# translation

lexentry: eng/overfitting__Noun__1
written_rep: overfitting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sovrareazione
sense_list:
(statistics, machine learning) The production of a statistical model that, due to an excess of parameters relative to the sample size, fits the sample data extremely well but fails to fit new data.


lexentry: eng/overflight__Noun__1
written_rep: overflight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sorvolo
sense_list:
The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.


lexentry: eng/overflow__Verb__1
written_rep: overflow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: traboccare | ridondare | sommergere
sense_list:
(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container). | (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container. | (computing, ambitransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.


lexentry: eng/overflow_pool__Noun__1
written_rep: overflow pool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piscina a sfioro
sense_list:
A type of swimming pool or reflecting pool that has at least one edge over which water overflows, creating a dramatic visual effect.


lexentry: eng/overground__Noun__1
written_rep: overground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: servizio ferroviario metropolitano | servizio ferroviario suburbano | servizio ferroviario urbano
sense_list:
(chiefly, London) A commuter rail or similar rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally running through an urban area largely above ground and faster than an underground or metro with fewer stops.


lexentry: eng/overgrown__Adjective__1
written_rep: overgrown
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coprire
sense_list:
Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.


lexentry: eng/overhead__Noun__1
written_rep: overhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: costi di gestione
sense_list:
(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.


lexentry: eng/overhead__Noun__1
written_rep: overhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: inefficienza
sense_list:
(uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.


lexentry: eng/overhead_bin__Noun__1
written_rep: overhead bin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappelliera
sense_list:
A compartment for luggage placed over the passangers' seat on public transport such as trains, aeroplanes, etc.


lexentry: eng/overkill__Noun__1
written_rep: overkill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: eccessivo
sense_list:
(by extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal. | (manufacturing) An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.


lexentry: eng/overlap__Verb__1
written_rep: overlap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sovrapporsi
sense_list:
To have an area, range, character or function in common. | (mathematics) Of sets: to have some elements in common.


lexentry: eng/overleaf__Adverb__1
written_rep: overleaf
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verso
sense_list:
On the other side of a sheet of paper (including a leaf of a book); thus, on the next page when flipping from a recto to the sequential verso.


lexentry: eng/overload__Verb__1
written_rep: overload
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sovraccaricare
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit. | (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.


lexentry: eng/overloaded__Adjective__1
written_rep: overloaded
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abusato
sense_list:
(computing) of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context


lexentry: eng/overloading__Noun__1
written_rep: overloading
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sovraccarico
sense_list:
(object-oriented) A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed. | The loading of a vehicle etc. with too heavy a weight.


lexentry: eng/overlook__Verb__1
written_rep: overlook
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: lasciar passare
sense_list:
To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.


lexentry: eng/overnight__Adjective__1
written_rep: overnight
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: notturno
sense_list:
Occurring between dusk and dawn. | Complete before the next morning. | For which participants stay overnight.


lexentry: eng/overnighter__Noun__1
written_rep: overnighter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: notte
sense_list:
Something that serves overnight travel, such as a night train. | (informal) A stay or event that takes place overnight.


lexentry: eng/overnutrition__Noun__1
written_rep: overnutrition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sovralimentazione
sense_list:
A form of malnutrition in which nutrients are oversupplied relative to the amounts required for normal growth, development, and metabolism.


lexentry: eng/overplay__Verb__1
written_rep: overplay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esagerare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role. | (transitive, music) To play (a song or record) too frequently, often to the point of causing weariness and annoyance.


lexentry: eng/overplay__Verb__1
written_rep: overplay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sopravvalutare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, figurative) To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.


lexentry: eng/overpopulation__Noun__1
written_rep: overpopulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sovrappopolazione | sovrappopolamento
sense_list:
(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them.


lexentry: eng/overrated__Adjective__1
written_rep: overrated
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sopravvalutato
sense_list:
Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.


lexentry: eng/override__Verb__1
written_rep: override
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: ridefinire
sense_list:
(object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.


lexentry: eng/overrule__Verb__1
written_rep: overrule
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abbandonare
sense_list:
(transitive) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter. | (transitive, legal) To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.


lexentry: eng/overshoot__Noun__1
written_rep: overshoot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sopracarica
sense_list:
(countable, ecology) When the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity. | (uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.


