligand__Noun__1
written_rep: ligand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liogann
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially:


lexentry: eng/ligature__Noun__1
written_rep: ligature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: nasclitir
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.


lexentry: eng/ligature__Noun__1
written_rep: ligature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: ceangal
sense_list:
(countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.


lexentry: eng/light__Noun__1
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: solas
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 flame or something used to create fire.


lexentry: eng/light__Verb__1
written_rep: light
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: las
sense_list:
(transitive) To set fire to; to set burning. | (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: bolgán
sense_list:
An evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.


lexentry: eng/light_year__Noun__1
written_rep: light year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: solasbhliain
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: lastóir | lastóir toitíní
sense_list:
A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.


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


lexentry: eng/lighthearted__Adjective__1
written_rep: lighthearted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aerach
sense_list:
Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive; not depressed or sad. | Enjoyably lacking of seriousness, not grave.


lexentry: eng/lighting__Noun__1
written_rep: lighting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: soilsiú
sense_list:
The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided. | The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.


lexentry: eng/lightning__Noun__1
written_rep: lightning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tintreach
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: conduchtaire tintrí
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/lightship__Noun__1
written_rep: lightship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: long sholais
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: is maith liom
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: leithéid
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/likelihood__Noun__1
written_rep: likelihood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dóchúlacht
sense_list:
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.


lexentry: eng/lilting__Noun__1
written_rep: lilting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portaireacht | portaireacht bhéil
sense_list:
A type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung, often to nonsense syllables.


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


lexentry: eng/limb__Noun__1
written_rep: limb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: géag
sense_list:
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). | A branch of a tree.


lexentry: eng/lime__Noun__1
written_rep: lime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aol
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).


lexentry: eng/lime__Noun__3
written_rep: lime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: glas líoma | uaine líoma
sense_list:
(uncountable) A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.


lexentry: eng/limerick__Noun__1
written_rep: limerick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luimneach
sense_list:
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.


lexentry: eng/limestone__Noun__1
written_rep: limestone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aolchloch | cloch aoil
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/limited_company__Noun__1
written_rep: limited company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuideachta theoranta
sense_list:
A company in which the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.


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


lexentry: eng/limpet__Noun__1
written_rep: limpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bairneach
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: dealg acastóra | lispin | pionna rotha | tairne aisil
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/line__Noun__1
written_rep: line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: líne
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. | (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. | The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection. | The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation. | 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: 21
trans_list: clólíne | dorú | líne
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_battle__Noun__1
written_rep: line of battle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: líne chatha
sense_list:
(military) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. | (naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement.


lexentry: eng/line_of_force__Noun__1
written_rep: line of force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: treolíne fórsa
sense_list:
(physics) An imaginary line in a field of force, whose tangent at any point gives the direction of the field at that point and whose number through unit area perpendicular to the field represents its intensity.


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


lexentry: eng/linearity__Noun__1
written_rep: linearity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: líneacht
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/linen_closet__Noun__1
written_rep: linen closet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cófra línéadaigh
sense_list:
A shelved closet or cupboard used for the storage of household linen, particularly bedlinen and associated bedding, but also bathroom and kitchen linen (towels, etc.).


lexentry: eng/linger__Verb__1
written_rep: linger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fan
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/lingo__Noun__1
written_rep: lingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: béarlagair
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: francbhéarla
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: nasc
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/linnet__Noun__1
written_rep: linnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gleoiseach | coinnleoir óir
sense_list:
A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.


lexentry: eng/lintel__Noun__1
written_rep: lintel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fardoras
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: leon
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/lipid__Noun__1
written_rep: lipid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lipid
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/liquefied_natural_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: liquefied natural gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gás nádúrtha leachtaithe
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: licéar
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: leachtach
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. | (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.


lexentry: eng/liquid_crystal__Noun__1
written_rep: liquid crystal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leachtchriostail
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: leachtacht
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: deoch mheisciúil
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: labhair go briotach
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: liosta
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__4
written_rep: list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: liosta
sense_list:
(nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/listen__Verb__1
written_rep: listen
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éist
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.


lexentry: eng/listeriosis__Noun__1
written_rep: listeriosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: listéaróis
sense_list:
(medicine) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii, often through contaminated food.


lexentry: eng/literal__Adjective__1
written_rep: literal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beacht
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/literature__Noun__1
written_rep: literature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: litríocht
sense_list:
The body of all written works. | 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/lithium__Noun__1
written_rep: lithium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: litiam
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: liteagrafaíocht
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: litisféar
sense_list:
(geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates.


lexentry: eng/lithostratigraphy__Noun__1
written_rep: lithostratigraphy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liteastratagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(geology) The study and classification of rock strata according to their distinct lithological properties.


lexentry: eng/litotes__Noun__1
written_rep: litotes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liotóid
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/little_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: little boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buachaill
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/live__Adjective__1
written_rep: live
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beo
sense_list:
(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive. | (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.


lexentry: eng/live_action__Noun__1
written_rep: live action
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beoghníomhaíocht
sense_list:
(often used attributively) Filmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics.


