# translation

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


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


lexentry: eng/posthumous__Adjective__1
written_rep: posthumous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: postumo
sense_list:
Taking place after one's own death. | In reference to a work, published after the author's death. | (originally) Born after the death of one's father.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/posttranslational__Adjective__1
written_rep: posttranslational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: post traduzionale
sense_list:
(genetics, biochemistry) Of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA.


lexentry: eng/postulate__Verb__1
written_rep: postulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: postulare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.


lexentry: eng/posture__Verb__1
written_rep: posture
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atteggiarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired


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


lexentry: eng/pot_calling_the_kettle_black__Noun__1
written_rep: pot calling the kettle black
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: il bue che dice cornuto all'asino
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/potassium_chloride__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium chloride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cloruro di potassio
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrochloric acid, KCl; it is used as a fertilizer, and in lethal injections


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/potato__Noun__1
written_rep: potato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patata | pomo di terra
sense_list:
The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.


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


lexentry: eng/potato_crisp__Noun__1
written_rep: potato crisp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patatina | patatina fritta
sense_list:
(mostly, British) A thin slice of potato that has been fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/potentiometer__Noun__1
written_rep: potentiometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: potenziometro
sense_list:
(physics) An instrument that measures a voltage by opposing it with a precise fraction of a known voltage, and without drawing current from the unknown source. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pothole__Noun__1
written_rep: pothole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buca
sense_list:
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.


lexentry: eng/potoroo__Noun__1
written_rep: potoroo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: potoroo
sense_list:
Any species of the genus Potorous of the rat kangaroo family Potoroidae, endemic to Australia. [from 18th c.]


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pound__Noun__1
written_rep: pound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: libbra | lira
sense_list:
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.


lexentry: eng/pound__Noun__1
written_rep: pound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lira | sterlina | lira sterlina
sense_list:
A unit of currency in various currency systems | Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: potenza
sense_list:
(metonymically) An influential nation, company, or other such body. | (physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time. | A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent. | (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: potere
sense_list:
Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction). | The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.


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


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: potenze celesti | potestà
sense_list:
(biblical, in plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/power_play__Noun__1
written_rep: power play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: superiorità numerica
sense_list:
(ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/practical_number__Noun__1
written_rep: practical number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero pratico
sense_list:
(mathematics) Any positive integer having the property that all smaller integers can be represented as sums of distinct divisors of it


lexentry: eng/practically__Adverb__1
written_rep: practically
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: praticamente
sense_list:
In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally. | Almost completely; almost entirely.


lexentry: eng/practice__Noun__1
written_rep: practice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pratica
sense_list:
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill. | (uncountable, especially, medicine, arts) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. | The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members. | A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine. | Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.


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


lexentry: eng/praedial__Adjective__1
written_rep: praedial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: agrario
sense_list:
Attached to the land (of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pray__Verb__1
written_rep: pray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pregare
sense_list:
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. | (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.


lexentry: eng/prayer__Noun__1
written_rep: prayer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: preghiera | orazione
sense_list:
(countable) An act of praying. | The specific words or methods used for praying. | A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/preaccelerator__Noun__1
written_rep: preaccelerator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preacceleratore
sense_list:
(physics) Any accelerator that accelerates particles and feeds them to a larger accelerator for further acceleration


lexentry: eng/preach__Verb__1
written_rep: preach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: predicare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To give a sermon. | (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. | (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/precipitate__Verb__1
written_rep: precipitate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accelerare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly. | (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/precursor__Noun__1
written_rep: precursor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: precursore
sense_list:
(chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
written_rep: predicate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: predicato
sense_list:
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by. | (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Adjective__1
written_rep: predicative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: predicativo
sense_list:
(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/prefabricate__Verb__1
written_rep: prefabricate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prefabbricare
sense_list:
(transitive) To manufacture (a building, etc.) in standard components that can be fitted together on site.


lexentry: eng/preface__Noun__1
written_rep: preface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prefazione | introduzione | proemio
sense_list:
A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/prejudice__Noun__1
written_rep: prejudice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pregiudizio
sense_list:
(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts. | (countable) A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative. | (countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/premenstrual__Adjective__1
written_rep: premenstrual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: premestruale
sense_list:
Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation.


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


lexentry: eng/premier__Noun__1
written_rep: premier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prima ministra
sense_list:
(politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
written_rep: premonition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: premonizione | presentimento
sense_list:
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
written_rep: premonition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: premonizione | presentimento | predizione | presagio
sense_list:
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/prepositional_article__Noun__1
written_rep: prepositional article
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preposizione articolata
sense_list:
(grammar) In some languages, such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, a contraction of a preposition and an article, e.g. au in French (a contraction of à and le).


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/presbypropria__Noun__1
written_rep: presbypropria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: presbipropria
sense_list:
Inability of the proprioceptive system to accurately interpret actual limb position or movement due to physiological aging.


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


lexentry: eng/prescient__Adjective__1
written_rep: prescient
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: presciente
sense_list:
Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
written_rep: prescribe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prescrivere | ordinare
sense_list:
(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority). | To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/presence__Noun__1
written_rep: presence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: presenza
sense_list:
A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience. | A quality that sets an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired even if they are not speaking or performing. | Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present.


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


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
written_rep: present
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: presentare
sense_list:
To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. [from 14th c.] | (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
written_rep: present
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: presentarsi
sense_list:
(transitive, now, rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
written_rep: present
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: presentare | esporre
sense_list:
(transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. [from 14th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/present_participle__Noun__1
written_rep: present participle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: participio presente
sense_list:
(grammar) A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/preserve__Verb__1
written_rep: preserve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: conservare
sense_list:
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.


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


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


lexentry: eng/president__Noun__1
written_rep: president
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: The head of state of a republic.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
presidente | presidentessa | capo dello stato | presidente della repubblica | presidentessa della repubblica


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


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


lexentry: eng/press_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: press agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addetto stampa
sense_list:
A person who organizes the publicity for a firm or organization, and acts as an intermediary with the press and other media


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


lexentry: eng/pressotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: pressotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pressoterapia
sense_list:
(medicine) A form of physiotherapy in which external pressure is used to aid the circulation of the blood


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


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


lexentry: eng/prestidigitation__Noun__1
written_rep: prestidigitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prestidigitazione
sense_list:
A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands. | (by extension) A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/presynaptic__Adjective__1
written_rep: presynaptic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: presinaptico
sense_list:
(cytology) In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft.


lexentry: eng/pretend__Verb__1
written_rep: pretend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fingere | fare finta
sense_list:
(transitive) To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe [with infinitive]. [from 15th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/pretentious__Adjective__1
written_rep: pretentious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pretenzioso
sense_list:
Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others. | Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.


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


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


lexentry: eng/pretty_penny__Noun__1
written_rep: pretty penny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costare un braccio e una gamba
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) Chiefly preceded by a: a considerable amount of money; a high income or price.


lexentry: eng/prevail__Verb__1
written_rep: prevail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prevalere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.


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


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


lexentry: eng/prevention__Noun__1
written_rep: prevention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prevenzione
sense_list:
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. | (medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).


lexentry: eng/preventive__Adjective__1
written_rep: preventive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preventivo
sense_list:
Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to. | Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.


lexentry: eng/preverb__Noun__1
written_rep: preverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preverbo
sense_list:
(grammar) A separable verb prefix or a particle that precedes a verb. | (grammar) Any of a class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.


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


lexentry: eng/preview__Noun__1
written_rep: preview
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: assaggio | previsualizzazione
sense_list:
(computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.


lexentry: eng/preview__Verb__1
written_rep: preview
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: previsualizzare
sense_list:
(computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.


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


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


lexentry: eng/price__Verb__1
written_rep: price
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stimare | valutare
sense_list:
(transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on. | (transitive, obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.


lexentry: eng/price_gouging__Noun__1
written_rep: price gouging
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strozzinaggio
sense_list:
(business, economics) The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orgoglio | superbia | fierezza
sense_list:
The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: orgoglio | fierezza
sense_list:
(having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself. | That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fierezza
sense_list:
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.


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


lexentry: eng/priest__Noun__1
written_rep: priest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prete | sacerdote | pope
sense_list:
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.


lexentry: eng/priesthood__Noun__1
written_rep: priesthood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sacerdozio
sense_list:
The role or office of a priest. | Priests as a group; the clergy. | Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general.


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


lexentry: eng/prima_donna__Noun__1
written_rep: prima donna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: primadonna
sense_list:
(derogatory) A person who considers himself or herself much more important than others, has high expectations of others and becomes angry when his or her standards or demands are not met.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/prime_ideal__Noun__1
written_rep: prime ideal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ideale primo
sense_list:
(algebra, ring theory) Any (two-sided) ideal I such that for arbitrary ideals P and Q, PQ\subseteq I\implies P\subseteq I or Q\subseteq I.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/primer__Noun__2
written_rep: primer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innesco
sense_list:
Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive. | (biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/primogeniture__Noun__1
written_rep: primogeniture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: primogenitura
sense_list:
The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents. | The principle that the eldest child, traditionally the eldest male, has an exclusive right of inheritance.


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


lexentry: eng/prince__Noun__1
written_rep: prince
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: principe
sense_list:
The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.] | A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
written_rep: principal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capitale
sense_list:
(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.


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


lexentry: eng/principality__Noun__1
written_rep: principality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: principato
sense_list:
(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.] | (theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions. [from 16th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/principle__Noun__1
written_rep: principle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: principio
sense_list:
A fundamental assumption or guiding belief. | (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/printer__Noun__1
written_rep: printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stampante | tipografo
sense_list:
(printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymy) any printing business.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/prioritize__Verb__1
written_rep: prioritize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: priorizzare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance. | (transitive) To rank something as having high priority.


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


lexentry: eng/prismatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: prismatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prismatico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms. | Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/privacy__Noun__1
written_rep: privacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: privacy | privatezza | riservatezza
sense_list:
(uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life. | (uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/privilege__Noun__1
written_rep: privilege
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: privilegio
sense_list:
(ecclesiastical law, now, chiefly, historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. [from 8th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/prize__Noun__1
written_rep: prize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trofeo
sense_list:
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/probability__Noun__1
written_rep: probability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: probabilità
sense_list:
An event that is likely to occur. | The relative likelihood of an event happening. | (mathematics) A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/probe__Noun__1
written_rep: probe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: sonda
sense_list:
(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. [from 20th c.] | (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.] | (astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. [from 20th c.] | (biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/procedure__Noun__1
written_rep: procedure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: procedura
sense_list:
A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end. | (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.


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


lexentry: eng/proceleusmatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: proceleusmatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: proceleusmatico
sense_list:
(poetry, not comparable) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of metrical feet of four short syllables each.


lexentry: eng/procerus__Noun__1
written_rep: procerus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscolo procero | procero
sense_list:
(muscle) A roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead.


lexentry: eng/process__Noun__1
written_rep: process
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: processo
sense_list:
(biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health. | (computing) An executable task or program.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/proclaim__Verb__1
written_rep: proclaim
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proclamare
sense_list:
To announce or declare. | (dated, or, historical) To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers


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


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


lexentry: eng/proctology__Noun__1
written_rep: proctology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proctologia
sense_list:
The branch of medicine dealing with the pathology of the colon, rectum, and anus. | (dated) The branch of medicine dealing with the surgery of the colon, rectum, and anus.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/prodrug__Noun__1
written_rep: prodrug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profarmaco
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound.


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


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


lexentry: eng/producer__Noun__1
written_rep: producer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: produttore
sense_list:
(economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services. | (UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.


lexentry: eng/product__Noun__1
written_rep: product
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prodotto
sense_list:
(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction. | (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product. | The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process. | (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.


lexentry: eng/product__Noun__1
written_rep: product
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prodotto | frutto
sense_list:
Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.


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


lexentry: eng/production__Noun__1
written_rep: production
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: produzione
sense_list:
The act of producing, making or creating something. [from 15th c.] | The act of being produced. | The total amount produced.


lexentry: eng/production_line__Noun__1
written_rep: production line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linea di produzione
sense_list:
(manufacturing) A set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process or components are assembled to make a finished article.


lexentry: eng/productive__Adjective__1
written_rep: productive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: produttivo
sense_list:
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. | Yielding good or useful results; constructive.


lexentry: eng/profane__Verb__1
written_rep: profane
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profanare
sense_list:
(transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate


lexentry: eng/profanity__Noun__1
written_rep: profanity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bestemmia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.


lexentry: eng/profess__Verb__1
written_rep: profess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affermare
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, passive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/profess__Verb__1
written_rep: profess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: confessare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/profession_of_faith__Noun__1
written_rep: profession of faith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: credo
sense_list:
(religion) A creed; a (typically formulaic) statement of the beliefs of one's religion, often recited during public prayers or liturgies.


lexentry: eng/professional__Adjective__1
written_rep: professional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: professionale
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession. | That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.


lexentry: eng/professional_wrestling__Noun__1
written_rep: professional wrestling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lotta
sense_list:
A form of sports entertainment characterized by the performance of choreographed wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes.


lexentry: eng/professionalism__Noun__1
written_rep: professionalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: professionismo
sense_list:
The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play. | The use of professionals rather than amateurs in any sport etc.


lexentry: eng/professor__Noun__1
written_rep: professor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: professore
sense_list:
(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.


lexentry: eng/professorial__Adjective__1
written_rep: professorial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: professorale
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships.


lexentry: eng/profile__Noun__1
written_rep: profile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profilo
sense_list:
(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object. | (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person | (Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.


lexentry: eng/profit__Noun__1
written_rep: profit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profitto | guadagno | provento
sense_list:
(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.


lexentry: eng/profiteering__Noun__1
written_rep: profiteering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affarismo | sciacallaggio
sense_list:
The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.


lexentry: eng/profound__Adjective__1
written_rep: profound
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profondo
sense_list:
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep. | Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough | Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading


lexentry: eng/progeria__Noun__1
written_rep: progeria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: progeria
sense_list:
(pathology) An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age.


lexentry: eng/progesterone__Noun__1
written_rep: progesterone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: progesterone
sense_list:
(steroid hormone, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/prognosis__Noun__1
written_rep: prognosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prognosi
sense_list:
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction. [from mid 17th c.] | (medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/program__Noun__1
written_rep: program
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: programma
sense_list:
A set of structured activities; a plan of action. | A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity. | (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television. | (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/program_music__Noun__1
written_rep: program music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: musica a programma
sense_list:
(music) A form of art music, generally without vocal parts, that attempts to convey a scene, image, or mood.


lexentry: eng/program_trading__Noun__1
written_rep: program trading
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trading ad alta frequenza
sense_list:
(business, finance, computing) High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions.


lexentry: eng/programming_language__Noun__1
written_rep: programming language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguaggio di programmazione
sense_list:
(programming) A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.


lexentry: eng/progress__Noun__1
written_rep: progress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: progresso
sense_list:
Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth. [from 15th c.] | Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/progression__Noun__1
written_rep: progression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: progressione
sense_list:
The act of moving from one thing to another. | (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant. | Development, increase, evolution.


lexentry: eng/progressive__Noun__2
written_rep: progressive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: progressista
sense_list:
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.


lexentry: eng/progressive_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: progressive rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rock progressivo
sense_list:
(music genre) A rock music genre originating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, heavily influenced by classical music and jazz.


lexentry: eng/project_management__Noun__1
written_rep: project management
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gestione di progetto
sense_list:
(operations) The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
written_rep: projection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: proiezione
sense_list:
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector. | A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation | (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own, including making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser. | (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions. | (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions. | (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.


lexentry: eng/projective_geometry__Noun__1
written_rep: projective geometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geometria proiettiva
sense_list:
(mathematics) The branch of mathematics that investigates those properties of figures that are invariant under homographies, special kinds of spaces called projective spaces, and the geometric structures that inhabit them.


lexentry: eng/projective_line__Noun__1
written_rep: projective line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: retta proiettiva
sense_list:
(projective geometry) A line that includes a point at infinity; a line in a projective space; a projective space of dimension 1.


lexentry: eng/projective_variety__Noun__1
written_rep: projective variety
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: varietà proiettiva
sense_list:
(algebraic geometry) A Zariski closed subvariety of a projective space; the zero-locus of a set of homogeneous polynomials that generates a prime ideal.


lexentry: eng/projector__Noun__1
written_rep: projector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: proiettore
sense_list:
An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/prokaryote__Noun__1
written_rep: prokaryote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: procariote
sense_list:
An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.


lexentry: eng/prokinetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: prokinetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: procinetico
sense_list:
(pharmacology) Having the ability to induce motion in smooth muscles, especially those of the digestive system; gastrokinetic


lexentry: eng/prokinetic__Noun__1
written_rep: prokinetic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: procinetico
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) One of the class of drugs used on the digestive system, including all drugs whose primary effect is to augment the speed of intestinal transit by increasing the frequency of contractions in the small intestine or making them stronger, but without disrupting their rhythm.


lexentry: eng/prolactin__Noun__1
written_rep: prolactin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prolattina
sense_list:
(hormone) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.


lexentry: eng/prolegomenon__Noun__1
written_rep: prolegomenon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prolegomeni
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A prefatory discussion; a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work.


lexentry: eng/prolepsis__Noun__1
written_rep: prolepsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prolessi
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument. | (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.


lexentry: eng/proletariat__Noun__1
written_rep: proletariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proletariato
sense_list:
(often, derogatory, also, figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.


lexentry: eng/proliferation__Noun__1
written_rep: proliferation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proliferazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction. | (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.


lexentry: eng/prolific__Adjective__1
written_rep: prolific
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fecondo | fruttifero
sense_list:
Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.


lexentry: eng/proline__Noun__1
written_rep: proline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prolina
sense_list:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C5H9NO2 found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins.


lexentry: eng/prom__Noun__1
written_rep: prom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ballo di fine anno
sense_list:
(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g,. near the end of the academic year.


lexentry: eng/promagistrate__Noun__1
written_rep: promagistrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: promagistrato
sense_list:
In ancient Rome, an ex-consul or ex-praetor whose imperium (the power to command an army) was extended at the end of his annual term of office or later.


lexentry: eng/promenade__Noun__1
written_rep: promenade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: passeggiata
sense_list:
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.


lexentry: eng/promiscuous__Adjective__1
written_rep: promiscuous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: promiscuo
sense_list:
Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition. | Made without careful choice; indiscriminate. | Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.


lexentry: eng/promise__Noun__1
written_rep: promise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: promessa
sense_list:
(countable, legal) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.


lexentry: eng/promise__Verb__1
written_rep: promise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: promettere | giurare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.


lexentry: eng/promissory_note__Noun__1
written_rep: promissory note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagherò
sense_list:
(finance) A document saying that someone owes a specific amount of money to someone else, often with the deadline and interest fees; the primary purposes of a promissory note are to evidence the debt obligation incurred, and to establish terms for payment thereof.


lexentry: eng/promote__Verb__1
written_rep: promote
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diffondere | pubblicizzare | sostenere
sense_list:
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.