lexentry: eng/oversleep__Verb__1
written_rep: oversleep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assonnato
sense_list:
(intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended. [from 14th c.] | (reflexive, now, rare) To sleep for longer than one intended. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/overstep__Verb__1
written_rep: overstep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oltrepassare
sense_list:
(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.


lexentry: eng/overstrain__Verb__1
written_rep: overstrain
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sforzarsi troppo
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.


lexentry: eng/overtime__Noun__1
written_rep: overtime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: straordinario
sense_list:
(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours. | (uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.


lexentry: eng/overtime__Noun__1
written_rep: overtime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: tempo supplementare
sense_list:
(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.


lexentry: eng/overtone__Noun__1
written_rep: overtone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: armonico
sense_list:
(physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series. [from 1867]


lexentry: eng/overtone__Noun__1
written_rep: overtone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: accenno
sense_list:
(figuratively, often, in plural) An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message. [from 1890] | An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived subtly alongside, but not overwhelming, the explicit message.


lexentry: eng/overvoltage__Noun__1
written_rep: overvoltage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sovratensione
sense_list:
(physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis; overpotential. | The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed.


lexentry: eng/overweight__Adjective__1
written_rep: overweight
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in sovrappeso | sovrappeso
sense_list:
(of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.


lexentry: eng/overwinter__Verb__1
written_rep: overwinter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passare l'inverno
sense_list:
(transitive) To keep or preserve for the winter. | (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).


lexentry: eng/oviduct__Noun__1
written_rep: oviduct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ovidotto
sense_list:
(anatomy, typically used in, _, zoology) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.


lexentry: eng/ovine__Adjective__1
written_rep: ovine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ovino
sense_list:
(comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.


lexentry: eng/ovule__Noun__1
written_rep: ovule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ovulo
sense_list:
(botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments. | (zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.


lexentry: eng/oware__Noun__1
written_rep: oware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: wari
sense_list:
(games) A board game of the mancala family which originated in Africa, and is reputedly the oldest game in the world.


lexentry: eng/owe__Verb__1
written_rep: owe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dovere
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.


lexentry: eng/owl__Noun__1
written_rep: owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gufo | civetta
sense_list:
Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/own__Adjective__1
written_rep: own
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proprio
sense_list:
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.


lexentry: eng/own__Verb__1
written_rep: own
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: possedere
sense_list:
(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.


lexentry: eng/own_goal__Noun__1
written_rep: own goal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autogoal | autorete
sense_list:
(sports) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.


lexentry: eng/oxalic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: oxalic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido ossalico
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)2, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt.


lexentry: eng/oxbow_lake__Noun__1
written_rep: oxbow lake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanca
sense_list:
A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.


lexentry: eng/oxidase__Noun__1
written_rep: oxidase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossidasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.


lexentry: eng/oxidation__Noun__1
written_rep: oxidation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossidazione
sense_list:
The combination of a substance with oxygen. | (chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.


lexentry: eng/oxidizing_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: oxidizing agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossidante
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.


lexentry: eng/oxime__Noun__1
written_rep: oxime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossima
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine.


lexentry: eng/oximeter__Noun__1
written_rep: oximeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ossimetro
sense_list:
(medicine, specifically) A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood. [from 1942]


lexentry: eng/oxonium__Noun__1
written_rep: oxonium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossonio
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) Any univalent oxygen cation derived from water, the simplest of which is the hydronium ion (H3O+).


lexentry: eng/oxtail__Noun__1
written_rep: oxtail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coda di bue
sense_list:
A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.


lexentry: eng/oxycodone__Noun__1
written_rep: oxycodone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossicodone
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive, semisynthetic opioid (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in effect and structure; C18H21NO4.


lexentry: eng/oxygen__Noun__1
written_rep: oxygen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossigeno
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. | Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, also called dioxygen.


lexentry: eng/oxyhaemoglobin__Noun__1
written_rep: oxyhaemoglobin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossiemoglobina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.


lexentry: eng/oxymoron__Noun__1
written_rep: oxymoron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossimoro
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.


lexentry: eng/oxytocin__Noun__1
written_rep: oxytocin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossitocina
sense_list:
(hormone) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.