lexentry: eng/live_and_learn__Verb__1
written_rep: live and learn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tagann ciall le haois
sense_list:
An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after a misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.


lexentry: eng/livelihood__Noun__1
written_rep: livelihood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slí bheatha | slí mhaireachtála
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: ae
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. | (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.


lexentry: eng/liver_fluke__Noun__1
written_rep: liver fluke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leith | leith uisce | puchán ae
sense_list:
Any of several parasitic trematode worms that infect the livers of various mammals, including humans.


lexentry: eng/liverwort__Noun__1
written_rep: liverwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aelus
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: libhré | éide
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: iontaise bheo
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: beothach
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/living_will__Noun__1
written_rep: living will
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uacht an bheo
sense_list:
(legal) A document, made by a person when still legally fit to do so, which provides clear instructions or principles to be employed by a surrogate decision-maker, such as expressing a desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means, in the event of being severely disabled or suffering from a terminal illness.


lexentry: eng/llama__Noun__1
written_rep: llama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: láma
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/loan__Noun__1
written_rep: loan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: iasacht
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/lobbyist__Noun__1
written_rep: lobbyist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brústocaire
sense_list:
A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.


lexentry: eng/lobe__Noun__1
written_rep: lobe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bog | liopa | maothán
sense_list:
Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/lobster__Noun__1
written_rep: lobster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gliomach
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/local__Adjective__1
written_rep: local
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: logánta | áitiúil
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/locale__Noun__1
written_rep: locale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: teanga
sense_list:
(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.


lexentry: eng/localization__Noun__1
written_rep: localization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aistriú
sense_list:
(software engineering) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.


lexentry: eng/locative_case__Noun__1
written_rep: locative case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: áitreabhach
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: 01
trans_list: glas
sense_list:
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. | 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: dianghlasáil
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: almóir
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: mórbhonn
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: glas fiacla
sense_list:
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.


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


lexentry: eng/log_in__Verb__1
written_rep: log in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: logáil isteach
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: logáil amach
sense_list:
(computing) To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again.


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


lexentry: eng/logarithm__Noun__1
written_rep: logarithm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: logartam
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: leabhar loinge
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/logic__Noun__1
written_rep: logic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: loighic
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. | (uncountable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person. | (countable, sociology) A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.


lexentry: eng/logistics__Noun__1
written_rep: logistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lóistíocht
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/logopedics__Noun__1
written_rep: logopedics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paiteolaíocht urlabhra
sense_list:
The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.


lexentry: eng/loneliness__Noun__1
written_rep: loneliness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uaigneas
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: ceann cait
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: fulangach
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: meantán earrfhada
sense_list:
Any of many subspecies of small passerine birds with long tails, Aegithalos caudatus, found throughout Europe and Asia


lexentry: eng/long_weekend__Noun__1
written_rep: long weekend
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: droichead
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: bogha fada
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/longhorn__Noun__1
written_rep: longhorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bó fhadadharcach
sense_list:
A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States.


lexentry: eng/longitude__Noun__1
written_rep: longitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: domhanfhad
sense_list:
(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian. | (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/loofah__Noun__1
written_rep: loofah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúfach
sense_list:
Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.


lexentry: eng/look_forward_to__Verb__1
written_rep: look forward to
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ag súil le
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: cuardaigh
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something. | To obtain information about something from a reference book.


lexentry: eng/loom__Noun__1
written_rep: loom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: seol
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/loon__Noun__2
written_rep: loon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foitheach | lóma
sense_list:
(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.


lexentry: eng/loophole__Noun__1
written_rep: loophole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poll lámhaigh
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: lúb ar lár
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__Adjective__1
written_rep: loose
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: scaoilte
sense_list:
Not compact. | (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.


lexentry: eng/loose__Verb__1
written_rep: loose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scaoil
sense_list:
(transitive) To unfasten, to loosen. | (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen. | (archery) To shoot (an arrow). | (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.


lexentry: eng/looseness__Noun__1
written_rep: looseness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liobairne
sense_list:
The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.


lexentry: eng/loot__Verb__1
written_rep: loot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creach | slad
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: meang
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: locuat
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: 01
trans_list: tiarna
sense_list:
(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor | One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)


lexentry: eng/lord_protector__Noun__1
written_rep: lord protector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tiarna cuinge
sense_list:
The regent for the kingdom of England and/or Scotland. | The head of state of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. | (rare) A vidame. | A temporary regent, acting for the absent monarchic head of state.


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


lexentry: eng/lordship__Noun__1
written_rep: lordship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: tiarnas
sense_list:
Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. | Dominion; power; authority.


lexentry: eng/lost_and_found__Noun__1
written_rep: lost and found
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oifig na n-earraí caillte
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/lotus__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: loiteog
sense_list:
A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.


lexentry: eng/loud__Adjective__1
written_rep: loud
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: gáifeach | scéiniúil
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: trumpadóir
sense_list:
(derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
written_rep: louver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lata | lúvar
sense_list:
A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. [from 14th c.] | (chiefly, _, in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. [from 16th c.] | Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
written_rep: love
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gráigh
sense_list:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | (transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. | (usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something). | (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).