lexentry: eng/promoter__Noun__1
written_rep: promoter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: promotore
sense_list:
(genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.


lexentry: eng/promotional__Adjective__1
written_rep: promotional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: promozionale
sense_list:
Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.


lexentry: eng/prompt__Noun__1
written_rep: prompt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: avvio di comando
sense_list:
(computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.


lexentry: eng/prompt__Verb__1
written_rep: prompt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: suggerire | dettare | guidare | imbeccare | incitare | spingere
sense_list:
(transitive, theater, and, television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.


lexentry: eng/prompter's_box__Noun__1
written_rep: prompter's box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buca
sense_list:
The raised box in the apron of a stage, opening towards the actors. The prompter sits inside with the prompter's book, ready to give cues for missed or forgotten lines.


lexentry: eng/prone__Adjective__1
written_rep: prone
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a pancia in giù | inchinato | prono | prostrato | reclino
sense_list:
Lying face-down. | Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.


lexentry: eng/pronoia__Noun__1
written_rep: pronoia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pronoia
sense_list:
(historical, Byzantine Empire) An imperial grant to an individual of temporary fiscal rights in the form of land, incomes or taxes from land, fishing rights, etc., sometimes carrying with it an obligation of military service.


lexentry: eng/pronominal_adverb__Noun__1
written_rep: pronominal adverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avverbio pronominale
sense_list:
(grammar) An adverb which contains a pronominal element; generally such an adverb replaces a phrase of preposition + pronoun.


lexentry: eng/pronominal_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: pronominal verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbo pronominale
sense_list:
(linguistics, grammar) A form of verb that has an attached pronoun in some languages (e.g. French, Spanish).


lexentry: eng/pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pronome
sense_list:
(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
written_rep: proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prova | dimostrazione
sense_list:
(countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
written_rep: proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prova
sense_list:
(uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.


lexentry: eng/proof_of_work__Noun__1
written_rep: proof of work
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: benservito
sense_list:
(cryptography, cryptocurrencies) A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended.


lexentry: eng/proofing__Noun__1
written_rep: proofing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insurrezione
sense_list:
A step in creating yeast breads and baked goods, during which the yeast is allowed to leaven the dough.


lexentry: eng/proofread__Verb__1
written_rep: proofread
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rileggere
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.


lexentry: eng/prop__Noun__2
written_rep: prop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oggetto di scena
sense_list:
(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.


lexentry: eng/propaganda__Noun__1
written_rep: propaganda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propaganda
sense_list:
(as a neutral word, _, dated) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.


lexentry: eng/propaganda_of_the_deed__Noun__1
written_rep: propaganda of the deed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propaganda col fatto | propaganda del fatto
sense_list:
A politically motivated act of violence, meant to broadcast an ideological message and serve as catalyst to ignite a spirit of socialist revolution among the proletariat against perceived oppressors.


lexentry: eng/propagate__Verb__1
written_rep: propagate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: dilungarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.


lexentry: eng/propagate__Verb__1
written_rep: propagate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: aumentarsi
sense_list:
(biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.


lexentry: eng/propagation__Noun__1
written_rep: propagation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propagazione
sense_list:
the multiplication or natural increase in a population | the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number | (physics) the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave


lexentry: eng/propagule__Noun__1
written_rep: propagule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propagolo
sense_list:
(biology) A reproductive particle released by an organism in order to propagate itself, by means such as dispersal or infection, to the next stage in its life cycle.


lexentry: eng/propel__Verb__1
written_rep: propel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propellere
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.


lexentry: eng/propel__Verb__1
written_rep: propel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: catapultare | spingere
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To provide an impetus for nonphysical change; to cause to arrive to a certain situation or result.


lexentry: eng/propeller__Noun__1
written_rep: propeller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: elica | propulsore (ad elica)
sense_list:
A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.


lexentry: eng/proper_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: proper noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nome proprio
sense_list:
(grammar) A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.


lexentry: eng/property_rights__Noun__1
written_rep: property rights
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto di proprietà
sense_list:
(legal) The exclusive rights pertaining to the ownership and possession of a given piece of property.


lexentry: eng/property_tax__Noun__1
written_rep: property tax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imposta catastale
sense_list:
A tax, usually ad valorem, charged on the basis of the fair market value of property. The scope of taxable property varies by jurisdiction and it may include personal property in addition to real estate.


lexentry: eng/prophage__Noun__1
written_rep: prophage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profago
sense_list:
(biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome.


lexentry: eng/prophesy__Verb__1
written_rep: prophesy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profetizzare
sense_list:
To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. [from 14th c.] | To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.


lexentry: eng/propitiation__Noun__1
written_rep: propitiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espiare
sense_list:
The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.


lexentry: eng/propolis__Noun__1
written_rep: propolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propoli
sense_list:
An aromatic glue-like substance produced by honeybees from tree resin, waxes, and their own secretions, used in the construction of their hives.


lexentry: eng/proportional__Adjective__1
written_rep: proportional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proporzionale
sense_list:
(mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.


lexentry: eng/proportional_representation__Noun__1
written_rep: proportional representation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rappresentazione proporzionale
sense_list:
A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body.


lexentry: eng/proposal__Noun__1
written_rep: proposal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proposta
sense_list:
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance. | The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.


lexentry: eng/proposal__Noun__1
written_rep: proposal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proposta | accordo
sense_list:
(legal) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.


lexentry: eng/proposition__Noun__1
written_rep: proposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: proposizione logica
sense_list:
(countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.


lexentry: eng/propositional_logic__Noun__1
written_rep: propositional logic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: logica proposizionale
sense_list:
(logic) A formal deductive system in which formulae representing propositions can be formed by combining atomic propositions using logical connectives.


lexentry: eng/propranolol__Noun__1
written_rep: propranolol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propranololo
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which acts as a beta blocker and is used mainly in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia.


lexentry: eng/proprietary__Adjective__1
written_rep: proprietary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: originale
sense_list:
Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.


lexentry: eng/propriety__Noun__1
written_rep: propriety
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: proprietà
sense_list:
(often, in the plural) Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/propulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: propulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propulsione
sense_list:
The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.


lexentry: eng/propyl__Noun__1
written_rep: propyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C3H7, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. [from 1850]


lexentry: eng/propylaeum__Noun__1
written_rep: propylaeum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propileo
sense_list:
(historical, especially, _, Ancient Greece, _, &, _) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.


lexentry: eng/prorector__Noun__1
written_rep: prorector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prorettore
sense_list:
An officer who presides over the academic senate of a university in certain countries, especially Germany.


lexentry: eng/prorogue__Verb__1
written_rep: prorogue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prorogare
sense_list:
(transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/prosaic__Adjective__1
written_rep: prosaic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: prosaico | prosastico | terra terra
sense_list:
(main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.


lexentry: eng/prosecuting_attorney__Noun__1
written_rep: prosecuting attorney
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: procuratore della repubblica | pubblico ministero
sense_list:
A public officer charged with carrying on the prosecution or representing the state in criminal proceedings and, in some jurisdictions, instituting or representing the state in civil or administrative proceedings.


lexentry: eng/prosecutor__Noun__1
written_rep: prosecutor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: procuratore | prosecutore
sense_list:
(law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.


lexentry: eng/proselytize__Verb__1
written_rep: proselytize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convertire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.


lexentry: eng/proselytize__Verb__1
written_rep: proselytize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: convincere
sense_list:
(by extension, ambitransitive) To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone.


lexentry: eng/prosody__Noun__1
written_rep: prosody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prosodia
sense_list:
(linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech. | (poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.


lexentry: eng/prosopagnosia__Noun__1
written_rep: prosopagnosia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prosopoagnosia | prosopagnosia
sense_list:
(neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.


lexentry: eng/prosopopesis__Noun__1
written_rep: prosopopesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prosopopesi
sense_list:
(parapsychology, rare) A sudden and profound change of an individual's personality, whether spontaneous or induced e.g. in hypnosis.


lexentry: eng/prosopopoeia__Noun__1
written_rep: prosopopoeia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prosopopea
sense_list:
(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this. | Personification of an abstraction.


lexentry: eng/prospective__Adjective__1
written_rep: prospective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: prospettivo
sense_list:
(medicine, of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future


lexentry: eng/prosper__Verb__1
written_rep: prosper
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prosperare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.


lexentry: eng/prostaglandin__Noun__1
written_rep: prostaglandin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prostaglandina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acid prostanoic acid; they have a number of physiological functions and may be considered to be hormones.


lexentry: eng/prostatism__Noun__1
written_rep: prostatism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prostatismo
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of various minor disorders of the prostate gland, typically causing obstructed urination; also called lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Noun__1
written_rep: prostitute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prostituta | puttana | sgualdrina | baldracca | battona | pandemia
sense_list:
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Verb__1
written_rep: prostitute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prostituirsi | battere | battere il marciapiede
sense_list:
(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/prostitution__Noun__1
written_rep: prostitution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prostituzione
sense_list:
Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay. | (by extension) Debasement for profit or impure motives.


lexentry: eng/protagonist__Noun__1
written_rep: protagonist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protagonista
sense_list:
(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama. | A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.


lexentry: eng/protected__Adjective__1
written_rep: protected
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protetto
sense_list:
defended | (programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.


lexentry: eng/protecting_group__Noun__1
written_rep: protecting group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: groupe protecteur
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group so as to protect it from a subsequent reaction


lexentry: eng/protection_money__Noun__1
written_rep: protection money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pizzo
sense_list:
Money paid, especially at regular intervals, to criminals or to corrupt officials who threaten to cause harm to the payer or to his or her business if the money is not paid.


lexentry: eng/protection_racket__Noun__1
written_rep: protection racket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estorsione del pizzo
sense_list:
(crime) A criminal scheme in which victims are required to pay in order to avoid violence or destruction of property.


lexentry: eng/protectionism__Noun__1
written_rep: protectionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protezionismo
sense_list:
(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.


lexentry: eng/protectionist__Noun__1
written_rep: protectionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protezionista
sense_list:
Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.


lexentry: eng/protectorate__Noun__1
written_rep: protectorate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protettorato
sense_list:
Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. | The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty. | An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.


lexentry: eng/protein__Noun__1
written_rep: protein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proteina
sense_list:
(biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds. | (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.


lexentry: eng/proteolysis__Noun__1
written_rep: proteolysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proteolisi
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids, especially as part of the digestion of food.


lexentry: eng/proteome__Noun__1
written_rep: proteome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proteoma
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/proteomics__Noun__1
written_rep: proteomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proteomica
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism.


lexentry: eng/proteranthous__Adjective__1
written_rep: proteranthous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proteranto
sense_list:
Of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves. | Of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers.


lexentry: eng/prothesis__Noun__1
written_rep: prothesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prostesi
sense_list:
(phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).


lexentry: eng/prothonotary_warbler__Noun__1
written_rep: prothonotary warbler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parula protonotaria
sense_list:
A small North American bird, Protonotaria citrea, having a yellow body and blue wings; it breeds in swampland.


lexentry: eng/prothrombin__Noun__1
written_rep: prothrombin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protrombina
sense_list:
(protein) A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.


lexentry: eng/prothrombinase__Noun__1
written_rep: prothrombinase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protrombinasi
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A complex that catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.


lexentry: eng/protist__Noun__1
written_rep: protist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protista
sense_list:
(microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades.


lexentry: eng/protium__Noun__1
written_rep: protium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prozio
sense_list:
(isotope) The lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.


lexentry: eng/proto-industrialization__Noun__1
written_rep: proto-industrialization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protoindustrializzazione
sense_list:
A phase before the industrialization of a country, in which the necessary conditions are established.


lexentry: eng/proto-language__Noun__1
written_rep: proto-language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protolingua
sense_list:
(linguistics) A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in order to deduce the form and aspects of a common ancestor language that is no longer known.


lexentry: eng/proto-oncogene__Noun__1
written_rep: proto-oncogene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protooncogene
sense_list:
(genetics) A gene, promoting the specialization and division of normal cells, that could become an oncogene due to mutation.


lexentry: eng/protocol__Noun__1
written_rep: protocol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: protocollo
sense_list:
The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state. [from 19th c.] | (computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/proton__Noun__1
written_rep: proton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protone
sense_list:
(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.


lexentry: eng/protonation__Noun__1
written_rep: protonation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protonazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) The addition of a proton (hydrogen ion) to an atom, molecule or ion, normally to generate a cation.


lexentry: eng/protoplanet__Noun__1
written_rep: protoplanet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protopianeta
sense_list:
An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets


lexentry: eng/protoplasm__Noun__1
written_rep: protoplasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protoplasma
sense_list:
(cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.


lexentry: eng/protostar__Noun__1
written_rep: protostar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protostella
sense_list:
(star) A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.


lexentry: eng/prototype__Noun__1
written_rep: prototype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prototipo
sense_list:
An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/prototypical__Adjective__1
written_rep: prototypical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prototipico | prototipistico
sense_list:
Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.


lexentry: eng/protozoan__Noun__1
written_rep: protozoan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protozoo
sense_list:
(cytology) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.


lexentry: eng/protégé__Noun__1
written_rep: protégé
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protetto
sense_list:
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).


lexentry: eng/proud__Adjective__1
written_rep: proud
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiero | orgoglioso
sense_list:
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. | (chiefly, biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.


lexentry: eng/provenance__Noun__1
written_rep: provenance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: origine
sense_list:
Place or source of origin. | (archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below. | (computing) The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).


lexentry: eng/proverb__Noun__1
written_rep: proverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: proverbio
sense_list:
(obsolete) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. | (obsolete) A drama exemplifying a proverb.


lexentry: eng/proverbial__Adjective__1
written_rep: proverbial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proverbiale
sense_list:
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. | Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor. | Widely known; famous; stereotypical.


lexentry: eng/providence__Noun__1
written_rep: providence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: provvidenza
sense_list:
The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature, etc.). [from 14th c.] | A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention. [from 16th c.] | Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/provincial__Adjective__1
written_rep: provincial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: provinciale
sense_list:
Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. | Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.


lexentry: eng/provision__Noun__1
written_rep: provision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: clausola | disposizione | norma
sense_list:
(law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.


lexentry: eng/provisional__Adjective__1
written_rep: provisional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: provvisionale | provvisorio
sense_list:
Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.


lexentry: eng/provitamin__Noun__1
written_rep: provitamin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: provitamina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism


lexentry: eng/provost__Noun__1
written_rep: provost
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preposto | prevosto
sense_list:
(religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia. | A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries. | (religion, historical) A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.


lexentry: eng/prowess__Noun__1
written_rep: prowess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destrezza | prodezza
sense_list:
(uncountable) Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.


lexentry: eng/prowl__Verb__1
written_rep: prowl
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggirarsi
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.


lexentry: eng/proxemics__Noun__1
written_rep: proxemics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prossemica
sense_list:
The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.


lexentry: eng/proxy__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: misura indiretta
sense_list:
(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another


lexentry: eng/proxy__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: proxy
sense_list:
(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.


lexentry: eng/proxy_pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aggiunto
sense_list:
(software, design) A structural design pattern that is implemented as a class functioning as an interface for a network connection, a large object in memory, a file, or some other resource that is expensive or impossible to duplicate.


lexentry: eng/proxy_war__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guerra per procura
sense_list:
A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.


lexentry: eng/prude__Noun__1
written_rep: prude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prude
sense_list:
A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.


lexentry: eng/prune__Verb__2
written_rep: prune
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: potare | ridurre | sfoltire
sense_list:
(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.


lexentry: eng/pruning_shears__Noun__1
written_rep: pruning shears
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesoia
sense_list:
(plurale tantum) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for gardening.


lexentry: eng/psalm__Noun__1
written_rep: psalm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salmo
sense_list:
(religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. | One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.


lexentry: eng/psaltery__Noun__1
written_rep: psaltery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salterio
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.


lexentry: eng/pseudarthrosis__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudarthrosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudoartrosi
sense_list:
(pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture


lexentry: eng/pseudepigrapha__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudepigrapha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudepigrafo | pseudoepigrafo
sense_list:
Writings falsely ascribed to famous persons (historical or mythical) to lend them greater legitimacy, typically composed many centuries after the ostensible author's death.


lexentry: eng/pseudo-anglicism__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudo-anglicism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudoanglicismo
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.


lexentry: eng/pseudocode__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudocode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudocodice
sense_list:
A description of a computer programming algorithm that uses the structural conventions of programming languages but omits detailed subroutines or language-specific syntax.


lexentry: eng/pseudocyesis__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudocyesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudociesi
sense_list:
A false pregnancy; the appearance of signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the person or animal is not pregnant.


lexentry: eng/pseudoephedrine__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoephedrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudoefedrina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C10H15NO.


lexentry: eng/pseudogene__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudogene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudogene
sense_list:
(genetics) A segment of DNA that is part of the genome of an organism, and which is similar to a gene but does not code for a gene product.


lexentry: eng/pseudogout__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudogout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudogotta
sense_list:
(medicine) A medical condition with symptoms resembling gout but caused by precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in the joints instead of monosodium urate crystals.


lexentry: eng/pseudomorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudomorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudomorfosi
sense_list:
(crystallography) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that of the species.


lexentry: eng/pseudopod__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudopod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudopodio
sense_list:
(cytology) A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion. [from 19th c.] | (by extension) An extension or projection from something. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pseudoscience__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoscience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudoscienza
sense_list:
(pejorative) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science). [from 1796] | Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.


lexentry: eng/psi__Noun__1
written_rep: psi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psi
sense_list:
(countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.


lexentry: eng/psilocybin__Noun__1
written_rep: psilocybin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psilocibina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C12H15N2O·H2PO3, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.


lexentry: eng/psittacosis__Noun__1
written_rep: psittacosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: febbre dei pappagalli
sense_list:
(disease) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.


lexentry: eng/psoriasis__Noun__1
written_rep: psoriasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psoriasi
sense_list:
(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.


lexentry: eng/psychedelic__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychedelic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psichedelico
sense_list:
Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc.


lexentry: eng/psychedelic_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: psychedelic rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rock psichedelico
sense_list:
(music) A genre of rock music influenced by psychedelia, blues, jazz, folk music, electronic music and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.


lexentry: eng/psychiatry__Noun__1
written_rep: psychiatry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psichiatria
sense_list:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.


lexentry: eng/psychic__Noun__1
written_rep: psychic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sensitivo
sense_list:
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.


lexentry: eng/psychical__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mentale
sense_list:
Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic. [from 17th c.] | (theology) Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. [from 18th c.] | Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/psycho__Noun__1
written_rep: psycho
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: folle
sense_list:
(chiefly, derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.


lexentry: eng/psychoanalysis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychoanalysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicoanalisi | psicanalisi
sense_list:
A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychodynamic__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychodynamic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicodinamico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to psychodynamics, the dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behavior, or the study of this


lexentry: eng/psychogenic__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychogenic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicogeno
sense_list:
(psychiatry) Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.