lexentry: eng/oyster__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ostrica
sense_list:
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. | The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. | A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. | (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets. | (figurative) Something at one's disposal. | (UK, slang) A shoplifter. | (UK, slang) Ellipsis of Oyster card.


lexentry: eng/oyster_mushroom__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster mushroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fungo ostrica
sense_list:
(US) The mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, which in the wild grows chiefly on hardwood trees, and is cultivated for food.


lexentry: eng/oyster_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: anca
sense_list:
Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, Jerusalem star), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root


lexentry: eng/oystercatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: oystercatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ostrichiere | beccaccia di mare
sense_list:
Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.


lexentry: eng/ozone__Noun__1
written_rep: ozone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ozono
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge. | (Britain, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.


lexentry: eng/ozone_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: ozone hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buco dell'ozono
sense_list:
A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring.


lexentry: eng/ozone_layer__Noun__1
written_rep: ozone layer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ozonosfera
sense_list:
A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.


lexentry: eng/ozonosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: ozonosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ozonosfera
sense_list:
A layer in part of the stratosphere that has a larger than normal concentration of ozone; the ozone layer.


lexentry: eng/p-adic_number__Noun__1
written_rep: p-adic number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero p-adico
sense_list:
(number theory) An element of a completion of the field of rational numbers with respect to a p-adic ultrametric.


lexentry: eng/p.m.__Adverb__1
written_rep: p.m.
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: di pomeriggio | p.m. | pomeridiano
sense_list:
(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.


lexentry: eng/paca__Noun__1
written_rep: paca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paca
sense_list:
Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.


lexentry: eng/pacarana__Noun__1
written_rep: pacarana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pacarana
sense_list:
A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.


lexentry: eng/pace_egg__Noun__1
written_rep: pace egg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uovo di Pasqua
sense_list:
A hard-boiled coloured egg traditionally made at Easter, often given to relatives and friends as a token of goodwill. It was traditional to jarp with the eggs before eating them.


lexentry: eng/pacemaker__Noun__1
written_rep: pacemaker
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: (anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list:
marcapassi cardiaco | marcaritmo cardiaco | nodo senoatriale | pacemaker | ritmatore cardiaco | ritmizzatore cardiaco


lexentry: eng/pacemaker__Noun__1
written_rep: pacemaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
sense_list:
(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

trans_list:
cardiostimolatore | marcapassi cardiaco | marcaritmo cardiaco | pacemaker | regolabattito | ritmatore cardiaco | ritmizzatore cardiaco


lexentry: eng/pachyderm__Noun__1
written_rep: pachyderm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pachiderma
sense_list:
(obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir. | (idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about them.


lexentry: eng/pacifier__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ciuccio | ciucciotto | succhiotto | tettarella
sense_list:
(North America) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pacifism__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pacifismo
sense_list:
The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means. [from c. 1900]


lexentry: eng/pacifist__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pacifista
sense_list:
One who loves, supports, or favours peace. | One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so. | One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.


lexentry: eng/pacify__Verb__1
written_rep: pacify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pacificare
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.


lexentry: eng/pack__Noun__1
written_rep: pack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: basto | carico | soma
sense_list:
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.


lexentry: eng/pack__Verb__1
written_rep: pack
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impacchettare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack


lexentry: eng/package__Noun__1
written_rep: package
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pacco
sense_list:
Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope. | Something resembling a package. | (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.


lexentry: eng/package__Noun__1
written_rep: package
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pacchetto
sense_list:
Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software. | (software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager. | A package holiday.


lexentry: eng/package_manager__Noun__1
written_rep: package manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema di gestione dei pacchetti
sense_list:
(software) A computer program responsible for installing, updating and configuring other software, maintaining an index of installed programs and resolving their dependencies.


lexentry: eng/packed_lunch__Noun__1
written_rep: packed lunch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pranzo al sacco
sense_list:
A meal, sandwiches or anything packed and intended to be eaten away from home; especially, one packed at home as opposed to a portable packaged lunch from a vendor.


lexentry: eng/packet__Noun__1
written_rep: packet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pacco
sense_list:
(networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/pad__Noun__1
written_rep: pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: blocco
sense_list:
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.


lexentry: eng/pad_printing__Noun__1
written_rep: pad printing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stampa a tampone
sense_list:
A printing process that can transfer a 2-D image onto a 3-D object, the image being transferred from the cliché via a silicone pad onto a substrate.