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


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


lexentry: eng/lovebird__Noun__1
written_rep: lovebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éan suirí
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: ansacht
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/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: íseal
sense_list:
Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). | (especially in, _, biology) Simple in complexity or development. | (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/lower__Verb__1
written_rep: lower
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ísligh
sense_list:
(transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down | (transitive) to pull down | (transitive) To depress as to direction | (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of | (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. | (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. | (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease | (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.


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


lexentry: eng/lozenge__Noun__1
written_rep: lozenge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muileata
sense_list:
(shapes, heraldiccharge) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.


lexentry: eng/lumbago__Noun__1
written_rep: lumbago
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lumbágó
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: lumbach
sense_list:
Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


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


lexentry: eng/lumber__Noun__1
written_rep: lumber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crainn leagtha
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/luminescence__Noun__1
written_rep: luminescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lonracht
sense_list:
(physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.


lexentry: eng/luminism__Noun__1
written_rep: luminism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúmanachas
sense_list:
(arts) An American artistic style of the 19th century, characterised by effects of light in landscapes.


lexentry: eng/lump__Noun__1
written_rep: lump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daba
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: cúrsa tosaigh
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/lunar__Adjective__1
written_rep: lunar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: éascaí
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: féilire na gealaí
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/lune__Noun__2
written_rep: lune
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrán
sense_list:
(geometry) A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.


lexentry: eng/lunge_line__Noun__1
written_rep: lunge line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adhastar traenála
sense_list:
(British) A rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 feet or longer in length, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse to provide control while lungeing.


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


lexentry: eng/lure__Verb__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aimsiú
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/lute__Noun__1
written_rep: lute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liúit
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/lutetium__Noun__1
written_rep: lutetium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúitéitiam
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/lux__Noun__1
written_rep: lux
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lucsa
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx


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


lexentry: eng/lye__Noun__1
written_rep: lye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buac
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: limfe
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: faireog limfe | nód limfe
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/lymphocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: limficít
sense_list:
(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.


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


lexentry: eng/lyophobic__Adjective__1
written_rep: lyophobic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liófóbach
sense_list:
(chemistry, of a colloid) Having no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated.


lexentry: eng/lyre__Noun__1
written_rep: lyre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lir
sense_list:
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. | A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/machine_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: machine gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meaisínghunna
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: meaisínteanga | teanga mheaisín
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/mackerel__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maicréal | ronnach | murlas
sense_list:
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,


lexentry: eng/mackerel_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: craosaire
sense_list:
Any shark of the order Lamniformes, having two dorsal fins an anal fin, five gill slits and eyes without nictitating membrane | Any shark of the family Lamnidae.


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


lexentry: eng/macroeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: macroeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maicreacnamaíocht
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/macron__Noun__1
written_rep: macron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macran | macrón
sense_list:
(orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/madder__Noun__1
written_rep: madder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: madar
sense_list:
The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye. | A dye made from the plant. | A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iris
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: siopa
sense_list:
A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.


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


lexentry: eng/maggot__Noun__1
written_rep: maggot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cruimh
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: draíocht
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.] | A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.] | A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers. [from 19th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/magnesite__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnésít
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: maignéisiam
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/magnetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magnetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adhmainteach | maighnéadach
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_field__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: réimse maighnéadach
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/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méid
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something. | (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


lexentry: eng/magnolia__Noun__1
written_rep: magnolia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: magnóilia
sense_list:
(countable) The flower of a magnolia tree. | (countable, uncountable) A creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.


lexentry: eng/magnum_opus__Noun__1
written_rep: magnum opus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ardsaothar
sense_list:
A great or important work of literature, music or art, a masterpiece. | The best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author or artist, representing their major life effort.


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


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mahagaine
sense_list:
(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. [from 17th c.] | (countable) 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/maid__Noun__1
written_rep: maid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainnir | cailín | maighdean
sense_list:
(dated, or, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). | (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.


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


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eachlach
sense_list:
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | (chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.] | (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.


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


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


lexentry: eng/mainland_China__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: mainland China
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mórthír na Síne
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/mainmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mainmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mór
sense_list:
(nautical) The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship. | (nautical) The second-foremost mast of a non-sailing ship with more than one mast.


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


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maor | maor airm
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: príomhábhar
sense_list:
(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.