lexentry: eng/psychokinesis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychokinesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicocinesi | telecinesi
sense_list:
(parapsychology) The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.


lexentry: eng/psycholinguistics__Noun__1
written_rep: psycholinguistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicolinguistica | psicologia del linguaggio
sense_list:
(linguistics) The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science.


lexentry: eng/psychological__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicologico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to psychology. | Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychological_warfare__Noun__1
written_rep: psychological warfare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guerra psicologica
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A mentally manipulative approach to warfare involving use of techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone into surrender.


lexentry: eng/psychology__Noun__1
written_rep: psychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicologia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of the human mind. | (uncountable) The study of human or animal behavior. | (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychometrics__Noun__1
written_rep: psychometrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicometria
sense_list:
(psychology) The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.


lexentry: eng/psychometry__Noun__1
written_rep: psychometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicometria
sense_list:
(parapsychology) The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.


lexentry: eng/psychopath__Noun__1
written_rep: psychopath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicopatico | psicopatica
sense_list:
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses. | (figurative) A person with no moral conscience. | (figurative) A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts. | A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.


lexentry: eng/psychopathology__Noun__1
written_rep: psychopathology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicopatologia
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.


lexentry: eng/psychopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: psychopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicopatia
sense_list:
A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.


lexentry: eng/psychophysics__Noun__1
written_rep: psychophysics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicofisica
sense_list:
(psychology) The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychoprophylaxis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychoprophylaxis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicoprofilassi
sense_list:
A method of preparing women for natural childbirth by means of special breathing, relaxation techniques and psychological conditioning, practiced without anaesthetics.


lexentry: eng/psychosis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicosi
sense_list:
(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.


lexentry: eng/psychotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: psychotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicoterapia
sense_list:
The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.


lexentry: eng/psychrometer__Noun__1
written_rep: psychrometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicrometro
sense_list:
(meteorology) Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.


lexentry: eng/psychrometrics__Noun__1
written_rep: psychrometrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicrometria
sense_list:
(meteorology, thermodynamics) The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour.


lexentry: eng/psychrometry__Noun__1
written_rep: psychrometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: psicrometria
sense_list:
(meteorology, thermodynamics) Synonym of psychrometrics (“the measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour”)


lexentry: eng/ptarmigan__Noun__1
written_rep: ptarmigan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lagopus muta
sense_list:
Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/pteranodon__Noun__1
written_rep: pteranodon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Pteranodon
sense_list:
A member of Pteranodon, a genus of large pterosaurs, the males of which had a bony crest on the back of the head.


lexentry: eng/pteridophyte__Noun__1
written_rep: pteridophyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pteridofita
sense_list:
Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.


lexentry: eng/pterosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: pterosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pterosauro
sense_list:
Any of several flying reptiles, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]


lexentry: eng/pub__Noun__1
written_rep: pub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osteria | pub
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pubblico
sense_list:
Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. [from 15th c.] | Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country. [from 15th c.] | Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Noun__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblico
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.


lexentry: eng/public_address_system__Noun__1
written_rep: public address system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: altoparlante
sense_list:
An electronic voice-amplification apparatus, usually containing a set of two loudspeakers and a central control unit, used for singing, giving a speech, play-by-play commentary at events, or broadcasting in public areas like in airports or stations.


lexentry: eng/public_administration__Noun__1
written_rep: public administration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblica amministrazione
sense_list:
the implementation of public policy by governmental bodies; the administration of governmental functions; the administration of a state. | a field of study concerning this, sometimes considered a branch of political science.


lexentry: eng/public_domain__Noun__1
written_rep: public domain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblico dominio
sense_list:
(specifically, law) The realm of intellectual property which is not or no longer protected by copyrights or patents, and thus over which no person can establish a proprietary interest.


lexentry: eng/public_finance__Noun__1
written_rep: public finance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finanza pubblica
sense_list:
A field of economics concerned with paying for collective or governmental activities, and with the administration and design of those activities.


lexentry: eng/public_health__Noun__1
written_rep: public health
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sanità pubblica
sense_list:
The science and practice of community hygiene, which includes preventive healthcare, health education, sanitation and environmental safety.


lexentry: eng/public_holiday__Noun__1
written_rep: public holiday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giorno festivo
sense_list:
A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.


lexentry: eng/public_key__Noun__1
written_rep: public key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiave pubblica
sense_list:
One of the two keys used in asymmetric cryptography, which is published to others, unlike the private key.


lexentry: eng/public_law__Noun__1
written_rep: public law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto pubblico
sense_list:
(legal) A category of law governing the relationship between the state on the one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other. Constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are some of the major subdivisions of public law.


lexentry: eng/public_limited_liability_company__Noun__1
written_rep: public limited liability company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: società anonima
sense_list:
A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares that are publicly tradeable usually in a stock exchange.


lexentry: eng/public_office__Noun__1
written_rep: public office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ufficio
sense_list:
(government) A position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public.


lexentry: eng/public_relations__Noun__1
written_rep: public relations
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubbliche relazioni
sense_list:
The professional dissemination and management of information by a person or an organization to the public with the purpose of creating a favorable public image.


lexentry: eng/public_service__Noun__1
written_rep: public service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: assistenza pubblica | servizio pubblico
sense_list:
(countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.


lexentry: eng/public_service_announcement__Noun__1
written_rep: public service announcement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblicità pubblica
sense_list:
(broadcasting) An advertisement intended to serve the public interest by raising awareness of an issue, affecting public attitudes and potentially stimulating action.


lexentry: eng/public_transport__Noun__1
written_rep: public transport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trasporto pubblico | servizio pubblico
sense_list:
(UK, AU, NZ) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.


lexentry: eng/publican__Noun__2
written_rep: publican
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblicano
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, historical) A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/publication__Noun__1
written_rep: publication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblicazione
sense_list:
The act of publishing printed or other matter. | The communication of information to the general public etc.


lexentry: eng/publicist__Noun__1
written_rep: publicist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblicista | pubblicitario
sense_list:
A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker


lexentry: eng/publish__Verb__1
written_rep: publish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubblicare
sense_list:
(transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale. | (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).


lexentry: eng/pudding__Noun__1
written_rep: pudding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: budino
sense_list:
A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.


lexentry: eng/pudu__Noun__1
written_rep: pudu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pudu
sense_list:
A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some classifications divided to Pudu and Pudella), native to the Andes.


lexentry: eng/puerperal__Adjective__1
written_rep: puerperal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puerperale
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also:


lexentry: eng/puff__Noun__1
written_rep: puff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: bignè | bombolone | pasta sfoglia
sense_list:
(dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.


lexentry: eng/puff_pastry__Noun__1
written_rep: puff pastry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasta sfoglia
sense_list:
A light, flaky pastry that is made of alternating buttery and floury dough layers by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers.


lexentry: eng/puffball__Noun__1
written_rep: puffball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vescia
sense_list:
Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies.


lexentry: eng/pufferfish__Noun__1
written_rep: pufferfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pesce palla
sense_list:
(uncountable) The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.


lexentry: eng/puffin__Noun__1
written_rep: puffin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pulcinella di mare
sense_list:
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pug__Noun__1
written_rep: pug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carlino
sense_list:
In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pull-up__Noun__1
written_rep: pull-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trazione alla sbarra
sense_list:
An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.


lexentry: eng/pull__Verb__1
written_rep: pull
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tirare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.


lexentry: eng/pull_oneself_together__Verb__1
written_rep: pull oneself together
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contenersi
sense_list:
(idiomatic, reflexive) To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused; to regain control of oneself


lexentry: eng/pull_out__Verb__1
written_rep: pull out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ritirare
sense_list:
(also, figurative, intransitive) To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat. | (literally, intransitive) To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.


lexentry: eng/pull_over__Verb__1
written_rep: pull over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: accostare
sense_list:
(transitive) To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.


lexentry: eng/pull_quote__Noun__1
written_rep: pull quote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rilancio
sense_list:
(graphic design) A brief excerpt drawn from a document and set separately from the main text—often in larger type and/or in a frame—in order to draw the eye.


lexentry: eng/pull_someone's_leg__Verb__1
written_rep: pull someone's leg
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prendere in giro
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.


lexentry: eng/pulley__Noun__1
written_rep: pulley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrucola | puleggia
sense_list:
(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).


lexentry: eng/pullover__Noun__1
written_rep: pullover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pullover | maglione
sense_list:
A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front.


lexentry: eng/pullover__Noun__1
written_rep: pullover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pesi | sollevamento pesi
sense_list:
(gymnastics, horizontal bar) An exercise in which the gymnast pulls up from a hang lifting the legs up and over the bar thus rolling into a support position.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_alveolus__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary alveolus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alveolo polmonare
sense_list:
(anatomy) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_circulation__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary circulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circolazione polmonare | piccola circolazione
sense_list:
(anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_embolism__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary embolism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: embolia polmonare
sense_list:
(pathology) The embolism or obstruction of a pulmonary artery, usually by a detached blood clot from a leg or pelvic vein, which causes a stoppage of blood into the lungs; symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting, and sometimes death.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_emphysema__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary emphysema
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enfisema
sense_list:
A chronic lung disease characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, most commonly tobacco smoke.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_tuberculosis__Noun__1
written_rep: pulmonary tuberculosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tubercolosi
sense_list:
(pathology) The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


lexentry: eng/pulp__Noun__1
written_rep: pulp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polpa
sense_list:
The soft center of a fruit. | A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. | The soft center of a tooth.


lexentry: eng/pulpit__Noun__1
written_rep: pulpit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulpito
sense_list:
(Christianity) A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.


lexentry: eng/pulpitis__Noun__1
written_rep: pulpitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulpite
sense_list:
(dentistry) A reversible or irreversible inflammation of the tooth pulp which is in most cases of endodontic origin but can also be of periodontal origin too. It can lead to apical periodontitis, cysts and tooth loss if not treated.


lexentry: eng/pulque__Noun__1
written_rep: pulque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulque
sense_list:
A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.


lexentry: eng/pulsatile__Adjective__1
written_rep: pulsatile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pulsatile
sense_list:
Pulsating; that pulses. [from 15th c.] | (music) Of a musical instrument: played by striking or beating.


lexentry: eng/pulse__Noun__1
written_rep: pulse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polso | battito | pulsazione
sense_list:
A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.


lexentry: eng/pulse__Noun__1
written_rep: pulse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cadenza | ritmo | tempo
sense_list:
(music, prosody) The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.


lexentry: eng/pulverise__Verb__1
written_rep: pulverise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polverizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To render into dust or powder. | (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.


lexentry: eng/pumice__Noun__1
written_rep: pumice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pomice
sense_list:
A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.


lexentry: eng/pump__Noun__1
written_rep: pump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pompa
sense_list:
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. | A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel. | (US, slang) The heart.


lexentry: eng/pump__Verb__1
written_rep: pump
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pompare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pumpkin__Noun__1
written_rep: pumpkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: zucca
sense_list:
The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant. | (uncountable) The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.


lexentry: eng/pumpkin_pie__Noun__1
written_rep: pumpkin pie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torta di zucca
sense_list:
(cooking) A sweet pie made from the flesh of pumpkins and traditionally served as a dessert on Thanksgiving.


lexentry: eng/pun__Noun__1
written_rep: pun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioco di parole | bisticcio | freddura
sense_list:
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.


lexentry: eng/punch__Noun__2
written_rep: punch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bucatrice | perforatore | perforatrice | punzonatrice
sense_list:
(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.


lexentry: eng/punch_card__Noun__1
written_rep: punch card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scheda perforata
sense_list:
A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.


lexentry: eng/punch_line__Noun__1
written_rep: punch line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: battuta conclusiva | battuta finale | culmine
sense_list:
The final part of a joke; the word, sentence, or exchange of sentences that is intended to be funny and provokes laughter from the listeners.


lexentry: eng/punching_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: punching bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sacco da boxe
sense_list:
A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.


lexentry: eng/punctilious__Adjective__1
written_rep: punctilious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedante
sense_list:
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions. | Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.


lexentry: eng/punctuation__Noun__1
written_rep: punctuation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interpunzione | punteggiatura
sense_list:
A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).


lexentry: eng/punctuation_mark__Noun__1
written_rep: punctuation mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segno d'interpunzione | segno di punteggiatura | segno di interpunzione
sense_list:
Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc. and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.


lexentry: eng/pundit__Noun__1
written_rep: pundit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: opinionista
sense_list:
An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pungent__Adjective__1
written_rep: pungent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: acre | pungente
sense_list:
Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.


lexentry: eng/punnet__Noun__1
written_rep: punnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrozzeria
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.


lexentry: eng/punt__Verb__3
written_rep: punt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: puntare | scommettere
sense_list:
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally


lexentry: eng/punt_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: punt gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smeriglio
sense_list:
(chiefly, historical) A very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport.


lexentry: eng/pupil__Noun__2
written_rep: pupil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pupilla
sense_list:
(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.


lexentry: eng/puppeteer__Noun__1
written_rep: puppeteer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: burattinaio | manipolatore
sense_list:
(figurative) Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or to make events develop in the way they want in a puppet-like manner.


lexentry: eng/purchase__Noun__1
written_rep: purchase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acquisto
sense_list:
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.


lexentry: eng/purchase__Noun__1
written_rep: purchase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: acquisizione
sense_list:
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.


lexentry: eng/purchase__Verb__1
written_rep: purchase
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: comprare | comperare
sense_list:
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.


lexentry: eng/purchase_order__Noun__1
written_rep: purchase order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ordine di acquisto
sense_list:
(business) A commercial order issued by a buyer (purchaser) to a seller, and the document that defines it, indicating the type, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller will provide to the buyer.


lexentry: eng/purchasing_power_parity__Noun__1
written_rep: purchasing power parity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parità di potere d'acquisto
sense_list:
(economics) A theory of long-term equilibrium exchange rates based on relative price levels of two countries.


lexentry: eng/purdah__Noun__1
written_rep: purdah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tenda
sense_list:
(uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/purge__Verb__1
written_rep: purge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: purgare
sense_list:
(transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse. | (transitive) To free from sin, guilt, or burden. | (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit. | (transitive, law) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.


lexentry: eng/purine__Noun__1
written_rep: purine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: purina
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.


lexentry: eng/puritan__Adjective__1
written_rep: puritan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puritano
sense_list:
(usually, pejorative) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.


lexentry: eng/purity_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: purity ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anello di purezza
sense_list:
A ring (piece of jewellery) representing a Christian religious vow to abstain from sexual intercourse until marriage.


lexentry: eng/purl__Noun__1
written_rep: purl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto rovescio | rovescio
sense_list:
A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.


lexentry: eng/purple__Adjective__1
written_rep: purple
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: porpora | purpureo
sense_list:
Of a purple hue. | (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. | (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals. | Imperial; regal. | Blood-red; bloody. | (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. | (motor racing, of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.


lexentry: eng/purple__Noun__1
written_rep: purple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: viola | porpora
sense_list:
(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.


lexentry: eng/purple_dye_murex__Noun__1
written_rep: purple dye murex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: purpureo
sense_list:
A medium-sized predatory sea snail of species Haustellum brandaris, which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long-lasting purple dye- Tyrian purple.


lexentry: eng/purple_heron__Noun__1
written_rep: purple heron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: airone rosso
sense_list:
A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/purple_swamphen__Noun__1
written_rep: purple swamphen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pollo sultano
sense_list:
Various species in the Porphyrio genus of the Rallidae family, including Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio pulverulentus, and Porphyrio melanotus.


lexentry: eng/purpura__Noun__1
written_rep: purpura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: porpora
sense_list:
(pathology) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.


lexentry: eng/purpure__Noun__1
written_rep: purpure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: porpora
sense_list:
(tincture) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.


lexentry: eng/purser__Noun__1
written_rep: purser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commissario di bordo
sense_list:
The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.


lexentry: eng/pursue__Verb__1
written_rep: pursue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perseguire | perseguitare | inseguire | cercare | tormentare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pursue__Verb__1
written_rep: pursue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: attendere | praticare
sense_list:
(transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pus__Noun__1
written_rep: pus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pus
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.


lexentry: eng/push-up__Noun__1
written_rep: push-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flessione
sense_list:
An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.


lexentry: eng/push__Verb__1
written_rep: push
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spingere
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.


lexentry: eng/push_the_envelope__Verb__1
written_rep: push the envelope
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: superare i limiti
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, originally, aeronautics) To go beyond established limits; to pioneer. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pushover__Noun__1
written_rep: pushover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: codardo | coniglio | cortigiano | debole | eunuco | fifone
sense_list:
Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.


lexentry: eng/pusillanimity__Noun__1
written_rep: pusillanimity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pusillanimità
sense_list:
The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.


lexentry: eng/pussy__Noun__1
written_rep: pussy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: bambola | bimba | gattina | micetta
sense_list:
(colloquial, affectionate, now, _, rare) A woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pussywhipped__Adjective__1
written_rep: pussywhipped
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uomo di stoppa
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar, of a man) Submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.


lexentry: eng/put_aside__Verb__1
written_rep: put aside
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: accantonare | mettere da parte | mettere via | risparmiare | soprassedere
sense_list:
(transitive) To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_best_foot_forward__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's best foot forward
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare buona impressione | fare del proprio meglio
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_cards_on_the_table__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's cards on the table
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettere le carte in tavola
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To reveal one's true intentions, beliefs, feelings, or other previously concealed facts about one's situation; to speak frankly.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_foot_in_one's_mouth__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's foot in one's mouth
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare una gaffe
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong, or to make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing or offensive.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_house_in_order__Verb__1
written_rep: put one's house in order
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare pulizia
sense_list:
(literal) To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.


lexentry: eng/put_oneself_in_someone's_shoes__Verb__1
written_rep: put oneself in someone's shoes
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettersi nei panni di un altro
sense_list:
(figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.


lexentry: eng/put_the_cart_before_the_horse__Verb__1
written_rep: put the cart before the horse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettere il carro davanti ai buoi
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential.


lexentry: eng/put_the_make_on__Verb__1
written_rep: put the make on
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corteggiare
sense_list:
(informal, transitive) To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner.


lexentry: eng/put_to_sea__Verb__1
written_rep: put to sea
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prendere il largo
sense_list:
(nautical, of a boat or ship) To leave a port or harbour on a voyage, or for other purposes such as fishing.


lexentry: eng/put_to_the_test__Verb__1
written_rep: put to the test
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettere alla prova | rivalutare | valutare
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To test (something or someone); to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation.


lexentry: eng/put_up__Verb__1
written_rep: put up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: riporre
sense_list:
(US, Canada, transitive, sports, idiom) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard..


lexentry: eng/putrefaction__Noun__1
written_rep: putrefaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: putrefazione
sense_list:
The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.


lexentry: eng/putto__Noun__1
written_rep: putto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: putto
sense_list:
(art) A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.


lexentry: eng/puzzle__Verb__1
written_rep: puzzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rendere perplesso
sense_list:
(transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.