lexentry: eng/paddle__Noun__1
written_rep: paddle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagaia
sense_list:
A double-bladed version with blades at each end of the shaft is used for kayaking. | A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.


lexentry: eng/paddle_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: paddle wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ruota a pale
sense_list:
(nautical) A large wheel, fitted with paddles, used to propel a vessel (especially a paddle steamer)


lexentry: eng/paddock__Noun__1
written_rep: paddock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paddock
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.


lexentry: eng/paddock__Noun__1
written_rep: paddock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pascolo
sense_list:
(Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.


lexentry: eng/paddy__Noun__1
written_rep: paddy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: risaia | risone
sense_list:
(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pagan__Noun__1
written_rep: pagan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagano | pagana
sense_list:
A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.


lexentry: eng/page-turner__Noun__1
written_rep: page-turner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: voltapagine
sense_list:
(music) A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.


lexentry: eng/page__Noun__1
written_rep: page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagina
sense_list:
One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document. | (figurative) Any record or writing; a collective memory. | (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf. | (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.


lexentry: eng/page__Noun__2
written_rep: page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paggio | paggetto
sense_list:
(historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.


lexentry: eng/pagination__Noun__1
written_rep: pagination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paginazione
sense_list:
The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.


lexentry: eng/paging__Noun__1
written_rep: paging
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: paginazione
sense_list:
(computing) A transfer of pages between main memory and an auxiliary store, such as hard disk drive.


lexentry: eng/pagoda__Noun__1
written_rep: pagoda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagoda
sense_list:
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pain__Noun__1
written_rep: pain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolore
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.


lexentry: eng/pain__Noun__1
written_rep: pain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sofferenza | difficoltà
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress


lexentry: eng/painful__Adjective__1
written_rep: painful
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: doloroso
sense_list:
Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.] | Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/paint__Verb__1
written_rep: paint
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dipingere | verniciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To apply paint to. | (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied. | (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.


lexentry: eng/paint__Verb__1
written_rep: paint
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: dipingere | pitturare
sense_list:
(transitive) To create (an image) with paints. | (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.


lexentry: eng/paint_oneself_into_a_corner__Verb__1
written_rep: paint oneself into a corner
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: essere con le spalle al muro
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.


lexentry: eng/painter__Noun__2
written_rep: painter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barbetta | cima da ormeggio | cima da rimorchio
sense_list:
(obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use. [14th–17th c.] | (nautical) A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pair__Noun__1
written_rep: pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coppia | paio
sense_list:
Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | (cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.


lexentry: eng/pair__Noun__1
written_rep: pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: coppia
sense_list:
(kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.


lexentry: eng/pair_of_compasses__Noun__1
written_rep: pair of compasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compasso
sense_list:
A tool for drawing accurate circles or circular arcs, or for measuring or transferring lengths, usually consisting of two arms joined with an adjustable hinge at one end; until the middle ages both arms always had metal points at their free ends (this version is now called a divider or pair of dividers), but in recent centuries for a device called a compass or pair of compasses, one arm typically holds a ruling pen, pencil, or some other implement for making marks.


lexentry: eng/pairwise_disjoint__Adjective__1
written_rep: pairwise disjoint
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a due a due disgiunti | insiemi mutuamente disgiunti
sense_list:
(mathematics, set theory, of a collection of two or more sets) Let \{A_\lambda\}_{\lambda\in\Lambda} be any collection of sets indexed by a set \Lambda. We call the indexed collection pairwise disjoint if for any two distinct indices, \lambda,\mu\in\Lambda, the sets A_\lambda and A_\mu are disjoint.


lexentry: eng/pajamas__Noun__1
written_rep: pajamas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pigiama
sense_list:
Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.


lexentry: eng/palaeogeography__Noun__1
written_rep: palaeogeography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paleogeografia
sense_list:
The study of historical geography — of the (chiefly physical, but sometimes political/cultural) geography of the world in the geologic past.


lexentry: eng/palaestra__Noun__1
written_rep: palaestra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palestra
sense_list:
(historical) A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/palanquin__Noun__1
written_rep: palanquin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: palanchino
sense_list:
(loosely) Synonym of litter, any similar vehicle open or closed, human or animal-borne, particularly (historical) in colonial Asian contexts.