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


lexentry: eng/major_premise__Noun__1
written_rep: major premise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mórleagan
sense_list:
(logic) In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's major term and middle term.


lexentry: eng/make__Verb__1
written_rep: make
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: cóirigh | déan | tabhair ar
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_do__Verb__1
written_rep: make do
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mair
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).


lexentry: eng/make_sense__Verb__1
written_rep: make sense
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ciall a bheith le
sense_list:
(informal) Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.


lexentry: eng/make_up__Verb__1
written_rep: make up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: déan suas
sense_list:
To invent, to imagine, to concoct | To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/makeover__Noun__1
written_rep: makeover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: athchóiriú
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: dreachadh | smideadh
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.


lexentry: eng/malachite__Noun__1
written_rep: malachite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malaicít
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: mífheilteachas
sense_list:
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/mallard__Noun__1
written_rep: mallard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacha
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/malpractice__Noun__1
written_rep: malpractice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míchleachtas
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/maltose__Noun__1
written_rep: maltose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maltós
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose


lexentry: eng/mamma__Noun__1
written_rep: mamma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faireog mhamach | mama
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: mamach
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/mammography__Noun__1
written_rep: mammography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: X-ghathú cíche | mamagrafaíocht
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: mamat
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/man__Noun__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: fear
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: Dónall na gealaí
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: fear i bhfarraige
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/management__Noun__1
written_rep: management
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bainisteoireacht | bainistiú | bainistíocht | reachtas | riar
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: bainisteoir
sense_list:
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.


lexentry: eng/mandarin__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandairín
sense_list:
(historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire. [from 1580s] | A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat. | (informal, British) A senior civil servant.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacha mhandrach
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: crann mandairíní
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: mandairín
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/mandible__Noun__1
written_rep: mandible
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giall
sense_list:
One of the anterior pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding and cutting food. | The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.


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


lexentry: eng/manganese__Noun__1
written_rep: manganese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mangainéis
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: claimhe | clamh
sense_list:
(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).


lexentry: eng/manioc__Noun__1
written_rep: manioc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casabhach
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/manipulate__Verb__1
written_rep: manipulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lámhaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something | (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose


lexentry: eng/manly__Adjective__1
written_rep: manly
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fearúil
sense_list:
Having the characteristics of a man. | Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.


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


lexentry: eng/mannequin__Noun__1
written_rep: mannequin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mainicín
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. | (dated) A person who models clothes.


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


lexentry: eng/manslaughter__Noun__1
written_rep: manslaughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dúnorgain
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/mantis_shrimp__Noun__1
written_rep: mantis shrimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ribe róibéis maintise
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: brat | clóca | cochall | fallaing
sense_list:
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/manual_labor__Noun__1
written_rep: manual labor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obair láimhe
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/manure__Noun__1
written_rep: manure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aoileach
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: lámhscríbhinn
sense_list:
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.


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: bailíonn brobh beart
sense_list:
(chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount. [from 1793]


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


lexentry: eng/map_projection__Noun__1
written_rep: map projection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teilgean léarscáile | teilgean mapa
sense_list:
(cartography) Any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane.


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


lexentry: eng/marathon__Noun__1
written_rep: marathon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maratón
sense_list:
A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race. | (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/margarine__Noun__1
written_rep: margarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buíoc | margairín
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/marijuana__Noun__1
written_rep: marijuana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: haisis
sense_list:
The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect. | The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: marcáil
sense_list:
To create an indication of (a location). | (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: margadh
sense_list:
City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise. | A group of potential customers for one's product. | A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists. | The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.


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


lexentry: eng/marketing__Noun__1
written_rep: marketing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: margaíocht
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/markhor__Noun__1
written_rep: markhor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marcár
sense_list:
A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.


lexentry: eng/marl__Noun__1
written_rep: marl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marla | móta liath
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/marmoset__Noun__1
written_rep: marmoset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moncaí marmaisíneach
sense_list:
A small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, or Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/marquetry__Noun__1
written_rep: marquetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maircíneacht
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_equality__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage equality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhionannas pósta
sense_list:
Equality and equal acceptance (particularly legal acceptance, but also social acceptance) of same-sex in addition to heterosexual marriages.


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
written_rep: marry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pós
sense_list:
(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.] | (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: leamhachán
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/martial_art__Noun__1
written_rep: martial art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ealaín oscartha
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/martin__Noun__1
written_rep: martin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gabhlán
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: mairtíreach
sense_list:
One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.


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


lexentry: eng/mashed_potatoes__Noun__2
written_rep: mashed potatoes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brúitín
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/masking_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: masking tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: téip chumhdaigh
sense_list:
A pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.


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


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


lexentry: eng/mast__Noun__1
written_rep: mast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann
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/master__Noun__1
written_rep: master
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an t-uasal
sense_list:
Someone who has control over something or someone. | The owner of an animal or slave. | The original of a document or of a recording.


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


lexentry: eng/masterpiece__Noun__1
written_rep: masterpiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feabhas
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. | A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.


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


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


lexentry: eng/masturbation__Noun__1
written_rep: masturbation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glacaireacht | lámhchartadh
sense_list:
Sexual stimulation of the genitals or other erotic regions, often to orgasm, usually in the context of oneself.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__1
written_rep: match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cluiche
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: lasán
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/mate__Noun__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: comrádaí
sense_list:
(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/material__Adjective__1
written_rep: material
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ábhartha
sense_list:
Having to do with matter; consisting of matter. | Worldly, as opposed to spiritual. | (law, accounting) Significant.


lexentry: eng/materialism__Noun__1
written_rep: materialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ábharachas | saoltacht
sense_list:
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.