lexentry: eng/pyaemia__Noun__1
written_rep: pyaemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piemia
sense_list:
(pathology) A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.


lexentry: eng/pycnometer__Noun__1
written_rep: pycnometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: picnometro
sense_list:
(physics, metrology) A vessel of precisely known volume used by weighing to determine the specific gravity or relative density of a liquid.


lexentry: eng/pygmy__Noun__1
written_rep: pygmy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pigmeo
sense_list:
(often, _, capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.


lexentry: eng/pygmy__Noun__1
written_rep: pygmy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gnomo
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs. | (figuratively, derogatory, offensive) Any dwarfish person or thing.


lexentry: eng/pygmy_hippopotamus__Noun__1
written_rep: pygmy hippopotamus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ippopotamo pigmeo
sense_list:
A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa of species Choeropsis liberiensis (syn. Hexaprotodon liberiensis), similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.


lexentry: eng/pylon__Noun__1
written_rep: pylon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pilone | traliccio
sense_list:
(electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.


lexentry: eng/pylorus__Noun__1
written_rep: pylorus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piloro
sense_list:
(anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/pyometra__Noun__1
written_rep: pyometra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piometra
sense_list:
(disease) An infection of the uterus most commonly seen in dogs, but also occasionally in other small mammals, resulting from hormonal and structural changes in the lining of the uterus.


lexentry: eng/pyramid__Noun__1
written_rep: pyramid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piramide
sense_list:
An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica. | A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base. | (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.


lexentry: eng/pyramid_scheme__Noun__1
written_rep: pyramid scheme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marketing piramidale | sistema piramidale
sense_list:
An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors.


lexentry: eng/pyramidal_number__Noun__1
written_rep: pyramidal number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero piramidale
sense_list:
(mathematics) A number that represents the number of items in a pyramid having a given number of sides and layers


lexentry: eng/pyranose__Noun__1
written_rep: pyranose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piranosio
sense_list:
(chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a six-membered ring (based on tetrahydropyran)


lexentry: eng/pyrargyrite__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrargyrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirargirite
sense_list:
(mineral) A sulfosalt mineral used as a silver ore; it is dark red or black in color with a metallic adamantine luster, a sulfide of antimony and silver, Ag3SbS3, and occurs in rhombohedral crystals.


lexentry: eng/pyrazine__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirazina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the para- positions; many of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals.


lexentry: eng/pyrene__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirene
sense_list:
(chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar


lexentry: eng/pyrex__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pyrex
sense_list:
A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.


lexentry: eng/pyridine__Noun__1
written_rep: pyridine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piridina
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C5H5N.


lexentry: eng/pyridoxine__Noun__1
written_rep: pyridoxine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piridossina
sense_list:
(vitamin) A derivative of pyridine, 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol, found in fish, liver, cereals and yeast, and essential for the metabolism of amino acids and starch.


lexentry: eng/pyrimidine__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrimidine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirimidina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine


lexentry: eng/pyrite__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirite
sense_list:
(mineral) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS2), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.


lexentry: eng/pyrochlore__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrochlore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirocloro
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F).


lexentry: eng/pyroclastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: pyroclastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piroclastico
sense_list:
(vulcanology) Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption.


lexentry: eng/pyroclastic_flow__Noun__1
written_rep: pyroclastic flow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flusso piroclastico
sense_list:
(volcanology) A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption.


lexentry: eng/pyrography__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirografia
sense_list:
The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker.


lexentry: eng/pyrokinesis__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrokinesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirocinesi
sense_list:
(parapsychology, fantasy, science fiction) The ability to set objects or people on fire or to supernaturally project fire from one's own being through the concentration of psychic power.


lexentry: eng/pyrolusite__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrolusite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirolusite
sense_list:
(mineral) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO2), that is an important ore of manganese.


lexentry: eng/pyrolysis__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrolysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirolisi
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents.


lexentry: eng/pyromania__Noun__1
written_rep: pyromania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piromania
sense_list:
(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.


lexentry: eng/pyrometer__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirometro
sense_list:
A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures. | An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.


lexentry: eng/pyrope__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piropo
sense_list:
(mineral) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/pyrotechnist__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrotechnist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: artificiere | pirotecnico
sense_list:
(dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.


lexentry: eng/pyroxene__Noun__1
written_rep: pyroxene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirosseno
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.


lexentry: eng/pyroxenite__Noun__1
written_rep: pyroxenite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirossenite
sense_list:
(geology) A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.


lexentry: eng/pyrrole__Noun__1
written_rep: pyrrole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirrolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H5N. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pyx__Noun__1
written_rep: pyx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pisside
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, also, figurative) A small, usually round container used to hold the host, especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass.


lexentry: eng/qanun__Noun__1
written_rep: qanun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legge
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.


lexentry: eng/qibla__Noun__1
written_rep: qibla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: qibla
sense_list:
(Islam) The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.


lexentry: eng/quack__Noun__2
written_rep: quack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mediconzolo | medicuccio
sense_list:
(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]


lexentry: eng/quacksalver__Noun__1
written_rep: quacksalver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciarlatano
sense_list:
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack. [from c. 1570]


lexentry: eng/quad_bike__Noun__1
written_rep: quad bike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quad
sense_list:
A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work.


lexentry: eng/quadrant__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quadrante
sense_list:
(mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis. | (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.


lexentry: eng/quadratic__Adjective__1
written_rep: quadratic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quadratico | quadratica
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of a polynomial, equation or function, second-degree: involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as ax^2 + bx + c.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_equation__Noun__1
written_rep: quadratic equation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equazione di secondo grado | equazione quadratica
sense_list:
(algebra) A polynomial equation of the second degree; an equation that can be rearranged in standard form as ax^2 + bx + c = 0, where x is an unknown value, and a, b, and c are known numbers, where a does not equal zero.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_form__Noun__1
written_rep: quadratic form
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forma quadratica
sense_list:
(mathematics, number theory, algebra) A homogeneous polynomial of degree 2 in a given number of variables.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_residue__Noun__1
written_rep: quadratic residue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: residuo quadratico
sense_list:
(number theory, modular arithmetic) For given positive integer n, any integer that is congruent to some square m2 modulo n.


lexentry: eng/quadrature__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: quadratura
sense_list:
(astronomy) A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer.


lexentry: eng/quadrature_amplitude_modulation__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrature amplitude modulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modulazione di ampiezza in quadratura
sense_list:
(radio) A modulation scheme that conveys data by applying amplitude modulation to two carrier waves at once. These two waves, usually sinusoids, are out of phase with each other by 90° and are thus called quadrature carriers. Commonly abbreviated QAM.


lexentry: eng/quadraturism__Noun__1
written_rep: quadraturism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadraturismo
sense_list:
(art) An Italian genre of painting that used architectural elements to create illusions of perspective.


lexentry: eng/quadravigesimal__Noun__1
written_rep: quadravigesimal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema numerico quadravigesimale
sense_list:
(arithmetic, computing, uncountable) A number system with base twenty-24, using the digits 0–9 and A–N (or Greek α-ω without numerals).


lexentry: eng/quadriceps_femoris__Noun__1
written_rep: quadriceps femoris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadricipite
sense_list:
(anatomy) A group of four thigh muscles, including the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and vastus medialis muscles.


lexentry: eng/quadriga__Noun__1
written_rep: quadriga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quadriga
sense_list:
(historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.


lexentry: eng/quadrille__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadriglia
sense_list:
(dance) A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.


lexentry: eng/quadrillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: quadrillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biliardo
sense_list:
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.


lexentry: eng/quadrillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: quadrillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quadrilione
sense_list:
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.


lexentry: eng/quadrivium__Noun__1
written_rep: quadrivium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadrivio
sense_list:
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.


lexentry: eng/quadruplet__Noun__1
written_rep: quadruplet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quaterna
sense_list:
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.


lexentry: eng/quail__Noun__1
written_rep: quail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quaglia
sense_list:
Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.


lexentry: eng/quaintrelle__Noun__1
written_rep: quaintrelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: edonista | epicurea
sense_list:
(archaic, rare) A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes. [apparently a single use in the mid 15th c.; revived in the 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/quaking_grass__Noun__1
written_rep: quaking grass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: traballante
sense_list:
Any of the genus Briza of annual and perennial grasses, whose flowers and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze.


lexentry: eng/qualification__Noun__1
written_rep: qualification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: qualificazione
sense_list:
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/qualification__Noun__1
written_rep: qualification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: certificato | diploma | idoneità
sense_list:
(UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.


lexentry: eng/qualifier__Noun__1
written_rep: qualifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: apposizione
sense_list:
(grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.


lexentry: eng/qualitative__Adjective__1
written_rep: qualitative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: qualitativo
sense_list:
Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity. | (chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.


lexentry: eng/quality__Noun__1
written_rep: quality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: qualità
sense_list:
(uncountable) Level of excellence. | (countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person. | (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)


lexentry: eng/quality_circle__Noun__1
written_rep: quality circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circolo di qualità
sense_list:
a group of employees which meets regularly to resolve problems and improve working methods; part of the kaizen system


lexentry: eng/quality_control__Noun__1
written_rep: quality control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controllo della qualità
sense_list:
A control, such as inspection or testing, introduced into an industrial or business process to ensure quality.


lexentry: eng/qualm__Noun__1
written_rep: qualm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: scrupolo
sense_list:
(now, negative polarity) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/quantifier__Noun__1
written_rep: quantifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quantificatore
sense_list:
(grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun. | (logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.


lexentry: eng/quantify__Verb__1
written_rep: quantify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: quantificare
sense_list:
(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).


lexentry: eng/quantile__Noun__1
written_rep: quantile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quantile
sense_list:
(statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.


lexentry: eng/quantitative_easing__Noun__1
written_rep: quantitative easing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alleggerimento quantitativo
sense_list:
(economics) A monetary policy in which the central bank increases the money supply in the banking system, as by purchasing bonds from banks.


lexentry: eng/quantity__Noun__1
written_rep: quantity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quantità | grandezza | numero
sense_list:
A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.


lexentry: eng/quantum__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: quanto | quantum
sense_list:
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/quantum_chromodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum chromodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cromodinamica quantistica
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum field theory in particle physics which describes the strong interaction of quarks and gluons employing the concept of color charge.


lexentry: eng/quantum_electrodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum electrodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elettrodinamica quantistica
sense_list:
(physics) The study of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with electrically charged matter within the framework of relativity and quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/quantum_entanglement__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum entanglement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correlazione quantistica | entanglement quantistico
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum mechanical phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more objects have to be described with reference to each other, even though the individual objects are spatially separated.


lexentry: eng/quantum_field_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum field theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria quantistica dei campi
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A theory of quantum fields; the result of applying second quantization to Classical Relativistic Field Theory.


lexentry: eng/quantum_fluctuation__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum fluctuation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluttuazione quantistica
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) A momentary fluctuation in the energy at a point in space due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle


lexentry: eng/quantum_gravity__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum gravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gravità quantistica
sense_list:
(quantum physics) A branch of theoretical physics aiming to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity.


lexentry: eng/quantum_leap__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum leap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salto quantico
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) The discontinuous change of the state of an electron in an atom or molecule from one energy level to another.


lexentry: eng/quantum_mechanics__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum mechanics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meccanica quantistica
sense_list:
(physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.


lexentry: eng/quantum_number__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero quantico
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) One of certain integers or half-integers that specify the state of a quantum mechanical system (such as an electron in an atom).


lexentry: eng/quantum_teleportation__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum teleportation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teletrasporto quantistico
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) the instantaneous transference of a quantum state to a distant location using quantum entanglement and the transmission of classical information


lexentry: eng/quantum_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria quantistica
sense_list:
(physics) A theory developed in the early 20th century, according to which nuclear and radiation phenomena can be explained by assuming that energy only occurs in discrete amounts called quanta.


lexentry: eng/quantum_well__Noun__1
written_rep: quantum well
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pozzo quantico | buca di potenziale
sense_list:
(quantum mechanics) a potential well that confines particles in one dimension, forcing them to occupy a planar region


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Noun__1
written_rep: quarantine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quarantena
sense_list:
(historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight. | A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease. | (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation. | A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret. | (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Verb__1
written_rep: quarantine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mettere in quarantena
sense_list:
(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.


lexentry: eng/quark__Noun__1
written_rep: quark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quark
sense_list:
(particle) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.


lexentry: eng/quark__Noun__2
written_rep: quark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quark
sense_list:
A soft creamy cheese, eaten throughout northern, central, eastern, and southeastern Europe as well as the Low Countries, very similar to cottage cheese except that it is usually not made with rennet.


lexentry: eng/quarrel__Noun__2
written_rep: quarrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quadrello
sense_list:
(countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.


lexentry: eng/quarrel__Verb__1
written_rep: quarrel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: litigare | bisticciare | discutere | incriminare
sense_list:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.


lexentry: eng/quarry__Noun__2
written_rep: quarry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: preda
sense_list:
(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted. | (countable) An object of search or pursuit.


lexentry: eng/quart__Noun__1
written_rep: quart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camera
sense_list:
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moneta di venticinque centesimi
sense_list:
(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quarto | trimestre
sense_list:
(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trimestre
sense_list:
(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
written_rep: quarter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quartiere
sense_list:
A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarterback__Noun__1
written_rep: quarterback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quarterback
sense_list:
(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.


lexentry: eng/quarterfinal__Noun__1
written_rep: quarterfinal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quarto di finale
sense_list:
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.


lexentry: eng/quartermaster__Noun__1
written_rep: quartermaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quartiermastro
sense_list:
(military rank) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.


lexentry: eng/quartet__Noun__1
written_rep: quartet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quartetto
sense_list:
(musician) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together. | (musician) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.


lexentry: eng/quartile__Noun__1
written_rep: quartile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quartile
sense_list:
(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.


lexentry: eng/quartz__Noun__1
written_rep: quartz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quarzo
sense_list:
(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.


lexentry: eng/quasar__Noun__1
written_rep: quasar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quasar
sense_list:
(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.


lexentry: eng/quasiparticle__Noun__1
written_rep: quasiparticle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quasiparticella
sense_list:
(particle) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles


lexentry: eng/quaternion__Noun__1
written_rep: quaternion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: quaternione
sense_list:
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/quatrefoil__Noun__1
written_rep: quatrefoil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quattrofoglie
sense_list:
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.


lexentry: eng/quay__Noun__1
written_rep: quay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banchina
sense_list:
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.


lexentry: eng/qubit__Noun__1
written_rep: qubit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: qubit
sense_list:
(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition.


lexentry: eng/quebracho__Noun__1
written_rep: quebracho
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quebracho
sense_list:
Any of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis.


lexentry: eng/quecto-__Prefix__1
written_rep: quecto-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quecto-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−30 (short scale nonillionth or long scale quintillionth). Symbol: q


lexentry: eng/queen__Noun__1
written_rep: queen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regina
sense_list:
A female monarch. | A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.


lexentry: eng/queen__Noun__1
written_rep: queen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: regina | donna
sense_list:
(cards) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit. | (chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.


lexentry: eng/queen_mother__Noun__1
written_rep: queen mother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regina madre
sense_list:
A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.


lexentry: eng/queer__Adjective__1
written_rep: queer
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strano | bizzarro
sense_list:
(dated, outside, Ireland, Scotland, and, England) Weird, odd, or different; whimsical. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/queer__Adjective__1
written_rep: queer
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: checca | finocchio | frocio | omosessuale
sense_list:
(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.


lexentry: eng/quench__Verb__1
written_rep: quench
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: temperare
sense_list:
(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.


lexentry: eng/quenching__Noun__1
written_rep: quenching
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tempra
sense_list:
(metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.


lexentry: eng/query_language__Noun__1
written_rep: query language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguaggio di interrogazione
sense_list:
(databases, programming) Any of several generalized computer languages in which users may extract data from selected records in a database


lexentry: eng/quesadilla__Noun__1
written_rep: quesadilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quesadilla
sense_list:
A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.


lexentry: eng/question__Noun__1
written_rep: question
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: questione | domanda
sense_list:
A subject or topic for consideration or investigation. | A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.


lexentry: eng/question_mark__Noun__1
written_rep: question mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto interrogativo | punto di domanda
sense_list:
(typography) The punctuation mark "?", used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question. | Polygonia interrogationis, a North American nymphalid butterfly with a silver mark on the underside of its hindwing resembling a question mark (sense 1).


lexentry: eng/queue__Noun__1
written_rep: queue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: coda
sense_list:
(computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/quibble__Noun__1
written_rep: quibble
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavillo
sense_list:
An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/quiche__Noun__1
written_rep: quiche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crostata
sense_list:
A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.


lexentry: eng/quicken__Verb__1
written_rep: quicken
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accendere, stimolare
sense_list:
(literary, also, figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quicklime__Noun__1
written_rep: quicklime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calce viva
sense_list:
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.


lexentry: eng/quiet_down__Verb__1
written_rep: quiet down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calmare
sense_list:
(intransitive, US) To become quieter. | (transitive, US) To make someone or something become quieter.


lexentry: eng/quill__Noun__1
written_rep: quill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: calamo | penna d'oca
sense_list:
A pen made from a feather. | Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.


lexentry: eng/quill__Noun__1
written_rep: quill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: aculeo
sense_list:
A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/quillback__Noun__1
written_rep: quillback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piumone
sense_list:
Carpiodes cyprinus, a freshwater fish of the sucker family with a long filament that extends back from the dorsal fin, native to the eastern and central United States.


lexentry: eng/quilt__Noun__1
written_rep: quilt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trapunta
sense_list:
A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.


lexentry: eng/quilted__Adjective__1
written_rep: quilted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trapuntato
sense_list:
Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.


lexentry: eng/quinceañera__Noun__1
written_rep: quinceañera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: festa dei quindici anni | quinceañera
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.


lexentry: eng/quincunx__Noun__1
written_rep: quincunx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quinconce
sense_list:
An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.


lexentry: eng/quinidine__Noun__1
written_rep: quinidine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chinidina
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A compound obtained from cinchona bark and used to treat irregularities of heart rhythm. It is an isomer of quinine.


lexentry: eng/quinine__Noun__1
written_rep: quinine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chinino
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/quinoline__Noun__1
written_rep: quinoline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chinolina
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N.


lexentry: eng/quinone__Noun__1
written_rep: quinone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chinone
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.


lexentry: eng/quinsy__Noun__1
written_rep: quinsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: squinanzia
sense_list:
(pathology) A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.


lexentry: eng/quintessence__Noun__1
written_rep: quintessence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quintessenza
sense_list:
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.


lexentry: eng/quintessential__Adjective__1
written_rep: quintessential
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quintessenziale
sense_list:
Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.


lexentry: eng/quintet__Noun__1
written_rep: quintet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quintetto
sense_list:
(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians) | (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together | Any group of five members


lexentry: eng/quintillion__Numeral__1
written_rep: quintillion
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trilione
sense_list:
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.