lexentry: eng/palatal__Adjective__1
written_rep: palatal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palatale
sense_list:
(anatomy) Pertaining to the palate. | (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate. | (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.


lexentry: eng/palatalization__Noun__1
written_rep: palatalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palatalizzazione
sense_list:
(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not. | (phonology, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.


lexentry: eng/palatalize__Verb__1
written_rep: palatalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palatalizzare
sense_list:
(phonetics, transitive) To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.


lexentry: eng/palate__Noun__1
written_rep: palate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palato
sense_list:
(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/palaver__Noun__1
written_rep: palaver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: storie
sense_list:
(North America, archaic, _, in Britain) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/pale__Verb__1
written_rep: pale
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impallidire | sbiancare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour. | (transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.


lexentry: eng/pale_clouded_yellow__Noun__1
written_rep: pale clouded yellow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: solforato
sense_list:
A small butterfly (Colias hyale) of the family Pieridae found in most of Europe and large parts of Asia.


lexentry: eng/paleface__Noun__1
written_rep: paleface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: viso pallido
sense_list:
(ethnic slur) A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.


lexentry: eng/paleobotany__Noun__1
written_rep: paleobotany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paleobotanica
sense_list:
The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/paleologism__Noun__1
written_rep: paleologism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paleologismo
sense_list:
A word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscured, or if recently used: possibly having a definition or implication different from that of any earlier usage.


lexentry: eng/paleontology__Noun__1
written_rep: paleontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paleontologia
sense_list:
(American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.


lexentry: eng/paleozoology__Noun__1
written_rep: paleozoology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paleozoologia
sense_list:
(zoology) The branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them


lexentry: eng/palette_knife__Noun__1
written_rep: palette knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spatola | mestichino
sense_list:
In painting, a small, edge-less, more or less flexible steel blade used to mix paint on a palette and sometimes to apply paint to a surface.


lexentry: eng/palfrey__Noun__1
written_rep: palfrey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palafreno
sense_list:
(historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).


lexentry: eng/palilalia__Noun__1
written_rep: palilalia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palilalia
sense_list:
(clinical psychology) A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.


lexentry: eng/palimpsest__Noun__1
written_rep: palimpsest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palinsesto
sense_list:
A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.


lexentry: eng/palindrome__Noun__1
written_rep: palindrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palindromo
sense_list:
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.


lexentry: eng/palingenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: palingenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palingenesi
sense_list:
(philosophy, theology, historical) Spiritual rebirth through the transmigration of the soul. | (uncountable, biology, chiefly, historical, or, obsolete) The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that occurred previously in the evolution of its species.


lexentry: eng/palinspastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: palinspastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palinspastico
sense_list:
(geology, of a map) Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.


lexentry: eng/pall__Noun__1
written_rep: pall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pergola | pallio
sense_list:
(heraldic charge) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.


lexentry: eng/pallet__Noun__1
written_rep: pallet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pallet | bancale
sense_list:
A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.


lexentry: eng/pallet_jack__Noun__1
written_rep: pallet jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: transpallet
sense_list:
A manually operated device used to lift and move pallets chiefly within a warehouse; the most basic form of a forklift.


lexentry: eng/palliate__Verb__1
written_rep: palliate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abbellire
sense_list:
To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/palliative__Adjective__1
written_rep: palliative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: palliativo
sense_list:
(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.


lexentry: eng/palliative_care__Noun__1
written_rep: palliative care
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cura palliativa
sense_list:
A specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients.


lexentry: eng/pallisander__Noun__1
written_rep: pallisander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palissandro
sense_list:
a dense, heavy wood, similar to teak or mahogany, mostly from species of Dalbergia and Pterocarpus, as well as Machaerium


lexentry: eng/pallium__Noun__1
written_rep: pallium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pallio
sense_list:
(Christianity) A woolen liturgical vestment resembling a collar and worn over the chasuble in the Western Christian liturgical tradition, conferred on archbishops by the Pope, equivalent to the Eastern Christian omophorion. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/palm__Noun__2
written_rep: palm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palmo | palma
sense_list:
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.


lexentry: eng/palm_cockatoo__Noun__1
written_rep: palm cockatoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cacatua delle palme
sense_list:
Probosciger aterrimus, a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea and far north Queensland, Australia, with a large black beak and prominent red cheek patches.