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


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


lexentry: eng/maternal_aunt__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal aunt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aintín
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: matamaitic
sense_list:
(informal, uncountable, North America, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics. | (informal, uncountable, North America, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).


lexentry: eng/mathematics__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matamaitic
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/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damhna
sense_list:
(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/matter__Verb__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miste
sense_list:
(intransitive, stative) To be important. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, in negative constructions, now, England, _, regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/maul__Noun__1
written_rep: maul
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: crág
sense_list:
(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/maybe__Adverb__1
written_rep: maybe
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: b'fhéidir | is dócha
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/maze__Noun__1
written_rep: maze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúbra
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/me__Pronoun__1
written_rep: me
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mise | mé
sense_list:
As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb. | (sometimes, proscribed) As the complement of the copula (be).


lexentry: eng/meadow__Noun__1
written_rep: meadow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móinéar | cluain
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: béile | proinn | séire
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_ticket__Noun__1
written_rep: meal ticket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: colm
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.


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


lexentry: eng/measles__Noun__1
written_rep: measles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruitíneach
sense_list:
(medicine) 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: miosúr | tomhas
sense_list:
The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/meat__Noun__1
written_rep: meat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feoil
sense_list:
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. [from 14th c.] | (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. [from 16th c.] | (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/meat_market__Noun__1
written_rep: meat market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: margadh craicinn | margadh leathair
sense_list:
(colloquial, idiomatic) A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.


lexentry: eng/mechanic__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meicneoir
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__Adjective__1
written_rep: mechanical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: meicniúil
sense_list:
Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass). | Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.


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


lexentry: eng/mechanical_pencil__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical pencil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peann luaidhe meicniúil
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/meconium__Noun__1
written_rep: meconium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meacóiniam
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: bonn
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_studies__Noun__1
written_rep: media studies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: staidéar ar na meáin
sense_list:
Academic discipline that deals with the content, history, meaning and effects of various media, in particular mass media.


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


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


lexentry: eng/medical_ethics__Noun__1
written_rep: medical ethics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eitic mhíochaine
sense_list:
(ethics) The branch of ethics that examines questions of moral right and wrong arising in the context of the practice of medicine.


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cógas | leigheas
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: liacht
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/medieval__Adjective__1
written_rep: medieval
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meánaoiseach
sense_list:
Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. | Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:


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


lexentry: eng/meditation__Noun__1
written_rep: meditation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: machnamh
sense_list:
A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation. | A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.


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


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meán
sense_list:
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. | The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass. | (countable) A middle place or degree.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: meán | spioradaí
sense_list:
(countable, spiritualism, plural mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.


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


lexentry: eng/medusa__Noun__1
written_rep: medusa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smugairle róin
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: míorchat
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: fáigh
sense_list:
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. | To come face to face with someone by arrangement. | To converge and finally touch or intersect. | To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.


lexentry: eng/megalopolis__Noun__1
written_rep: megalopolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ollchathair
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/megrim__Noun__2
written_rep: megrim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cailleach
sense_list:
A type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, the Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).


lexentry: eng/meiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: meiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: méóis
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: dúchroíoch
sense_list:
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
written_rep: melt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leáigh
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/member_state__Noun__1
written_rep: member state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ballstát
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: scannán | seicin
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
written_rep: memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuimhne
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_lane__Noun__1
written_rep: memory lane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bóithrín na smaointe
sense_list:
(idiomatic, sometimes, capitalized) A nostalgic or sentimental journey through one's memories of an experience or other time in the past.


lexentry: eng/menhir__Noun__1
written_rep: menhir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gallán
sense_list:
(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/menstrual_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: menstrual cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: timthriall míosta
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: fuil mhíosta | míostrú
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_hospital__Noun__1
written_rep: mental hospital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gealtlann
sense_list:
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biachlár
sense_list:
The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. | 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: roghchlár
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: marsantachas
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: amhas
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/mercury__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mearcair | airgead beo
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: trócaire
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.


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fadlíne
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/meringue__Noun__1
written_rep: meringue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meireang
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/merlon__Noun__1
written_rep: merlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meiril
sense_list:
(architectural element, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.


lexentry: eng/merry_Christmas__Phrase__1
written_rep: merry Christmas
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Nollaig Shona
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Canada, US) Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day.


lexentry: eng/mesentery__Noun__1
written_rep: mesentery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méiseintre
sense_list:
(anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.


lexentry: eng/mesh__Noun__1
written_rep: mesh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mogall
sense_list:
A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.


lexentry: eng/mesne_lord__Noun__1
written_rep: mesne lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meántiarna
sense_list:
(law, historical) A lord entitled to rent or feudal obligations from tenants but who himself owes rent or feudal obligations to another.


lexentry: eng/mesoderm__Noun__1
written_rep: mesoderm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méisideirm
sense_list:
(embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/meson__Noun__2
written_rep: meson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: méasón
sense_list:
(now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)


lexentry: eng/mesophyte__Noun__1
written_rep: mesophyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méisifít
sense_list:
(botany) Any normal terrestrial plant that grows in environments that have an average supply of water.


lexentry: eng/mess__Noun__1
written_rep: mess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: praiseach
sense_list:
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.