lexentry: eng/quire__Noun__1
written_rep: quire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fascicolo
sense_list:
One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.


lexentry: eng/quire__Noun__1
written_rep: quire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 2:3: auto
sense_list:
(bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.


lexentry: eng/quirk__Noun__1
written_rep: quirk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stranezza
sense_list:
An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.


lexentry: eng/quit__Verb__1
written_rep: quit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abbandonare | smettere | dimettersi | lasciare | licenziarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.


lexentry: eng/quite__Adverb__1
written_rep: quite
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: piuttosto
sense_list:
In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually. | To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/quiver__Noun__1
written_rep: quiver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faretra
sense_list:
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.


lexentry: eng/quixotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: quixotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: donchisciottesco
sense_list:
Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.


lexentry: eng/quixotism__Noun__1
written_rep: quixotism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: donchisciottismo
sense_list:
A form of idealism and delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.


lexentry: eng/quoll__Noun__1
written_rep: quoll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dasiuro
sense_list:
Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.


lexentry: eng/quorum__Noun__1
written_rep: quorum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quorum
sense_list:
The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.


lexentry: eng/quotation_marks__Noun__1
written_rep: quotation marks
part_of_speech: noun
trans_list: virgolette
sense_list:
Note: These languages use “◌”-style marks or other styles as indicated. Some are singular and some plural.


lexentry: eng/quote_unquote__Adjective__1
written_rep: quote unquote
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tra virgolette
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term. Used almost exclusively in spoken language. In written language, quotation marks would be used instead.


lexentry: eng/quotidian__Noun__1
written_rep: quotidian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferialità
sense_list:
(medicine, now, _, rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. [from 14th c.] | (Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. [from 16th c.] | (usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/quotient__Noun__1
written_rep: quotient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quoziente
sense_list:
(arithmetic) The number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another. | (mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.


lexentry: eng/quotient_group__Noun__1
written_rep: quotient group
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gruppo quoziente
sense_list:
(group theory) A group obtained from a larger group by aggregating elements via an equivalence relation that preserves group structure.


lexentry: eng/rabbet__Noun__1
written_rep: rabbet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addentellato
sense_list:
A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.


lexentry: eng/rabbit__Noun__1
written_rep: rabbit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lepre
sense_list:
A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.


lexentry: eng/rabbit_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: rabbit hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coniglio
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rabbit,‎ hole. The entrance to a rabbit warren or burrow; the whole warren or burrow.


lexentry: eng/rabbit_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: rabbit hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: giardino
sense_list:
(by extension) A time-consuming tangent or detour, often one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.


lexentry: eng/rabbit_starvation__Noun__1
written_rep: rabbit starvation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morbo del caribù
sense_list:
A form of acute malnutrition caused by excess consumption of any lean meat (such as rabbit), coupled with a lack of nutrients and usually other stressors such as a cold or dry environment.


lexentry: eng/rabble_rouser__Noun__1
written_rep: rabble rouser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: demagoga
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative.


lexentry: eng/rabid__Adjective__1
written_rep: rabid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: arrabbiato
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia. | (by extension) Furious; raging; extremely violent. | (figurative) Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.


lexentry: eng/rabies__Noun__1
written_rep: rabies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rabbia
sense_list:
(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.


lexentry: eng/raccoon__Noun__1
written_rep: raccoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: procione | orsetto lavatore
sense_list:
An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.


lexentry: eng/raccoon_dog__Noun__1
written_rep: raccoon dog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cane procione | nittereute
sense_list:
A canid, of species Nyctereutes procyonoides or Nyctereutes viverrinus, the only extant species in the genus Nyctereutes of the Canidae or dog family, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/race__Noun__1
written_rep: race
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corsa | gara
sense_list:
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.


lexentry: eng/race__Noun__2
written_rep: race
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: razza
sense_list:
A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage. | A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type. | A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities. | A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race): | (animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.


lexentry: eng/race__Verb__1
written_rep: race
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correre
sense_list:
(intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest). | (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.


lexentry: eng/raceme__Noun__1
written_rep: raceme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grappolo | racemo | racimolo | raspo
sense_list:
(botany) An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.


lexentry: eng/racemic__Adjective__1
written_rep: racemic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: racemico
sense_list:
(chemistry) Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.


lexentry: eng/racemic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: racemic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido racemico
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) an equal mixture of the d- and l- forms of tartaric acid found in grape juice; the isomers can be separated via crystallization


lexentry: eng/racewalking__Noun__1
written_rep: racewalking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marcia
sense_list:
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).


lexentry: eng/rachis__Noun__1
written_rep: rachis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rachide
sense_list:
(obsolete, zoology, anatomy) The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine. [17th–19th c.] | (ornithology) The central shaft of a feather. [from 19th c.] | (botany) The axis of either a compound leaf, inflorescence, or fern frond. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/racism__Noun__1
written_rep: racism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: razzismo
sense_list:
Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.


lexentry: eng/racist__Noun__1
written_rep: racist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: razzista
sense_list:
A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.


lexentry: eng/rack__Noun__1
written_rep: rack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: eculeo | cavalletto
sense_list:
(historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.


lexentry: eng/racket__Noun__1
written_rep: racket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: racchetta
sense_list:
(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.


lexentry: eng/racketeer__Noun__1
written_rep: racketeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criminale | malavitoso
sense_list:
One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.


lexentry: eng/rackett__Noun__1
written_rep: rackett
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervellato
sense_list:
(musical instruments) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.


lexentry: eng/ractopamine__Noun__1
written_rep: ractopamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ractopamina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.


lexentry: eng/radar__Noun__1
written_rep: radar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radar | radiotelemetro
sense_list:
(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces


lexentry: eng/radar_astronomy__Noun__1
written_rep: radar astronomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radarastronomia
sense_list:
(astronomy) A technique that uses radar echoes to examine bodies within the solar system, obtaining information about size, shape, topography, surface density, spin etc.


lexentry: eng/radar_meteorology__Noun__1
written_rep: radar meteorology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radarmeteorologia
sense_list:
The application of radar to the study of the atmosphere, and to the observation and prediction of weather.


lexentry: eng/radial_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: radial engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motore radiale
sense_list:
Any of several internal combustion engines that have the cylinders arranged radially around a central crankshaft


lexentry: eng/radian__Noun__1
written_rep: radian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiante
sense_list:
(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad.


lexentry: eng/radiation__Noun__1
written_rep: radiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiazione
sense_list:
The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light. | The process of radiating waves or particles. | Radioactive energy.


lexentry: eng/radiator__Noun__1
written_rep: radiator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: radiatore
sense_list:
(automotive) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.


lexentry: eng/radical__Adjective__1
written_rep: radical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radicale
sense_list:
Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter. | (botany, not comparable) Pertaining to a root (of a plant). | Thoroughgoing; far-reaching. | (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.


lexentry: eng/radical__Noun__1
written_rep: radical
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: radicale
sense_list:
(historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics. | A person with radical opinions. | (linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic. | (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root. | (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit. | (organic chemistry) A free radical. | (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or \sqrt{I}, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xn ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I. | (algebra, ring theory, of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good". | (algebra, ring theory, of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module. | (number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.


lexentry: eng/radicchio__Noun__1
written_rep: radicchio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radicchio
sense_list:
A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.


lexentry: eng/radicular__Adjective__1
written_rep: radicular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radicolare
sense_list:
(anatomy) Pertaining to a root or to a radicle; specifically, pertaining to the roots of the dental or spinal nerves, or arteries which accompany nerve roots into the spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/radio__Noun__1
written_rep: radio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radio
sense_list:
(uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves. | (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. | (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.


lexentry: eng/radio_amateur__Noun__1
written_rep: radio amateur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radioamatore
sense_list:
A person who practises the hobby of amateur radio. Radio amateurs must possess a licence issued by the relevant authority in the country in which they live, and must pass an exam before they can obtain a licence to operate.


lexentry: eng/radio_astronomy__Noun__1
written_rep: radio astronomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radioastronomia
sense_list:
The branch of astronomy which studies celestial bodies and occurrences at radio frequencies by means of radio telescopes.


lexentry: eng/radio_beacon__Noun__1
written_rep: radio beacon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiofaro
sense_list:
(communication, aviation, nautical, navigation) A beacon that emits radio wave signals to guide ships or aircraft or to indicate the position of a ship, aircraft, or other object, person, or vehicle.


lexentry: eng/radio_button__Noun__1
written_rep: radio button
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gadget d'opzione
sense_list:
(graphical user interface) Any of a group of widgets in a graphical user interface that is used to select one of a group of options; the selection of any one deselects the others.


lexentry: eng/radio_drama__Noun__1
written_rep: radio drama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiodramma | radiodrammaturgia
sense_list:
Dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.


lexentry: eng/radio_frequency__Noun__1
written_rep: radio frequency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiofrequenza
sense_list:
(uncountable) That part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between about 3 kHz and 300 MHz, within which radio waves are transmitted.


lexentry: eng/radio_signal__Noun__1
written_rep: radio signal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiosegnale
sense_list:
A signal, which can vary in strength due to various factors, transmitted and received by radio by means of radio waves.


lexentry: eng/radio_silence__Noun__1
written_rep: radio silence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: silenzio radio
sense_list:
(figurative) A period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization, especially when such communication would normally be expected.


lexentry: eng/radio_station__Noun__1
written_rep: radio station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stazione radiofonica
sense_list:
An installation of a radio transmitter, and possibly a receiver, for the purpose of broadcasting or communication; usually refers to a broadcast station in non-technical usage.


lexentry: eng/radio_telescope__Noun__1
written_rep: radio telescope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiotelescopio
sense_list:
(astronomy) A device for observing astronomical sources of radio waves, normally having one or more large parabolic dishes.


lexentry: eng/radio_wave__Noun__1
written_rep: radio wave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radioonda
sense_list:
(physics) electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about .5 centimeters and 30,000 meters; used for the broadcasting of radio and television signals.


lexentry: eng/radioactive_dating__Noun__1
written_rep: radioactive dating
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: datazione radiometrica | radiodatazione
sense_list:
The process of determining the age of a material by estimating the amount of radioactive decay of one or more radioisotopes present in the material when it was formed.


lexentry: eng/radioactivity__Noun__1
written_rep: radioactivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radioattività
sense_list:
Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus. | The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc.


lexentry: eng/radiogram__Noun__2
written_rep: radiogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiogramma
sense_list:
(telegraphy, historical) Synonym of radiotelegram (“a message, like a telegram, transmitted by wireless telegraphy”)


lexentry: eng/radiograph__Noun__1
written_rep: radiograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiografia
sense_list:
An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than ordinary light; especially an X-ray photograph.


lexentry: eng/radiolarian__Noun__1
written_rep: radiolarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiolario
sense_list:
Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.


lexentry: eng/radiology__Noun__1
written_rep: radiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiologia
sense_list:
(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).


lexentry: eng/radiosonde__Noun__1
written_rep: radiosonde
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiosonda | radiosondaggio
sense_list:
A miniature radio carried aloft (e.g. by an uncrewed balloon, an airdrop from a crewed aircraft, or a sounding rocket) to automatically transmit measurements of the upper air such as the wind speed, pressure, temperature, and relative humidity to a receiving station on the ground.


lexentry: eng/radish__Noun__1
written_rep: radish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ravanello
sense_list:
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.


lexentry: eng/radium__Noun__1
written_rep: radium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radio
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/radius_of_gyration__Noun__1
written_rep: radius of gyration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raggio d'inerzia | raggio di giratore | raggio di girazione
sense_list:
(physics, engineering) Given a body B, the distance from a given axis of rotation at which a point mass of the same mass as B would have the same moment of inertia about said axis.


lexentry: eng/radix__Noun__1
written_rep: radix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: base
sense_list:
(mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.


lexentry: eng/radon__Noun__1
written_rep: radon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radon | rado
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.


lexentry: eng/raffia__Noun__1
written_rep: raffia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rafia
sense_list:
A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).


lexentry: eng/raft__Noun__1
written_rep: raft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zattera | gommone
sense_list:
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.


lexentry: eng/rafter__Noun__1
written_rep: rafter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puntone | travetto | travicello | passafuori | trave
sense_list:
(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.


lexentry: eng/rag__Noun__1
written_rep: rag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: straccio | cencio
sense_list:
A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.


lexentry: eng/ragdoll__Noun__1
written_rep: ragdoll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gatto Ragdoll
sense_list:
A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.


lexentry: eng/ragman__Noun__1
written_rep: ragman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cenciaio | cenciaiolo | rigattiere | robivecchi | straccivendolo
sense_list:
A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.


lexentry: eng/ragpicker__Noun__1
written_rep: ragpicker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: straccivendolo | cenciaio | cenciaiolo | rigattiere | robivecchi
sense_list:
A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).


lexentry: eng/raid__Noun__1
written_rep: raid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: attacco | incursione | irruzione | rapina | razzia
sense_list:
(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.


lexentry: eng/rail_transport__Noun__1
written_rep: rail transport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trasporto ferroviario
sense_list:
The transport of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run on railways or railroads.


lexentry: eng/railcar__Noun__1
written_rep: railcar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: autobus su rotaia | automotrice
sense_list:
(rail) A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train.


lexentry: eng/railgun__Noun__1
written_rep: railgun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Cannone a rotaia
sense_list:
An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.


lexentry: eng/railroad_tie__Noun__1
written_rep: railroad tie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: traversa
sense_list:
(rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.


lexentry: eng/railroad_track__Noun__1
written_rep: railroad track
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: binario
sense_list:
(rail, US) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.


lexentry: eng/railway__Noun__1
written_rep: railway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferrovia
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.


lexentry: eng/railway__Noun__1
written_rep: railway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ferrovia | binario | strada ferrata | rotaia
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and, Commonwealth) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.


lexentry: eng/railway_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: railway gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cannone ferroviario
sense_list:
(military) A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.


lexentry: eng/railway_line__Noun__1
written_rep: railway line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: linea ferroviaria
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK) A group of railway tracks running parallel, allowing one track to be used for each direction (a double-track railway line), or allowing segregation of fast trains from stopping trains (a four-track railway line).


lexentry: eng/rain__Noun__1
written_rep: rain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pioggia
sense_list:
(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud. | (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops. | (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.


lexentry: eng/rain_check__Noun__1
written_rep: rain check
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: accredito
sense_list:
(by extension) In social interactions, a deferred invitation, or deferred acceptance of an invitation.


lexentry: eng/rain_gutter__Noun__1
written_rep: rain gutter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grondaia
sense_list:
Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.


lexentry: eng/rain_on_someone's_parade__Verb__1
written_rep: rain on someone's parade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettere i bastoni tra le ruote | rompere le uova nel paniere
sense_list:
(figuratively) To disappoint or discourage someone by ruining or criticizing their plans or aspirations.


lexentry: eng/rainbow__Noun__1
written_rep: rainbow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arcobaleno | iride
sense_list:
A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.


lexentry: eng/rainbow_flag__Noun__1
written_rep: rainbow flag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bandiera arcobaleno
sense_list:
A rainbow-striped flag, typically consisting of six horizontal bars (from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet), used as a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements.


lexentry: eng/rainbow_trout__Noun__1
written_rep: rainbow trout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trota arcobaleno | trota iridea | trota salmonata
sense_list:
(usually, countable) A trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, that has black spots and a pink streak running along the body.


lexentry: eng/rainstick__Noun__1
written_rep: rainstick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastone della pioggia
sense_list:
A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.


lexentry: eng/rainwater__Noun__1
written_rep: rainwater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: acqua piovana
sense_list:
Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.


lexentry: eng/rainy_day__Noun__1
written_rep: rainy day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giornata piovosa
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A difficult period of need, in reference to a time when money will be needed. | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rainy,‎ day.


lexentry: eng/raise_the_bar__Verb__1
written_rep: raise the bar
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alzare l'asticella
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.


lexentry: eng/raising__Noun__1
written_rep: raising
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: creanza
sense_list:
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity


lexentry: eng/raising__Noun__1
written_rep: raising
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: collezione
sense_list:
Collection or gathering, especially of money. | The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.


lexentry: eng/raison_d'état__Noun__1
written_rep: raison d'état
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ragion di Stato
sense_list:
A state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations.


lexentry: eng/raison_d'être__Noun__1
written_rep: raison d'être
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ragione d'essere
sense_list:
Reason for being. The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone; the sole or ultimate purpose of something or someone.


lexentry: eng/rake__Noun__1
written_rep: rake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rastrello
sense_list:
(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.


lexentry: eng/rake__Noun__3
written_rep: rake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: convoglio
sense_list:
(Britain, originally, Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.


lexentry: eng/rake__Verb__1
written_rep: rake
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rastrellare | mitragliare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.


lexentry: eng/rakija__Noun__1
written_rep: rakija
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rakia
sense_list:
A strong distilled alcoholic beverage made from various fruits, varieties of which (such as slivovitz) are found across the Balkans and the Mediterranean.


lexentry: eng/rakish__Adjective__1
written_rep: rakish
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: audace
sense_list:
Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.


lexentry: eng/rale__Noun__1
written_rep: rale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rantolo
sense_list:
(medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.


lexentry: eng/rally__Noun__1
written_rep: rally
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manifestazione | raduno
sense_list:
A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.


lexentry: eng/ram__Verb__1
written_rep: ram
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: speronare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.


lexentry: eng/rambade__Noun__1
written_rep: rambade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rambata
sense_list:
(nautical) The raised platform above the main artillery in the bow of the type of galley used from the 15th to the 19th century, used as a fighting platform and command post.


lexentry: eng/ramble__Verb__1
written_rep: ramble
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: straparlare
sense_list:
(often with on, about, or both) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.


lexentry: eng/ramie__Noun__1
written_rep: ramie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ramia
sense_list:
(usually, countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems. | (usually, uncountable) The fibre extracted from this plant known especially for its ability to hold shape, reduce wrinkling, and introduce a silky lustre used to make textiles, fishing nets, upholstery, etc.


lexentry: eng/ramification__Noun__1
written_rep: ramification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ramificazione
sense_list:
(botany, anatomy, also, figurative) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc. | (figurative, often, in plural) An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation. | (mathematics) An arrangement of branches.


lexentry: eng/ramjet__Noun__1
written_rep: ramjet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: statoreattore
sense_list:
(aeronautics) A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic.


lexentry: eng/rampart__Noun__1
written_rep: rampart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinta | cinto | muro | recinto
sense_list:
A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.


lexentry: eng/ranch__Noun__1
written_rep: ranch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ranch
sense_list:
A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.


lexentry: eng/rancor__Noun__1
written_rep: rancor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rancore
sense_list:
(American spelling) A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.


lexentry: eng/random__Adjective__1
written_rep: random
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: casuale | fortuito
sense_list:
(statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.


lexentry: eng/random__Noun__1
written_rep: random
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: estraneo | nullità | sconosciuto
sense_list:
(figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/random_walk__Noun__1
written_rep: random walk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passeggiata aleatoria
sense_list:
(mathematics) A stochastic path consisting of a series of sequential movements, the direction (and sometime length) of which is chosen at random


lexentry: eng/randomness__Noun__1
written_rep: randomness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso
sense_list:
The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely. | (mathematics) A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.