lexentry: eng/palm_off__Verb__1
written_rep: palm off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sbolognare
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.


lexentry: eng/palm_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: palm oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di palma
sense_list:
An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).


lexentry: eng/palm_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: palm tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palma
sense_list:
A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.


lexentry: eng/palmatisect__Adjective__1
written_rep: palmatisect
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palmatosetto
sense_list:
(botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend almost up, but not quite to the petiole.


lexentry: eng/palmer__Noun__1
written_rep: palmer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pellegrino
sense_list:
(now, historical) A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.


lexentry: eng/palmitic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: palmitic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido cetilico
sense_list:
(fatty acid) One of the most common saturated fatty acids; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.


lexentry: eng/palmitoleic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: palmitoleic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido cis-9-esadecenoico
sense_list:
(fatty acid) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 16 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in the adipose tissue of all animals.


lexentry: eng/palo_verde__Noun__1
written_rep: palo verde
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: turco
sense_list:
(US) Any of a variety of trees in the genus Parkinsonia, with characteristic green bark, found in desert areas of North America.


lexentry: eng/palpate__Verb__1
written_rep: palpate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palpare
sense_list:
To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medical) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.


lexentry: eng/palpitation__Noun__1
written_rep: palpitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palpitazione
sense_list:
An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.


lexentry: eng/palsy__Noun__1
written_rep: palsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paralisi
sense_list:
(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.


lexentry: eng/palynology__Noun__1
written_rep: palynology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palinologia
sense_list:
(science) The scientific study of spores, pollen and particulate organic matter in various matrices including the air (pollen counts), crime scenes, and sedimentary rocks.


lexentry: eng/pamphlet__Noun__1
written_rep: pamphlet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pamphlet
sense_list:
A small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover, formerly containing literary compositions, newsletters, and newspapers, but now chiefly informational matter.


lexentry: eng/pan__Noun__1
written_rep: pan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: padella | tegame
sense_list:
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. | Short for salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.


lexentry: eng/pan__Noun__1
written_rep: pan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: casseruola
sense_list:
A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.


lexentry: eng/pan__Noun__1
written_rep: pan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: batea
sense_list:
A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.


lexentry: eng/pan__Verb__1
written_rep: pan
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stroncare
sense_list:
(transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)


lexentry: eng/panacea__Noun__1
written_rep: panacea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panacea | toccasana | triaca
sense_list:
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.


lexentry: eng/panache__Noun__1
written_rep: panache
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maestria
sense_list:
(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet. | (uncountable, figurative) Flamboyance, energetic style or action.


lexentry: eng/pancake__Noun__1
written_rep: pancake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crespolino | frittella | crespella
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:


lexentry: eng/pancreas__Noun__1
written_rep: pancreas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pancreas
sense_list:
(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.


lexentry: eng/pancytopenia__Noun__1
written_rep: pancytopenia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pancitopenia
sense_list:
(pathology) A reduction in the numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in the blood


lexentry: eng/pandect__Noun__1
written_rep: pandect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pandetta
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, law, historical) Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565). | (by extension, rare) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.


lexentry: eng/pandeism__Noun__1
written_rep: pandeism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pandeismo
sense_list:
(religion) A belief in a god who is both pantheistic and deistic, in particular a god who designed the universe and then became it and ceased to exist separately and act consciously with respect to it.


lexentry: eng/pandemic__Adjective__1
written_rep: pandemic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pandemico
sense_list:
(epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.


lexentry: eng/pandemic__Noun__1
written_rep: pandemic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pandemia
sense_list:
(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.


lexentry: eng/pandemonium__Noun__1
written_rep: pandemonium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diavolio
sense_list:
A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.


lexentry: eng/pander__Verb__1
written_rep: pander
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ammiccare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.


lexentry: eng/pandiculation__Noun__1
written_rep: pandiculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pandiculazione
sense_list:
A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.


lexentry: eng/panel__Noun__1
written_rep: panel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: giuria | organo
sense_list:
A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.


lexentry: eng/panelling__Noun__1
written_rep: panelling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boiserie
sense_list:
(British spelling) The panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.


lexentry: eng/panentheism__Noun__1
written_rep: panentheism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panenteismo
sense_list:
(philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.