lexentry: eng/messiah__Noun__1
written_rep: messiah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meisias
sense_list:
(Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
written_rep: metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotal
sense_list:
Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. | (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.


lexentry: eng/metalanguage__Noun__1
written_rep: metalanguage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meititheanga
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process | (computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language


lexentry: eng/metallic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metallic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotalach
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal. | (of a color) Having the appearance of being of polished metal.


lexentry: eng/metallography__Noun__1
written_rep: metallography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotalagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(metallurgy) The study of the structure of metals and their alloys, by any of a variety of techniques


lexentry: eng/metalloid__Noun__1
written_rep: metalloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotalóideach
sense_list:
(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/metallurgy__Noun__1
written_rep: metallurgy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotaleolaíocht | miotalóireacht
sense_list:
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.


lexentry: eng/metamorphic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metamorphic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mheiteamorfach
sense_list:
(geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). [from 19th c.] | (zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/metamorphic_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: metamorphic rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carraig mheiteamorfach
sense_list:
(geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface


lexentry: eng/meteor__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dreige | meitéar
sense_list:
A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meteor_shower__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor shower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dreigechith
sense_list:
(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.


lexentry: eng/meteoroid__Noun__1
written_rep: meteoroid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dreigeoideach
sense_list:
(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/meteorology__Noun__1
written_rep: meteorology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meitéareolaíocht
sense_list:
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.


lexentry: eng/methane__Noun__1
written_rep: methane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meatán
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.


lexentry: eng/method__Noun__1
written_rep: method
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slí
sense_list:
(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).


lexentry: eng/methodology__Noun__1
written_rep: methodology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modheolaíocht
sense_list:
(originally, sciences) The study of methods used in a field. | (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.


lexentry: eng/methylated_spirit__Noun__1
written_rep: methylated spirit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biotáille mheitileach
sense_list:
(Commonwealth) Ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; denatured alcohol;


lexentry: eng/metonymic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metonymic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meatonaimeach
sense_list:
Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.


lexentry: eng/metonymy__Noun__1
written_rep: metonymy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meatonaime
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.


lexentry: eng/metre__Noun__1
written_rep: metre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méadar
sense_list:
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.


lexentry: eng/metric_space__Noun__1
written_rep: metric space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spás méadrach
sense_list:
(mathematics, analysis, topology) Any set on which a metric is defined, giving a distance between any two elements.


lexentry: eng/metronome__Noun__1
written_rep: metronome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méadranóm
sense_list:
(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.


lexentry: eng/metropolis__Noun__1
written_rep: metropolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceannchathair
sense_list:
(history, especially, Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony. | A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.


lexentry: eng/metropolitan__Adjective__1
written_rep: metropolitan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uirbeach
sense_list:
(Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.] | Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mezzanine__Noun__1
written_rep: mezzanine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirurlár
sense_list:
An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.


lexentry: eng/microanalysis__Noun__1
written_rep: microanalysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreanailís
sense_list:
small-scale analysis | (chemistry) The analysis (and subsequent identification) of very small quantities of material. | (social science) the analysis of individual or community social activity e.g. family relationships. | (sociology) the analysis of individual or community social activity e.g. family relationships.


lexentry: eng/microbiology__Noun__1
written_rep: microbiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micri-bhitheolaíocht
sense_list:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.


lexentry: eng/microclimate__Noun__1
written_rep: microclimate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micrichlíoma
sense_list:
A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate.


lexentry: eng/microcomputer__Noun__1
written_rep: microcomputer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micriríomhaire
sense_list:
(computer hardware, now, primarily, historical) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
written_rep: microcosm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreacosma
sense_list:
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/microeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: microeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreacnamaíocht
sense_list:
(economics) The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.


lexentry: eng/microorganism__Noun__1
written_rep: microorganism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miocrorgánach
sense_list:
(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.


lexentry: eng/microphone__Noun__1
written_rep: microphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreafón
sense_list:
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.


lexentry: eng/microscopic__Adjective__1
written_rep: microscopic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreascópach
sense_list:
Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal | So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope. | Very small; minute | (figurative) Carried out with great attention to detail.


lexentry: eng/microtome__Noun__1
written_rep: microtome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreatóm
sense_list:
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.


lexentry: eng/midbrain__Noun__1
written_rep: midbrain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lárinchinn
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).


lexentry: eng/midden__Noun__1
written_rep: midden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: carnán bruscair
sense_list:
(archaeology) An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.


lexentry: eng/middle-class__Adjective__1
written_rep: middle-class
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meánaicmeach
sense_list:
Occupying a position between the upper class and the working class. | Characteristic of the middle class(es); reflective of that class's values and aspirations. Commonly associated with a desire for social respectability and an emphasis on family values and education.


lexentry: eng/middle_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: middle ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chluas láir
sense_list:
(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.


lexentry: eng/middle_manager__Noun__1
written_rep: middle manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meánbhainisteoir
sense_list:
(business) In a large organization, a manager or administrator who occupies a position in the organizational hierarchy which is above the level of a front-line supervisor but below the level of a vice-president or similar senior manager.