lexentry: eng/range__Noun__1
written_rep: range
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fornello | piano cottura | stufa a legna
sense_list:
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.


lexentry: eng/range__Noun__1
written_rep: range
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: portata | campo | campo di variazione | distanza | raggio
sense_list:
(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.


lexentry: eng/rangefinder__Noun__1
written_rep: rangefinder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telemetro
sense_list:
Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument that is used to measure the distance to an object


lexentry: eng/ranger__Noun__1
written_rep: ranger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rozzo
sense_list:
A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.


lexentry: eng/rank__Noun__1
written_rep: rank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: traversa
sense_list:
(chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).


lexentry: eng/rank__Noun__1
written_rep: rank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: rango | ceto | condizione sociale
sense_list:
One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality.


lexentry: eng/rank_and_file__Noun__1
written_rep: rank and file
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: militare | milite | soldato
sense_list:
Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.


lexentry: eng/ransack__Verb__1
written_rep: ransack
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rovistare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.


lexentry: eng/ransom__Noun__1
written_rep: ransom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: riscatto
sense_list:
(historical, legal, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.


lexentry: eng/rap_sheet__Noun__1
written_rep: rap sheet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casellario giudiziale
sense_list:
(US, law, criminology) A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/rape__Noun__1
written_rep: rape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stupro
sense_list:
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/rape__Verb__1
written_rep: rape
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stuprare | violentare | violare
sense_list:
(chiefly, transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rape_culture__Noun__1
written_rep: rape culture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cultura dello stupro
sense_list:
A culture, environment or society where rape (a form of sexual assault) is common, and in which social attitudes or practices work to trivialize sexual violence, make rape seem normal, or shift responsibility from rapists to rape victims. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rapeseed_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: rapeseed oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di colza
sense_list:
A thick brownish-yellow oil expressed from rapeseed, used chiefly for lubricating and in the manufacture of soap and india rubber.


lexentry: eng/rapid__Noun__1
written_rep: rapid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rapida | cataratta
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.


lexentry: eng/rapier__Noun__1
written_rep: rapier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stocco
sense_list:
A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling


lexentry: eng/rapport__Noun__1
written_rep: rapport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affinità
sense_list:
A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.


lexentry: eng/rapporteur__Noun__1
written_rep: rapporteur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: delegato
sense_list:
(legal, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body.


lexentry: eng/rapture__Noun__1
written_rep: rapture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rapimento | estasi
sense_list:
In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living and deceased believers. (Usually "the rapture".)


lexentry: eng/rare__Adjective__2
written_rep: rare
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: al sangue
sense_list:
(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.


lexentry: eng/rare_earth__Noun__1
written_rep: rare earth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terra rara
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of the naturally occurring oxides of the lanthanide metals; they are widely distributed in relatively small concentrations and are used in glassmaking, ceramic glazes etc.


lexentry: eng/rare_earth_element__Noun__1
written_rep: rare earth element
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terra rara
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts; they include the lanthanides plus yttrium, scandium, thorium and sometimes zirconium.


lexentry: eng/rarefy__Verb__1
written_rep: rarefy
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raffinare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense. | (intransitive) To become rare, thin or less dense.


lexentry: eng/rareripe__Adjective__1
written_rep: rareripe
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: precoce
sense_list:
(by extension, of a person, uncommon) maturing too quickly; taking on the trappings of maturity before one is emotionally developed


lexentry: eng/rash__Noun__1
written_rep: rash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eruzione cutanea | sfogo cutaneo
sense_list:
(dermatology, symptom) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare, or, obsolete) , an illness characterized by a type of rash.


lexentry: eng/rashly__Adverb__1
written_rep: rashly
part_of_speech: adverb
sense_list: In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
avventatamente | ardimentosamente | arrischiatamente | azzardatamente | azzardosamente | inconsultamente


lexentry: eng/rasp__Noun__1
written_rep: rasp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raspa | scuffina
sense_list:
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.


lexentry: eng/raspberry__Noun__1
written_rep: raspberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lampone
sense_list:
The plant Rubus idaeus. | The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants. | A red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.


lexentry: eng/raspberry__Noun__2
written_rep: raspberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pernacchia
sense_list:
(colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision.


lexentry: eng/rassemblement__Noun__1
written_rep: rassemblement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assembramento
sense_list:
(fencing) The bringing together of both feet, with the body upright, in order to outreach an opponent.


lexentry: eng/raster__Noun__1
written_rep: raster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barre
sense_list:
(electronics) A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen.


lexentry: eng/rat_race__Noun__1
written_rep: rat race
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: competizione sfrenata | corsa al successo | corsa sfrenata
sense_list:
(informal) An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.


lexentry: eng/rat_run__Noun__1
written_rep: rat run
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: via nascosta
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes.


lexentry: eng/ratatouille__Noun__1
written_rep: ratatouille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ratatouille
sense_list:
A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.


lexentry: eng/ratchet_wrench__Noun__1
written_rep: ratchet wrench
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiave a cricchetto
sense_list:
A wrench, implementing a ratchet mechanism, usually used with a set of sockets to engage the head of a bolt or similar.


lexentry: eng/rather__Adverb__1
written_rep: rather
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piuttosto | preferibilmente
sense_list:
Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than) [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/rathole__Noun__1
written_rep: rathole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: topaia
sense_list:
A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals. | A particularly squalid human residence or other place.


lexentry: eng/ratification__Noun__1
written_rep: ratification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ratifica
sense_list:
The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified. | A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc.


lexentry: eng/rational__Adjective__1
written_rep: rational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: razionale | lucido
sense_list:
(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers. | (mathematics, arithmetic, not comparable) Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.


lexentry: eng/rational_root_theorem__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: rational root theorem
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teorema delle radici razionali
sense_list:
(algebra) A theorem which states a constraint on rational solutions of a polynomial equation with integer coefficients.


lexentry: eng/rationalism__Noun__1
written_rep: rationalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: razionalismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.


lexentry: eng/ratite__Noun__1
written_rep: ratite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ratite
sense_list:
A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou


lexentry: eng/rattail__Noun__1
written_rep: rattail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: codino
sense_list:
A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head; the dangling lock itself.


lexentry: eng/rattle__Noun__1
written_rep: rattle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sonaglio
sense_list:
A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.] | (musical instruments) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattlesnake__Noun__1
written_rep: rattlesnake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crotalo | serpente a sonagli
sense_list:
Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.


lexentry: eng/rattletrap__Noun__1
written_rep: rattletrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carcassa
sense_list:
(informal) A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation.


lexentry: eng/rave__Noun__1
written_rep: rave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rave | baldoria | orgia
sense_list:
An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.


lexentry: eng/ravelin__Noun__1
written_rep: ravelin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rivellino
sense_list:
An outwork. A fortification outside a castle used to split an attacking force; composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon


lexentry: eng/raven__Noun__1
written_rep: raven
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corvo imperiale | corvo
sense_list:
(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.


lexentry: eng/raw__Adjective__1
written_rep: raw
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grezzo | aperta | naturale | non raffinatato
sense_list:
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.] (of materials, products, etc.)


lexentry: eng/raw_material__Noun__1
written_rep: raw material
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materia prima
sense_list:
A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture. | (figuratively) Any physical product serving as input to a factory or other installation which processes it.


lexentry: eng/rax__Verb__1
written_rep: rax
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: tendere
sense_list:
(UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.


lexentry: eng/ray__Noun__1
written_rep: ray
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: raggio | filo
sense_list:
(botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.


lexentry: eng/razor__Noun__1
written_rep: razor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rasoio
sense_list:
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body. | Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.


lexentry: eng/razor_clam__Noun__1
written_rep: razor clam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cannolicchio | cappalunga
sense_list:
A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.


lexentry: eng/razor_wire__Noun__1
written_rep: razor wire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nastro spinato
sense_list:
A form of securing wire similar to barbed wire, but with a series of short blades instead of barbs. Also, a length thereof.


lexentry: eng/reach__Noun__1
written_rep: reach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: tratto
sense_list:
(nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.


lexentry: eng/reach__Verb__1
written_rep: reach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: raggiungere | allungare | avvicinare | contattare | prendere | stendere
sense_list:
(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.


lexentry: eng/reach__Verb__1
written_rep: reach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: raggiungere | allungare | avvicinare | contattare | stendere
sense_list:
(transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.


lexentry: eng/reach_out__Verb__1
written_rep: reach out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: contattare | protendersi
sense_list:
(intransitive, originally, business, followed by to) To attempt to initiate communication with someone; to contact.


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
written_rep: react
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: reagire
sense_list:
(physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force | (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. | (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.


lexentry: eng/reactance__Noun__1
written_rep: reactance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reattanza
sense_list:
(physics, electrics) The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.


lexentry: eng/reactant__Noun__1
written_rep: reactant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reagente
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.


lexentry: eng/reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reazione
sense_list:
An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event. | (chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.


lexentry: eng/reaction_mechanism__Noun__1
written_rep: reaction mechanism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meccanismo di reazione
sense_list:
(chemistry) the ordered set of individual reactions whose overall effect is given by a chemical equation


lexentry: eng/reactionary__Adjective__1
written_rep: reactionary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codino
sense_list:
(politics) Opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past.


lexentry: eng/reactionary__Noun__1
written_rep: reactionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reazionario | codina | codino
sense_list:
(politics) One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires.


lexentry: eng/reactor__Noun__1
written_rep: reactor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: reagente | reattivo
sense_list:
(chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.


lexentry: eng/read-only_memory__Noun__1
written_rep: read-only memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: memoria ROM | memoria a sola lettura
sense_list:
(computing) A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
written_rep: read
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leggere
sense_list:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. | (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from. | (transitive, often, jocular) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
written_rep: read
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: leggere | leggere ad alta voce
sense_list:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
written_rep: read
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: ricevere
sense_list:
(transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.


lexentry: eng/read_out__Verb__1
written_rep: read out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: leggere
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic, US) (of a device) To read some data and inform the person using the device; (of the user) to read some data from the device to inform oneself.


lexentry: eng/reading__Noun__1
written_rep: reading
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lettura
sense_list:
The process of interpreting written language. | A value indicated by a measuring device. | (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.


lexentry: eng/reading_glasses__Noun__1
written_rep: reading glasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: occhiali da lettura | occhiali per leggere
sense_list:
Any type of spectacles intended chiefly to deal with the effects of presbyopia by magnifying details such as fine text.


lexentry: eng/reading_material__Noun__1
written_rep: reading material
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materiale di lettura
sense_list:
Anything produced for the purpose of being read; a collective term for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.


lexentry: eng/ready_meal__Noun__1
written_rep: ready meal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cibo precotto
sense_list:
A prepackaged, fresh or frozen meal that only requires heating (often in a microwave) before being served, sometimes in its own packaging.


lexentry: eng/reagent__Noun__1
written_rep: reagent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reagente | reattivo
sense_list:
(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.


lexentry: eng/real-time__Adjective__1
written_rep: real-time
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: in tempo reale
sense_list:
(computing) Of a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.


lexentry: eng/real-valued__Adjective__1
written_rep: real-valued
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a valori reali
sense_list:
(analysis, of a function) Having only real values: having as its codomain the set of real numbers or a subset thereof.


lexentry: eng/real__Adjective__1
written_rep: real
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vero
sense_list:
Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake. | That has objective, physical existence. | Absolute, complete, utter.


lexentry: eng/real__Adjective__1
written_rep: real
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: reale
sense_list:
(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.


lexentry: eng/real_estate__Noun__1
written_rep: real estate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bene immobile
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground they are built on.


lexentry: eng/real_life__Noun__1
written_rep: real life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vita reale
sense_list:
Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.


lexentry: eng/real_number__Noun__1
written_rep: real number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero reale
sense_list:
(mathematics) The limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers, whether the limit is a rational number such as 2, -5, or 2/7 or whether the limit is an irrational number such as the square root of two or the circumference of the circle whose radius is one.


lexentry: eng/real_world__Noun__1
written_rep: real world
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: realtà
sense_list:
The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.


lexentry: eng/realgar__Noun__1
written_rep: realgar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: realgar
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.


lexentry: eng/realist__Noun__1
written_rep: realist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: realista
sense_list:
(philosophy) An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them. | One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.


lexentry: eng/reality__Noun__1
written_rep: reality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: realtà
sense_list:
The state of being actual or real; realness. | A real entity, event, or other fact. | The entirety of all that is real. | An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.


lexentry: eng/reality_principle__Noun__1
written_rep: reality principle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: principio di realtà
sense_list:
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freudianism, often hyphenated when used attributively) The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing or deferring the childish gratification-seeking desires of the id.


lexentry: eng/reality_television__Noun__1
written_rep: reality television
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reality show
sense_list:
(television) A genre of television programming portraying one or more people who are not professional actors and depicting their reactions to given stimuli or goals.


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
written_rep: realize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: realizzare
sense_list:
(chiefly, passive voice, slightly, _, formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
written_rep: realize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: realizzare | fruttare | liquidare
sense_list:
To convert (an asset or property, especially investments such as bonds, shares, etc.) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property.


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
written_rep: realize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rendersi conto | accorgersi
sense_list:
To become aware of or understand (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time). | To become aware of or understand a fact or situation.


lexentry: eng/really__Interjection__1
written_rep: really
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dai? | davvero? | ma dai? | veramente?
sense_list:
(informal) Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.


lexentry: eng/realtor__Noun__1
written_rep: realtor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agente immobiliare | immobiliarista
sense_list:
(North America) A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.


lexentry: eng/reap_what_one_sows__Verb__1
written_rep: reap what one sows
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: si raccoglie ciò che si semina
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one's exertions or intentions, in a good or a bad sense; to receive justice or one's just deserts.


lexentry: eng/rear__Noun__1
written_rep: rear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: retroguardia | didietro | posteriore | retro
sense_list:
(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.


lexentry: eng/rear__Verb__1
written_rep: rear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: crescere | elevare | innalzare | sollevare | sollevarsi
sense_list:
(transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.


lexentry: eng/rear_admiral_(lower_half)__Noun__1
written_rep: rear admiral (lower half)
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: commodoro
sense_list:
(US, military, nautical) A naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries, such as commodore.


lexentry: eng/rear_admiral_(upper_half)__Noun__1
written_rep: rear admiral (upper half)
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: contrammiraglio
sense_list:
(US, military, nautical) A naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries.


lexentry: eng/rear_admiral__Noun__1
written_rep: rear admiral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contrammiraglio
sense_list:
(military, nautical) A naval officer below the rank of vice admiral, originally in charge of a fleet's rear formation.


lexentry: eng/rearguard__Noun__1
written_rep: rearguard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: retroguardia
sense_list:
(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.


lexentry: eng/rearm__Verb__1
written_rep: rearm
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riarmare
sense_list:
To replace or restore the weapons or arms of a previously defeated, or disarmed army, country, person or other body.


lexentry: eng/reason__Noun__1
written_rep: reason
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ragione | motivo | pretesa | scusa
sense_list:
An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.


lexentry: eng/reason__Noun__1
written_rep: reason
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ragione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. | (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.


lexentry: eng/reason__Verb__1
written_rep: reason
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: argomentare | ragionare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.


lexentry: eng/reasoning__Noun__1
written_rep: reasoning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ragionamento
sense_list:
(uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.


lexentry: eng/rebec__Noun__1
written_rep: rebec
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ribeca
sense_list:
(musical instruments) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.


lexentry: eng/rebellion__Noun__1
written_rep: rebellion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ribellione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. | (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.


lexentry: eng/reboot__Verb__1
written_rep: reboot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reiniziare
sense_list:
(computing, ambitransitive) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, possibly after a system failure.


lexentry: eng/rebus__Noun__1
written_rep: rebus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rebus
sense_list:
An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.


lexentry: eng/recall__Verb__1
written_rep: recall
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: revocare | richiamare | ritirare
sense_list:
(transitive) To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/recall__Verb__1
written_rep: recall
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ricordare | rammentare | riportare alla memoria
sense_list:
(transitive) To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/recant__Verb__1
written_rep: recant
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: annullare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.


lexentry: eng/recapitulation__Noun__1
written_rep: recapitulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: riesposizione
sense_list:
(music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.


lexentry: eng/recapitulation__Noun__1
written_rep: recapitulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: recapitulazione
sense_list:
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/receipt__Noun__1
written_rep: receipt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: ricetta
sense_list:
(obsolete) A receptacle. | (obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity. | (obsolete) A recess; a retired place.


lexentry: eng/receive__Verb__1
written_rep: receive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricevere
sense_list:
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something. | To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc. | (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter. | (sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.


lexentry: eng/receiver__Noun__1
written_rep: receiver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cornetta | ricevitore
sense_list:
Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/receivership__Noun__1
written_rep: receivership
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sequestro
sense_list:
(legal, business) A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.


lexentry: eng/receptacle__Noun__1
written_rep: receptacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ricettacolo
sense_list:
(botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.


lexentry: eng/reception__Noun__1
written_rep: reception
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: accoglienza
sense_list:
(linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.


lexentry: eng/receptionist__Noun__1
written_rep: receptionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: receptionist | addetto al ricevimento | addetto all'accettazione | addetto alla reception
sense_list:
An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.


lexentry: eng/receptor__Noun__1
written_rep: receptor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: recettore
sense_list:
(biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions. | (biology) Any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
written_rep: recess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ferie | pausa
sense_list:
(countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause. | (countable) An act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
written_rep: recess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: interruzione
sense_list:
(government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
written_rep: recess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ricreazione
sense_list:
(Australia, Britain, North America, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.


lexentry: eng/recharge__Verb__1
written_rep: recharge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricaricare
sense_list:
(transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed. | (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.


lexentry: eng/rechargeable__Adjective__1
written_rep: rechargeable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricaricabile
sense_list:
Able to be recharged, especially of a battery that can be recharged from mains electricity via a charger.


lexentry: eng/recidivous__Adjective__1
written_rep: recidivous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: recidivo
sense_list:
Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior. | Recurring (of a disease or another medical problem).


lexentry: eng/reciprocal__Adjective__1
written_rep: reciprocal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reciproco
sense_list:
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.


lexentry: eng/reciprocity__Noun__1
written_rep: reciprocity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: reciprocità
sense_list:
(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.


lexentry: eng/recital__Noun__1
written_rep: recital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: considerando
sense_list:
(legal) A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.


lexentry: eng/recitative__Noun__1
written_rep: recitative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: recitativo
sense_list:
(music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot.


lexentry: eng/recite__Verb__1
written_rep: recite
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: recitare
sense_list:
(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. | (transitive) To list or enumerate something.