lexentry: eng/middle_name__Noun__1
written_rep: middle name
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dara hainm | lárainm
sense_list:
a name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name


lexentry: eng/middle_of_nowhere__Noun__1
written_rep: middle of nowhere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ar an iargúil
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.


lexentry: eng/middle_school__Noun__1
written_rep: middle school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scoil mheánach
sense_list:
(schools, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.


lexentry: eng/midge__Noun__1
written_rep: midge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míoltóg
sense_list:
any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera


lexentry: eng/midpoint__Noun__1
written_rep: midpoint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lárphointe
sense_list:
A point equidistant between two extremes. | (mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.


lexentry: eng/midriff__Noun__1
written_rep: midriff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bolg
sense_list:
(anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.


lexentry: eng/midwife__Noun__1
written_rep: midwife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bean chabhrach | bean ghlúine | cnáimhseach
sense_list:
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.


lexentry: eng/mien__Noun__1
written_rep: mien
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gnúis
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | (countable) A specific facial expression.


lexentry: eng/migraine__Noun__1
written_rep: migraine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mígréin
sense_list:
(pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.


lexentry: eng/migration__Noun__1
written_rep: migration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imirce
sense_list:
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while. | Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.


lexentry: eng/migratory_bird__Noun__1
written_rep: migratory bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éan aistreáin | éan aistreánach | éan imirce | éan imirceach
sense_list:
A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.


lexentry: eng/mildew__Noun__1
written_rep: mildew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caonach liath | coincleach
sense_list:
(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
written_rep: mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: míle
sense_list:
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values. | Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese mile or Arabic mile.


lexentry: eng/military__Adjective__1
written_rep: military
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míleata
sense_list:
Characteristic of members of the armed forces. | (North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces). | Relating to armies or ground forces.


lexentry: eng/military_service__Noun__1
written_rep: military service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seirbhís airm | seirbhís mhíleata
sense_list:
Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).


lexentry: eng/milk__Noun__1
written_rep: milk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bainne
sense_list:
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans.


lexentry: eng/milk_pudding__Noun__1
written_rep: milk pudding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maróg bhainne
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) Any of several simple cooked desserts made from sweetened milk and some starchy ingredient.


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
written_rep: milkshake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creathán bainne
sense_list:
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring. | (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.


lexentry: eng/milkshed__Noun__2
written_rep: milkshed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bleánlann
sense_list:
A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)


lexentry: eng/mill__Noun__1
written_rep: mill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: muileann
sense_list:
The building housing such a grinding apparatus. | A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.


lexentry: eng/mill_dam__Noun__1
written_rep: mill dam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damba muilinn
sense_list:
A dam constructed across a river or stream to raise the water level so that it can turn a millwheel; also, the millpond so created.


lexentry: eng/millennium__Noun__1
written_rep: millennium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mílaoise
sense_list:
(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.


lexentry: eng/millet__Noun__1
written_rep: millet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muiléad
sense_list:
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.


lexentry: eng/milli-__Prefix__1
written_rep: milli-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mili-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m.


lexentry: eng/millionairess__Noun__1
written_rep: millionairess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banmhilliúnaí
sense_list:
A woman whose wealth is greater than one million dollars, or the local currency; a female millionaire.


lexentry: eng/mimosa__Noun__1
written_rep: mimosa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míomós
sense_list:
(botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
written_rep: mina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mianach
sense_list:
(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]


lexentry: eng/minaret__Noun__1
written_rep: minaret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miontúr
sense_list:
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).


lexentry: eng/mince_pie__Noun__1
written_rep: mince pie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pióg mhionra
sense_list:
A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/mind__Verb__1
written_rep: mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: aireachasaigh | bí i bhfeighil | is miste le | tabhair aire do
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/minder__Noun__1
written_rep: minder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: feighlí páistí
sense_list:
A monitor assigned by the authorities to someone, such as a foreign visitor (to exercise control over their contacts with the populace) or a journalist or someone who is speaking to journalists (to monitor and control what they say).


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
written_rep: mine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mianach
sense_list:
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. | (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives. | (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.


lexentry: eng/mineral__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mianra
sense_list:
(geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.


lexentry: eng/mineral_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ola mhianra
sense_list:
Any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/mineral_water__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uisce
sense_list:
water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or out of preference


lexentry: eng/minimal_pair__Noun__1
written_rep: minimal pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péire íosmhéide
sense_list:
(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.


lexentry: eng/minimalism__Noun__1
written_rep: minimalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íostachas
sense_list:
(arts) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form. | (music genre) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.


lexentry: eng/minimum_wage__Noun__1
written_rep: minimum wage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pá íosta | íosphá
sense_list:
(economics) The lowest rate at which an employer must legally pay an employee, usually expressed as pay per hour.