lexentry: eng/reckon__Verb__1
written_rep: reckon
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: reputare | stimare | valutare
sense_list:
(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause


lexentry: eng/recluse__Noun__1
written_rep: recluse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anacoreta
sense_list:
A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit


lexentry: eng/recognition__Noun__1
written_rep: recognition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riconoscimento
sense_list:
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
written_rep: recognize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riconoscere
sense_list:
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. | (transitive, or with clause) To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
written_rep: recognize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ammettere | riconoscere
sense_list:
(transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.


lexentry: eng/recoil__Noun__1
written_rep: recoil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rinculo
sense_list:
(firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.


lexentry: eng/recoilless_rifle__Noun__1
written_rep: recoilless rifle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanciarazzi
sense_list:
A lightweight portable weapon capable of firing artillery-type shells, used normally as anti-tank weapon.


lexentry: eng/recollection__Noun__1
written_rep: recollection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: memoria
sense_list:
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory. | The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance. | That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.


lexentry: eng/recombination__Noun__1
written_rep: recombination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricombinazione
sense_list:
Combination a second or subsequent time. | (genetics) The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.


lexentry: eng/recombine__Verb__1
written_rep: recombine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricombinare
sense_list:
(genetics, ambitransitive) To combine again, especially to reassemble the parts of something previously taken apart in a different manner. | (genetics, intransitive) To undergo recombination.


lexentry: eng/recommend__Verb__1
written_rep: recommend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raccomandare | consigliare
sense_list:
(transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. | (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations


lexentry: eng/reconcile__Verb__1
written_rep: reconcile
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: quadrare
sense_list:
(accounting, transitive) To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.


lexentry: eng/reconciliation__Noun__1
written_rep: reconciliation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: riconciliazione
sense_list:
(accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.


lexentry: eng/reconnoiter__Verb__1
written_rep: reconnoiter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare una ricognizione
sense_list:
(American spelling, transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.


lexentry: eng/reconstitute__Verb__1
written_rep: reconstitute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ricostituire
sense_list:
(transitive) to add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency


lexentry: eng/reconstruction__Noun__1
written_rep: reconstruction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricostruzione
sense_list:
A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state. | The act of restoring something to an earlier state. | A result of an attempt to understand in detail how a certain result or event occurred.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
written_rep: record
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registrazione | record
sense_list:
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. | Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
written_rep: record
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: disco
sense_list:
Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
written_rep: record
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: record | primato
sense_list:
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.


lexentry: eng/record__Verb__1
written_rep: record
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a record of information. | (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of. | (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.


lexentry: eng/record_chart__Noun__1
written_rep: record chart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elenco
sense_list:
(often plural) A ranking of music (songs, albums, etc.) according to popularity during a given period of time.


lexentry: eng/record_label__Noun__1
written_rep: record label
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casa discografica | etichetta discografica
sense_list:
The round sticker in the centre of a phonograph record that contains the record company's logo and information about the recording.


lexentry: eng/recorder__Noun__2
written_rep: recorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flauto dolce | flauto
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.


lexentry: eng/recover__Verb__1
written_rep: recover
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ritrovare
sense_list:
(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal). | (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.


lexentry: eng/recreation_room__Noun__1
written_rep: recreation room
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sala giochi | tavernetta
sense_list:
(United States, Australia, Canada) A room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use.


lexentry: eng/recreational_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: recreational vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: camper
sense_list:
(North America) A self-propelled vehicle (motor home), or trailer designed for use as living quarters on overnight recreational activities and travel.


lexentry: eng/recrudescence__Noun__1
written_rep: recrudescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: recrudescenza
sense_list:
(medicine, by extension) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement.


lexentry: eng/recruit__Verb__1
written_rep: recruit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reclutare | arruolare
sense_list:
To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.


lexentry: eng/recruit__Verb__1
written_rep: recruit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ricreare | rigenerare | rinvigorire
sense_list:
(archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.


lexentry: eng/recruitment__Noun__1
written_rep: recruitment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reclutamento
sense_list:
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.


lexentry: eng/rectify__Verb__1
written_rep: rectify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regolarizzare | rettificare | rimediare | sanare
sense_list:
(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rectitude__Noun__1
written_rep: rectitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rettitudine | dirittura
sense_list:
Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. [from 15th c.] | (now, _, rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/recto__Noun__1
written_rep: recto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto
sense_list:
(printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number. | The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.


lexentry: eng/rector__Noun__1
written_rep: rector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parroco
sense_list:
In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it. | (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop in the Orthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.


lexentry: eng/rectum__Noun__1
written_rep: rectum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: retto
sense_list:
(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca.


lexentry: eng/recumbent__Noun__1
written_rep: recumbent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bicicletta reclinata
sense_list:
(archaeology) A large rectangular monolith lying on its side, typically flanked by two large upright stones, the flankers; found in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/recuperate__Verb__1
written_rep: recuperate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guarire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).


lexentry: eng/recurrence__Noun__1
written_rep: recurrence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ricorrenza
sense_list:
The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence. | A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.


lexentry: eng/recursion__Noun__1
written_rep: recursion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricorsività
sense_list:
The act of recurring. | (mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.


lexentry: eng/recursive__Adjective__1
written_rep: recursive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricorsivo
sense_list:
drawing upon itself, referring back. | (mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms | (computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself | (computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time


lexentry: eng/recuse__Verb__1
written_rep: recuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: da
sense_list:
(reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.


lexentry: eng/recycle_bin__Noun__1
written_rep: recycle bin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cestino
sense_list:
A container in which items to be recycled may be placed. | (computing) In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.


lexentry: eng/red-backed_shrike__Noun__1
written_rep: red-backed shrike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: averla piccola
sense_list:
A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.


lexentry: eng/red-black_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: red-black tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: RB-Albero
sense_list:
(computing) A type of self-balancing binary search tree, typically used to implement associative arrays.


lexentry: eng/red-breasted_goose__Noun__1
written_rep: red-breasted goose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oca collorosso
sense_list:
Branta ruficollis, a species of goose from Eurasia, with a large rust-colored area on its breast and throat.


lexentry: eng/red-card__Verb__1
written_rep: red-card
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espellere
sense_list:
(transitive, sports) To show (a player) a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area; to send off.


lexentry: eng/red-throated_diver__Noun__1
written_rep: red-throated diver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strolaga minore
sense_list:
Gavia stellata, the smallest member of the loon or diver family, breeding in northern Eurasia and Arctic Canada, with grey head, red throat, white underparts and dark mantle.


lexentry: eng/red__Adjective__1
written_rep: red
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rosso
sense_list:
(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger. | Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.


lexentry: eng/red__Noun__1
written_rep: red
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rosso
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour. | (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.


lexentry: eng/red_bandfish__Noun__1
written_rep: red bandfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cepola
sense_list:
A species of bandfish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Senegal to Norway, Cepola macrophthalma (syn. Cepola rubescens).


lexentry: eng/red_blood_cell__Noun__1
written_rep: red blood cell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: globulo rosso | eritrocito | emazia | eritrocita
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.


lexentry: eng/red_cabbage__Noun__1
written_rep: red cabbage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavolo rosso
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A form of cabbage having red leaves, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra .


lexentry: eng/red_card__Noun__1
written_rep: red card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartellino rosso
sense_list:
(sports) A card displayed by the referee when a player is sent off for a serious infringement of the rules.


lexentry: eng/red_crossbill__Noun__1
written_rep: red crossbill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crociere
sense_list:
Loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/red_currant__Noun__1
written_rep: red currant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ribes rosso
sense_list:
A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub. | The bright red translucent edible berry of this plant.


lexentry: eng/red_fox__Noun__1
written_rep: red fox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: volpe rossa
sense_list:
(countable) A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.


lexentry: eng/red_giant__Noun__1
written_rep: red giant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gigante rossa
sense_list:
(star) A large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars, being at the final stage of moderately massive main-sequence stars.


lexentry: eng/red_grouse__Noun__1
written_rep: red grouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pernice bianca scozzese | lagopo
sense_list:
A medium-sized bird, Lagopus lagopus scotica, of the grouse family, found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.


lexentry: eng/red_herring__Noun__1
written_rep: red herring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: falsa pista | specchietto per le allodole
sense_list:
(figuratively) A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.


lexentry: eng/red_panda__Noun__1
written_rep: red panda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panda minore | panda rosso
sense_list:
An omnivorous mammal, Ailurus fulgens, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia, which has dark red fur and a ringed tail.


lexentry: eng/red_pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: red pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paprica
sense_list:
A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.


lexentry: eng/red_tide__Noun__1
written_rep: red tide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marea rossa
sense_list:
An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.


lexentry: eng/redeemable__Adjective__1
written_rep: redeemable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rimborsabile
sense_list:
(finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase


lexentry: eng/redemption__Noun__1
written_rep: redemption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: redenzione
sense_list:
The act of redeeming or something redeemed. | The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article. | Salvation from sin.


lexentry: eng/rediffusion__Noun__1
written_rep: rediffusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: replica
sense_list:
The rebroadcasting of a programme; more specifically, the distribution of radio or television transmissions from a single receiver


lexentry: eng/redirect__Verb__1
written_rep: redirect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: reindirizzare
sense_list:
(computing, transitive) To substitute an address or pointer to a new location. | (computing) To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.


lexentry: eng/redirection__Noun__1
written_rep: redirection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ridirezione
sense_list:
The act of setting a new direction. | (Internet) The automated process of taking a user to a location other than the one selected.


lexentry: eng/redneck__Noun__1
written_rep: redneck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cafone | zotico | zoticone
sense_list:
(slang, usually, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.


lexentry: eng/redound__Verb__1
written_rep: redound
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contribuire
sense_list:
(obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). [14th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/redound__Verb__1
written_rep: redound
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: procurarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/redox__Noun__1
written_rep: redox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossidoriduzione | redox
sense_list:
(rare) (chemistry) A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred.


lexentry: eng/redpoll__Noun__1
written_rep: redpoll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: organetto
sense_list:
Any of various finches in the genus Acanthis (syn. Carduelis), which have characteristic red markings on their heads.


lexentry: eng/redress__Verb__1
written_rep: redress
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ristabilire, riportare
sense_list:
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.


lexentry: eng/redshift__Noun__1
written_rep: redshift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spostamento verso il rosso
sense_list:
(physics) A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is longer than when it was emitted at the source.


lexentry: eng/redstart__Noun__1
written_rep: redstart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codirosso
sense_list:
Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.


lexentry: eng/reduce__Verb__1
written_rep: reduce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ridurre
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. | (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. | (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.


lexentry: eng/reduced_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: reduced ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anello ridotto
sense_list:
(algebra, ring theory) A ring R that has no nonzero nilpotent elements; equivalently, such that, for x ∈ R, x2 = 0 implies x = 0.


lexentry: eng/reduction__Noun__1
written_rep: reduction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: riduzione
sense_list:
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen. | (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).


lexentry: eng/reductionism__Noun__1
written_rep: reductionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riduzionismo
sense_list:
An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components. | (philosophy) A philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena, are called "epiphenomena".


lexentry: eng/redundancy__Noun__1
written_rep: redundancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ridondanza
sense_list:
Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components. | Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.


lexentry: eng/redwing__Noun__1
written_rep: redwing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tordo sassello | malvizzo
sense_list:
A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
written_rep: reed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canna | canniccio | giunco
sense_list:
(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
written_rep: reed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ancia
sense_list:
(countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
written_rep: reed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: strumento ad ancia
sense_list:
(countable, music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.


lexentry: eng/reed_bunting__Noun__1
written_rep: reed bunting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: migliarino di palude
sense_list:
A passerine bird, Emberiza schoeniclus, sparrow-sized but slim and with a long, deeply notched tail.


lexentry: eng/reed_switch__Noun__1
written_rep: reed switch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contatto Reed | dispositivo Reed
sense_list:
An electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field that causes two flexible metal reeds to come into contact.


lexentry: eng/reed_warbler__Noun__1
written_rep: reed warbler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cannaiola
sense_list:
A species of warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, family Acrocephalidae, native to Eurasia and Africa. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/reef__Noun__1
written_rep: reef
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: filone
sense_list:
(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.


lexentry: eng/reef__Verb__1
written_rep: reef
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terzarolare
sense_list:
(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.


lexentry: eng/reef_line__Noun__1
written_rep: reef line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borosa
sense_list:
(nautical) A small rope used to reef square sails by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef.


lexentry: eng/reenter__Verb__1
written_rep: reenter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rientrare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To enter again; return into. | (transitive, computing) To enter again; retype, reinput.


lexentry: eng/reference__Noun__1
written_rep: reference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: riferimento
sense_list:
A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to. | Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted. | (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.


lexentry: eng/reference__Noun__1
written_rep: reference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: referenza | riferimento
sense_list:
(computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.


lexentry: eng/reference_work__Noun__1
written_rep: reference work
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavoro di consultazione | opera di riferimento
sense_list:
A compendium of information which is not generally intended to be read from beginning to end but rather consulted on a spot basis, and is compiled for ease of reference; especially, a reference book, whether in print, digital, or both.


lexentry: eng/referendum__Noun__1
written_rep: referendum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: referendum | plebiscito
sense_list:
(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. (The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.)


lexentry: eng/referent__Noun__1
written_rep: referent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: referente
sense_list:
(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.


lexentry: eng/referral__Noun__1
written_rep: referral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bonifico
sense_list:
The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.


lexentry: eng/refined__Adjective__1
written_rep: refined
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: raffinato
sense_list:
Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly: | Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:


lexentry: eng/reflect__Verb__1
written_rep: reflect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riflettere
sense_list:
(transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. | (intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface. | (transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something. | (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.


lexentry: eng/reflection_nebula__Noun__1
written_rep: reflection nebula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nebulosa a riflessione
sense_list:
(astronomy) A nebula that consists of dust which reflects starlight and appears blue in photographs.


lexentry: eng/reflex__Noun__1
written_rep: reflex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: riflesso | continuatore
sense_list:
(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.


lexentry: eng/reform__Noun__1
written_rep: reform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riforma
sense_list:
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it


lexentry: eng/reform__Verb__1
written_rep: reform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riformare | migliorare | correggere | ravvedersi | reintegrarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.


lexentry: eng/reformation__Noun__1
written_rep: reformation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miglioramento
sense_list:
An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.


lexentry: eng/refoulement__Noun__1
written_rep: refoulement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deportazione
sense_list:
(international law, uncountable) The sending of a refugee involuntarily to a geographic region where they will likely experience substantial harm; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/refract__Verb__1
written_rep: refract
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rifrangere | rifrangersi
sense_list:
(transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.


lexentry: eng/refraction__Noun__1
written_rep: refraction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rifrazione
sense_list:
(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.


lexentry: eng/refractory__Adjective__1
written_rep: refractory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: refrattario
sense_list:
Not affected by great heat. | (medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.


lexentry: eng/refrain__Verb__1
written_rep: refrain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: astenersi | contenersi | frenarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/refreshment__Noun__1
written_rep: refreshment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rinfresco
sense_list:
The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour. | (usually, countable, usually, in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.


lexentry: eng/refrigerant__Noun__1
written_rep: refrigerant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fluido refrigerante | refrigerante
sense_list:
A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.


lexentry: eng/refrigerate__Verb__1
written_rep: refrigerate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: refrigerare
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete, _, in, _, general, _) To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down. | (transitive, specifically) To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.


lexentry: eng/refrigerator__Noun__1
written_rep: refrigerator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frigorifero | frigo
sense_list:
A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).


lexentry: eng/refuge_island__Noun__1
written_rep: refuge island
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isolotto
sense_list:
A raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street crossing, allowing pedestrians to pause safely in the middle of the road.


lexentry: eng/refugee__Noun__1
written_rep: refugee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profugo | rifugiato | rifugiata
sense_list:
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.


lexentry: eng/refugee__Noun__1
written_rep: refugee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: profugo | rifugiato
sense_list:
A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc. | A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country.


lexentry: eng/refugium__Noun__1
written_rep: refugium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rifugio
sense_list:
Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.


lexentry: eng/refurbish__Verb__1
written_rep: refurbish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ammodernare | rinnovare
sense_list:
(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.


lexentry: eng/refutation__Noun__1
written_rep: refutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confutazione | refutazione | contestazione
sense_list:
An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.


lexentry: eng/refute__Verb__1
written_rep: refute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smentire
sense_list:
(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. | (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).


lexentry: eng/regal__Noun__1
written_rep: regal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regale | rigabello
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.


lexentry: eng/regard__Verb__1
written_rep: regard
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: concernere | riguardare
sense_list:
(transitive) To have to do with, to concern. [from 17th c.] | (transitive, obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/regasification__Noun__1
written_rep: regasification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rigassificazione
sense_list:
The process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. It consists in the evaporation of liquified natural gas after transport (by ship) to a distribution terminal


lexentry: eng/regency__Noun__1
written_rep: regency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reggenza
sense_list:
A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.


lexentry: eng/regent__Noun__1
written_rep: regent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: reggente
sense_list:
One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/reggae__Noun__1
written_rep: reggae
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reggae
sense_list:
(Rastafari, music genre) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.


lexentry: eng/regift__Verb__1
written_rep: regift
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riciclare
sense_list:
(ditransitive, informal) To give something as a gift which the giver previously received as a gift; to give to a person something previously received as a gift.


lexentry: eng/regime__Noun__1
written_rep: regime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regime
sense_list:
A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.


lexentry: eng/regime_change__Noun__1
written_rep: regime change
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambiamento di regime
sense_list:
(politics) The overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by means of external force (especially military might), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force.


lexentry: eng/regimen__Noun__1
written_rep: regimen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regime
sense_list:
(medicine) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.


lexentry: eng/regiment__Noun__1
written_rep: regiment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reggimento
sense_list:
(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/region__Noun__1
written_rep: region
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regione
sense_list:
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. | An administrative subdivision of the European Union.


lexentry: eng/regional_lockout__Noun__1
written_rep: regional lockout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bloccaggio regionale | codifica regionale
sense_list:
(video games, DVD) The programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.


lexentry: eng/regionalism__Noun__1
written_rep: regionalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regionalismo
sense_list:
(politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.


lexentry: eng/register__Noun__1
written_rep: register
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: registro
sense_list:
A book of such entries. | A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title. | (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations. | (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.


lexentry: eng/register_office__Noun__1
written_rep: register office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anagrafe
sense_list:
(UK, Irish) The local office in which births, marriages and deaths are registered, and in which civil marriages are conducted and recorded.


lexentry: eng/registered__Adjective__1
written_rep: registered
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: attestato | certificato
sense_list:
(mail service) Having a mailed item recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked, sometimes with added insurance to cover loss.


lexentry: eng/registered_trademark__Noun__1
written_rep: registered trademark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marchio di fabbrica
sense_list:
A trademark that has been officially registered with the government by its owner. Indicated by the symbol ®.


lexentry: eng/registration__Noun__1
written_rep: registration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registrazione
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something. | (countable) That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers. | (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.


lexentry: eng/registry__Noun__1
written_rep: registry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: registro
sense_list:
(countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept. | (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.


lexentry: eng/regmaglypt__Noun__1
written_rep: regmaglypt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regmaglite
sense_list:
(astronomy, geology) A small, shallow indentation or pit on the surface of a meteorite, resembling a thumbprint impression in clay, created by ablation while falling in an atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/regolith__Noun__1
written_rep: regolith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regolite
sense_list:
(geology) The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. Submarine regolith also exists.


lexentry: eng/regression__Noun__1
written_rep: regression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regressione
sense_list:
An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. | (statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.


lexentry: eng/regret__Noun__1
written_rep: regret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentimento | rammarico | rimorso | rimpianto
sense_list:
Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing. | (decision theory) The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.


lexentry: eng/regret__Verb__1
written_rep: regret
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimpiangere | rammaricarsi | pentirsi | lamentare
sense_list:
To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
written_rep: regular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regolare
sense_list:
Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. [from 15th c.] | Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.] | (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
written_rep: regular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: regolare | abituale | usuale
sense_list:
(chiefly, military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular_expression__Noun__1
written_rep: regular expression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espressione regolare
sense_list:
(comptheory) A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.


lexentry: eng/regular_polygon__Noun__1
written_rep: regular polygon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poligono regolare
sense_list:
(geometry) A polygon which is both equiangular and equilateral (i.e. having all sides the same length and all interior angles the same).


lexentry: eng/regular_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: regular verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbo regolare
sense_list:
(grammar) A verb which conjugates regularly. In English, a verb which uses an -ed suffix to form its past participle.


lexentry: eng/regulation__Noun__1
written_rep: regulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regolamento
sense_list:
(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. | (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.


lexentry: eng/regulation__Noun__1
written_rep: regulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: regolazione
sense_list:
(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. | (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.


lexentry: eng/rehabilitate__Verb__1
written_rep: rehabilitate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riabilitare
sense_list:
(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rehearsal__Noun__1
written_rep: rehearsal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prova
sense_list:
The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.


lexentry: eng/rehearse__Verb__1
written_rep: rehearse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: provare | ripassare | ripetere
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.


lexentry: eng/reheat__Verb__1
written_rep: reheat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riscaldare
sense_list:
(transitive) To heat something after it has cooled off, especially previously cooked food (also in figurative senses).


lexentry: eng/reification__Noun__1
written_rep: reification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reificazione
sense_list:
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.


lexentry: eng/reign_of_terror__Noun__1
written_rep: reign of terror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regime del terrore
sense_list:
(politics) A brutal period of political violence and intimidation in the wake of a popular revolution.


lexentry: eng/rein_in__Verb__1
written_rep: rein in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tenere a freno
sense_list:
To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins | (figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising control.


lexentry: eng/reincarnate__Verb__1
written_rep: reincarnate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reincarnare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.


lexentry: eng/reindeer__Noun__1
written_rep: reindeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: renna
sense_list:
(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.


lexentry: eng/reinsurance__Noun__1
written_rep: reinsurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riassicurazione
sense_list:
(business, insurance) Insurance purchased by insurance companies that spreads the risk associated with selling insurance around so the danger of one large monetary loss is minimized.


lexentry: eng/reinvent_the_wheel__Verb__1
written_rep: reinvent the wheel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scoprire l'acqua calda
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists.


lexentry: eng/reism__Noun__1
written_rep: reism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) A form of concretism stating that (i) every object is a body and (ii) no object is a state or relation, or property.


lexentry: eng/rejig__Verb__1
written_rep: rejig
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riequipaggiare
sense_list:
To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose.


lexentry: eng/relapse__Verb__1
written_rep: relapse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: recidivare
sense_list:
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).


lexentry: eng/relapsing_fever__Noun__1
written_rep: relapsing fever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: febbre ricorrente
sense_list:
(pathology) An infection caused by certain bacteria of the genus Borrelia, transmitted by lice and ticks.


lexentry: eng/relation__Noun__1
written_rep: relation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: relazione
sense_list:
The manner in which two things may be associated. | (databases) A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table. | (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.


lexentry: eng/relational__Adjective__1
written_rep: relational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: relazionale
sense_list:
(art) Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.


lexentry: eng/relative-in-law__Noun__1
written_rep: relative-in-law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: familiare
sense_list:
(uncommon) Co-relative-in-law: A relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage.


lexentry: eng/relative_atomic_mass__Noun__1
written_rep: relative atomic mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massa atomica relativa
sense_list:
(physics) The ratio of the average mass per atom of the naturally occurring form of an element to 1/12 of the mass of a carbon-12 atom. Symbol Ar; abbreviation RAM or r.a.m. For elements with several isotopes, the most stable isotope is treated as the representative.


lexentry: eng/relative_clause__Noun__1
written_rep: relative clause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proposizione relativa
sense_list:
(grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes whole statement; in English, may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who.


lexentry: eng/relative_complement__Noun__1
written_rep: relative complement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complemento relativo
sense_list:
(set theory, of set A "in" set B) The set containing exactly those elements belonging to B but not to A.


lexentry: eng/relative_humidity__Noun__1
written_rep: relative humidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umidità relativa
sense_list:
(meteorology) The ratio of the actual amount of water vapor (absolute humidity) present in the air to the saturation point at the same temperature, usually expressed as a percentage.


lexentry: eng/relative_pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: relative pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pronome relativo
sense_list:
(grammar) A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. In English, some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: which, who, whose, whom and (non-standard) what. The other English relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.


lexentry: eng/relatively__Adverb__1
written_rep: relatively
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: relativamente
sense_list:
In a relative manner; with reference to environment or competition; contextually or comparatively. | (sometimes, proscribed) Somewhat; fairly.


lexentry: eng/relativism__Noun__1
written_rep: relativism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: relativismo
sense_list:
(uncountable, philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.


lexentry: eng/relativity__Noun__1
written_rep: relativity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: relatività
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this. | (uncountable, physics) Short for principle of relativity (“the principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers”).


lexentry: eng/relax__Verb__1
written_rep: relax
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: rilassare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make something less severe or tense. | (intransitive) To become less severe or tense. | (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress. | (transitive, dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.


lexentry: eng/relaxation__Noun__1
written_rep: relaxation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rilassamento
sense_list:
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.


lexentry: eng/relay__Noun__1
written_rep: relay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: staffetta
sense_list:
(athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/relay__Noun__1
written_rep: relay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: attuatore | ripetitore
sense_list:
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/relay_race__Noun__1
written_rep: relay race
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: staffetta
sense_list:
(sports) A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.


lexentry: eng/release__Noun__1
written_rep: release
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: versione
sense_list:
(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.


lexentry: eng/release__Verb__1
written_rep: release
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: distribuire | scaricare
sense_list:
(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.


lexentry: eng/release__Verb__1
written_rep: release
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: scaricare
sense_list:
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of. | (intransitive) to launch; to come out; to become available.


lexentry: eng/relegation__Noun__1
written_rep: relegation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confino
sense_list:
(sports) Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.


lexentry: eng/reliability__Noun__1
written_rep: reliability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: affidabilità | attendibilità | esattezza | robustezza
sense_list:
(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).


lexentry: eng/relict__Noun__1
written_rep: relict
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salma
sense_list:
(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.


lexentry: eng/relief__Noun__1
written_rep: relief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sollievo
sense_list:
The removal of stress or discomfort. | The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.


lexentry: eng/relief__Noun__2
written_rep: relief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rilievo | bassorilievo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background. | (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.


lexentry: eng/relieve__Verb__1
written_rep: relieve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: risollevare | risollevarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/relieve__Verb__1
written_rep: relieve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: alleviare | lenire | mitigare
sense_list:
(transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/relieve__Verb__1
written_rep: relieve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: assistere
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/religion__Noun__1
written_rep: religion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: religione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.


lexentry: eng/religious__Adjective__1
written_rep: religious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: religioso
sense_list:
Committed to the practice or adherence of religion. | Belonging or pertaining to a religious order or religious congregation.


lexentry: eng/religious_order__Noun__1
written_rep: religious order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ordine religioso
sense_list:
(religion) An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.


lexentry: eng/reluctance__Noun__1
written_rep: reluctance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riluttanza
sense_list:
Unwillingness to do something. | (physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.


lexentry: eng/remain__Verb__1
written_rep: remain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: restare | rimanere | stare
sense_list:
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.


lexentry: eng/remainder__Noun__1
written_rep: remainder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: resto
sense_list:
(mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r &#60; d. | (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction


lexentry: eng/remembrance__Noun__1
written_rep: remembrance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: memoria
sense_list:
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. | The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection. | The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends.


lexentry: eng/remembrance__Noun__1
written_rep: remembrance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ricordarsi
sense_list:
That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. | (obsolete) Something to be remembered; an admonition, counsel, instruction.


lexentry: eng/remind__Verb__1
written_rep: remind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ricordare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).


lexentry: eng/remiss__Adjective__1
written_rep: remiss
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: flusso
sense_list:
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.


lexentry: eng/remission__Noun__1
written_rep: remission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: remissione
sense_list:
A pardon of a sin; (chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt. | A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.


lexentry: eng/remission__Noun__1
written_rep: remission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: recesso | remissione
sense_list:
(medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.


lexentry: eng/remission__Noun__1
written_rep: remission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: condonazione | condono
sense_list:
(law) A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.


lexentry: eng/remit__Verb__1
written_rep: remit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimettere
sense_list:
(transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply. | (transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).


lexentry: eng/remix__Noun__1
written_rep: remix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: remix
sense_list:
(music) A piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together, possibly including various other cosmetic changes


lexentry: eng/remonstrate__Verb__1
written_rep: remonstrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: biasimare
sense_list:
(transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval. | To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.


lexentry: eng/remora__Noun__1
written_rep: remora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: remora
sense_list:
Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/remote_control__Noun__1
written_rep: remote control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telecomando
sense_list:
(countable) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away.


lexentry: eng/remote_sensing__Noun__1
written_rep: remote sensing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teledetezione
sense_list:
(science) The capability to gain information about an object without coming in direct contact with it, for example via satellite imaging or thermal imaging.


lexentry: eng/render__Verb__1
written_rep: render
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: passare
sense_list:
(transitive) To pass down. | (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.


lexentry: eng/rendition__Noun__1
written_rep: rendition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conferenza
sense_list:
An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/renew__Verb__1
written_rep: renew
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rinnovare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. [from 14thc.] | (now, _, rare, intransitive) To become new, or as new; to revive. [15th–18thc.]


lexentry: eng/renew__Verb__1
written_rep: renew
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: cambiare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.


lexentry: eng/renewable__Adjective__1
written_rep: renewable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rinnovabile
sense_list:
Able to be renewed; capable of renewal. | (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.


lexentry: eng/renewable_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: renewable energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: energia rinnovabile | energia rinnovabile
sense_list:
Energy that is collected from renewable resources, such as wind, water, or the sun, usually and especially as applied to a category of electrical generation.


lexentry: eng/reniform__Adjective__1
written_rep: reniform
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reniforme
sense_list:
(chiefly, biology, mineralogy) Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”)


lexentry: eng/renin__Noun__1
written_rep: renin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: renina
sense_list:
(enzyme) A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. Due to its activity which ultimately leads to the formation of angiotensin II and aldosterone, this hormone plays a role in maintaining blood pressure.


lexentry: eng/rennet__Noun__1
written_rep: rennet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caglio | presame
sense_list:
An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.


lexentry: eng/rennin__Noun__1
written_rep: rennin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chimosina
sense_list:
(enzyme) A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese.


lexentry: eng/renormalization__Noun__1
written_rep: renormalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rinormalizzazione
sense_list:
(physics) Any of several techniques in statistical mechanics and quantum electrodynamics used to construct mathematical relationships between observable quantities.


lexentry: eng/renounce__Verb__1
written_rep: renounce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: abbandonare
sense_list:
(transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.


lexentry: eng/rent__Verb__1
written_rep: rent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affittare
sense_list:
(transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent. | (transitive, informal) To grant a lease in return for rent.


lexentry: eng/rent__Verb__1
written_rep: rent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: noleggiare | affittare
sense_list:
(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.


lexentry: eng/rentcharge__Noun__1
written_rep: rentcharge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rendita costituita
sense_list:
(property law) An annual sum or periodic payment charged on certain freehold properties or payable out of the income of those properties and expressly giving to the rentcharger, who has no reversionary interest in the property, the right of distress for arrears.


lexentry: eng/rentier__Noun__1
written_rep: rentier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: redditiere
sense_list:
An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.


lexentry: eng/reparation__Noun__1
written_rep: reparation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compenso
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).


lexentry: eng/repatriate__Noun__1
written_rep: repatriate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rimpatriato
sense_list:
A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.


lexentry: eng/repdigit__Noun__1
written_rep: repdigit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero a cifra ripetuta
sense_list:
(recreational mathematics) A number composed only of one or more occurrences of one specific digit and no other digit.


lexentry: eng/repeal__Verb__1
written_rep: repeal
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: annullare | revocare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul. | To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment. | To suppress; to repel.


lexentry: eng/repeat__Noun__1
written_rep: repeat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ripetizione
sense_list:
(genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).


lexentry: eng/repeatable__Adjective__1
written_rep: repeatable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ripetibile
sense_list:
Able to be repeated | (sciences, of an experiment or procedure) That gives the same results when repeated


lexentry: eng/repeater__Noun__1
written_rep: repeater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: ripetitore | traslatore
sense_list:
(electronics) An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.


lexentry: eng/repechage__Noun__1
written_rep: repechage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ripescaggio
sense_list:
(sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.


lexentry: eng/repel__Verb__1
written_rep: repel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: respingere
sense_list:
(transitive, now, _, rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. [from 15th c.] | (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.] | (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). [from 15th c.] | (transitive, sports) To save (a shot).


lexentry: eng/repel__Verb__1
written_rep: repel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: repellere
sense_list:
(transitive, physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force. [from 17th c.] | (transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/repent__Verb__1
written_rep: repent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentirsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".


lexentry: eng/repertoire__Noun__1
written_rep: repertoire
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: repertorio
sense_list:
A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display. | The set of skills, abilities, experiences, etc., possessed by a person.


lexentry: eng/replay__Noun__1
written_rep: replay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: replica
sense_list:
An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).


lexentry: eng/replevin__Noun__1
written_rep: replevin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rivendicazione
sense_list:
(legal) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.


lexentry: eng/replicon__Noun__1
written_rep: replicon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: replicone
sense_list:
(genetics) A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.


lexentry: eng/reply__Verb__1
written_rep: reply
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rispondere | replicare
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.


lexentry: eng/repopulate__Verb__1
written_rep: repopulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ripopolare
sense_list:
To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up. | (transitive) To reintroduce a species into (an area).


lexentry: eng/report__Noun__1
written_rep: report
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rapporto
sense_list:
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
written_rep: report
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: presentarsi | rapporto
sense_list:
(obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th–18th c.] | (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
written_rep: report
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: riferire | notificare
sense_list:
(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
written_rep: report
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: riportare | riferire | presentarsi | rapporto
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).


lexentry: eng/report_card__Noun__1
written_rep: report card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagella | scheda di valutazione
sense_list:
(education) A document, on cardboard or plain paper, stating which grades a student earned, at the end of a term of regular period.


lexentry: eng/reported_speech__Noun__1
written_rep: reported speech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: discorso indiretto
sense_list:
(grammar, narratology) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
written_rep: repose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riposo
sense_list:
(uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
written_rep: represent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rappresentare | ripresentare
sense_list:
(transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
written_rep: represent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: rappresentare
sense_list:
(transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of | (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of | (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). | (intransitive, AAVE) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.


lexentry: eng/representation__Noun__1
written_rep: representation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rappresentazione
sense_list:
That which represents something else. | A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality. | A theatrical performance.


lexentry: eng/representation__Noun__1
written_rep: representation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: rappresentanza
sense_list:
(legal) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court. | (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.


lexentry: eng/representative__Noun__1
written_rep: representative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rappresentante
sense_list:
One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.] | (US, politics) Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives. [from 18th c.] | Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/representative_democracy__Noun__1
written_rep: representative democracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: democrazia rappresentativa
sense_list:
(politics) A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected.


lexentry: eng/repression__Noun__1
written_rep: repression
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: repressione
sense_list:
The act of repressing; state of being repressed. | (psychology) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.


lexentry: eng/reprieve__Noun__1
written_rep: reprieve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amnistia
sense_list:
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment. | A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.


lexentry: eng/reprint__Noun__1
written_rep: reprint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enfasi
sense_list:
A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.


lexentry: eng/reprise__Noun__1
written_rep: reprise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ripresa
sense_list:
(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.


lexentry: eng/reproducibility__Noun__1
written_rep: reproducibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riproducibilità
sense_list:
The closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of a variable made under the same operating conditions over a period of time, or by different people. | The quality of being reproducible.


lexentry: eng/reproducible__Adjective__1
written_rep: reproducible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riproducibile
sense_list:
(of a measurement, experiment etc) Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.


lexentry: eng/reproductive_system__Noun__1
written_rep: reproductive system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: apparato genitale
sense_list:
(anatomy) The system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction.


lexentry: eng/reprography__Noun__1
written_rep: reprography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riprografia
sense_list:
the reproduction, reprinting and copying of graphics, especially using electromechanical or photographic methods


lexentry: eng/reprove__Verb__1
written_rep: reprove
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disapprovare | riprovare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To express disapproval. [from 14th c.] | (transitive) To criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/reptile__Noun__1
written_rep: reptile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rettile | reptilia
sense_list:
(strictly) A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia; an amniote that is neither a synapsid nor a bird; excludes amphibians. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/republic__Noun__1
written_rep: republic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: repubblica
sense_list:
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy. | (archaic) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate. | One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.


lexentry: eng/republican__Adjective__1
written_rep: republican
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: repubblicano
sense_list:
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/republicanism__Noun__1
written_rep: republicanism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: repubblicanesimo
sense_list:
The political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/request__Noun__1
written_rep: request
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: richiesta
sense_list:
Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence). | A formal message requesting something.


lexentry: eng/request_stop__Noun__1
written_rep: request stop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermata a richiesta
sense_list:
A location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger.


lexentry: eng/requirement__Noun__1
written_rep: requirement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: requisito
sense_list:
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required. | (engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.


lexentry: eng/requite__Verb__1
written_rep: requite
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contraccambiare
sense_list:
To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare) , to seek revenge for (oneself). | To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.


lexentry: eng/rerun__Noun__1
written_rep: rerun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: replica
sense_list:
(American) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.


lexentry: eng/res_judicata__Noun__1
written_rep: res judicata
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cosa giudicata
sense_list:
(legal) The legal doctrine that claims that a case already decided in a proceeding may not be brought in any later proceeding.


lexentry: eng/rescind__Verb__1
written_rep: rescind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rescindere
sense_list:
(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.


lexentry: eng/rescript__Noun__1
written_rep: rescript
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rescritto
sense_list:
(historical, _, law) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate. | (canon law) An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law.