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
written_rep: ministry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aireacht
sense_list:
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity | The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)


lexentry: eng/miniver__Noun__1
written_rep: miniver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: easóg
sense_list:
A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.


lexentry: eng/mink__Noun__1
written_rep: mink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minc
sense_list:
(plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).


lexentry: eng/minke_whale__Noun__1
written_rep: minke whale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: droimeiteach beag
sense_list:
Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
written_rep: minnow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bodairlín | pincín
sense_list:
The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: mionaoiseach
sense_list:
(Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.


lexentry: eng/mint__Noun__1
written_rep: mint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mionta
sense_list:
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.


lexentry: eng/minuet__Noun__1
written_rep: minuet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minit
sense_list:
A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance. | (music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.


lexentry: eng/minus__Preposition__1
written_rep: minus
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúide
sense_list:
(mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
written_rep: minute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nóiméad
sense_list:
(informal) A short but unspecified time period. | A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. | A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.


lexentry: eng/mirabelle_plum__Noun__1
written_rep: mirabelle plum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miribéal
sense_list:
The sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wines, and brandy


lexentry: eng/miracle__Noun__1
written_rep: miracle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míorúilt
sense_list:
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.


lexentry: eng/miraculous__Adjective__1
written_rep: miraculous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míorúilteach
sense_list:
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.


lexentry: eng/mirror__Noun__1
written_rep: mirror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scáthán
sense_list:
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.


lexentry: eng/misanthrope__Noun__1
written_rep: misanthrope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míchaidreamhach
sense_list:
One who has a negative view of the entire human race. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misanthropic__Adjective__1
written_rep: misanthropic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míchaidreamhach
sense_list:
Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misanthropy__Noun__1
written_rep: misanthropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míchaidreamhacht
sense_list:
A negative view of the entire human race. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/miscarriage__Noun__1
written_rep: miscarriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anabaíocht | breith anabaí
sense_list:
(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mischief__Noun__1
written_rep: mischief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: clampróir | diabhal | toirmeascaí | áibhirseoir
sense_list:
(archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.


lexentry: eng/misdeed__Noun__1
written_rep: misdeed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peaca
sense_list:
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.


lexentry: eng/miser__Noun__1
written_rep: miser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cníopaire
sense_list:
(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
written_rep: miss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: airigh ó | cronaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.


lexentry: eng/missal__Noun__1
written_rep: missal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leabhar Aifrinn
sense_list:
(Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
written_rep: missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arm diúractha | diúracán
sense_list:
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
written_rep: missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diúracán
sense_list:
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
written_rep: mission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misean
sense_list:
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself. | (uncountable) Religious evangelism.


lexentry: eng/mister__Noun__1
written_rep: mister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an tuasal
sense_list:
A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.


lexentry: eng/mistletoe__Noun__1
written_rep: mistletoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: drualus
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).


lexentry: eng/mitochondrion__Noun__1
written_rep: mitochondrion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miteacoindre
sense_list:
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.


lexentry: eng/mitosis__Noun__1
written_rep: mitosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotóis
sense_list:
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.


lexentry: eng/mitre__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mítéar
sense_list:
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.


lexentry: eng/mitten__Noun__1
written_rep: mitten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mitín
sense_list:
A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.


lexentry: eng/mixed_marriage__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed marriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirphósadh | pósadh measctha
sense_list:
Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions.


lexentry: eng/mizzenmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mizzenmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann deiridh
sense_list:
(nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/mobile__Noun__1
written_rep: mobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: shochorraithe
sense_list:
(arts) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.


lexentry: eng/mobility__Noun__1
written_rep: mobility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luaineacht | lúth
sense_list:
The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.] | (military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mock-heroic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mock-heroic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scig-ghaisciúil
sense_list:
(literature) Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.


lexentry: eng/mock-up__Noun__1
written_rep: mock-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balbhshamhail | samhail | samhailghaireas
sense_list:
A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.


lexentry: eng/mockingbird__Noun__1
written_rep: mockingbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éan aithrise
sense_list:
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
written_rep: model
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: samhail
sense_list:
A representation of a physical object. | A representation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
written_rep: model
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: macasamhail | mionsamhail | múnla
sense_list:
(software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.


lexentry: eng/modem__Noun__1
written_rep: modem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móideim
sense_list:
(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.


lexentry: eng/modest__Adjective__1
written_rep: modest
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: modhúil
sense_list:
(especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.


lexentry: eng/modesty__Noun__1
written_rep: modesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adhnáire
sense_list:
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.


lexentry: eng/moggy__Noun__1
written_rep: moggy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: caitín | peata cait
sense_list:
(UK, AU) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative, _, or, _, derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.


lexentry: eng/molasses__Noun__1
written_rep: molasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: síoróip
sense_list:
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.


lexentry: eng/mold__Noun__2
written_rep: mold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: múscán | snas
sense_list:
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: múnla | múnlóireacht | teilgeoireacht
sense_list:
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: múnláil
sense_list:
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__2
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caochán
sense_list:
Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats. | (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__4
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muirmhúr
sense_list:
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__5
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gram-mhóilín | mól
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/mole_cricket__Noun__1
written_rep: mole cricket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caoch-chriogar
sense_list:
Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.


lexentry: eng/molecular__Adjective__1
written_rep: molecular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móilíneach
sense_list:
(chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules. | (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.


lexentry: eng/molecule__Noun__1
written_rep: molecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móilín
sense_list:
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.