lexentry: eng/panettone__Noun__1
written_rep: panettone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panettone
sense_list:
A soft Italian sourdough brioche from Milan, with candied fruit, usually prepared for Christmas as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/panforte__Noun__1
written_rep: panforte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panforte
sense_list:
A dense flat cake, a speciality of Siena, made with honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied fruit, cocoa and spices.


lexentry: eng/pang_of_conscience__Noun__1
written_rep: pang of conscience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coda di paglia | coscienza sporca | rimorso
sense_list:
(often, in the plural) A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.


lexentry: eng/panga__Noun__2
written_rep: panga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pangasio
sense_list:
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.


lexentry: eng/pangasius__Noun__1
written_rep: pangasius
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pangasio
sense_list:
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus.


lexentry: eng/pangenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: pangenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pangenesi
sense_list:
A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.


lexentry: eng/pangolin__Noun__1
written_rep: pangolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pangolino
sense_list:
The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis.


lexentry: eng/panhandle__Verb__1
written_rep: panhandle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elemosinare
sense_list:
(US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a bum.


lexentry: eng/panhandler__Noun__1
written_rep: panhandler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accattone
sense_list:
One who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.


lexentry: eng/panic__Noun__1
written_rep: panic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panico
sense_list:
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.


lexentry: eng/panic_attack__Noun__1
written_rep: panic attack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attacco di panico
sense_list:
A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.


lexentry: eng/pankration__Noun__1
written_rep: pankration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pancrazio
sense_list:
(martial arts) An Ancient Greek martial art combining aspects of boxing and wrestling, introduced in the Greek Olympic games in 648 BC.


lexentry: eng/panna_cotta__Noun__1
written_rep: panna cotta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panna cotta
sense_list:
A northern Italian dessert consisting of flavoured double cream set with gelatine, often served with fruit sauce or caramel syrup.


lexentry: eng/pannier__Noun__1
written_rep: pannier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisaccia
sense_list:
A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.


lexentry: eng/panopticon__Noun__1
written_rep: panopticon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panottico
sense_list:
A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible for those in a cell to know if they are being watched.


lexentry: eng/panorama__Noun__1
written_rep: panorama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panorama
sense_list:
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area. | A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.


lexentry: eng/panpipes__Noun__1
written_rep: panpipes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flauto di Pan
sense_list:
(musical instrument) An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.


lexentry: eng/pansexuality__Noun__1
written_rep: pansexuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pansessualità
sense_list:
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.


lexentry: eng/pant__Noun__1
written_rep: pant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: batticuore | palpitazione | anelito | ansito | cardiopalmo | fiatone
sense_list:
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.


lexentry: eng/pant__Verb__1
written_rep: pant
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ansimare | ansare | boccheggiare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.


lexentry: eng/pantaloons__Noun__1
written_rep: pantaloons
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calzoni
sense_list:
An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.


lexentry: eng/pantheism__Noun__1
written_rep: pantheism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: panteismo
sense_list:
(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.


lexentry: eng/panther__Noun__1
written_rep: panther
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pantera nera | pantera
sense_list:
Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.


lexentry: eng/pantograph__Noun__1
written_rep: pantograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pantografo
sense_list:
A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. | (rail transport) A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.


lexentry: eng/pantomime__Noun__1
written_rep: pantomime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pantomima
sense_list:
(UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. [from 18th c.] | Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pantry__Noun__1
written_rep: pantry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dispensa
sense_list:
A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.


lexentry: eng/pants__Noun__1
written_rep: pants
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pantaloni | calzoni | boxer | brache | mutanda
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pants__Noun__1
written_rep: pants
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mutande | mutandine | slip
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pantyliner__Noun__1
written_rep: pantyliner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proteggislip
sense_list:
A pad worn on the inner surface of women's underpants, up against the vulva, during a low-flow day of the menstrual period, designed to absorb small, spotty quantities of menstrual fluid, in contrast to a tampon or sanitary napkin, worn on heavy-flow days.


lexentry: eng/pap__Noun__1
written_rep: pap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pappa
sense_list:
(uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.


lexentry: eng/paparazzo__Noun__1
written_rep: paparazzo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paparazzo | paparazza
sense_list:
A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.


lexentry: eng/papaverine__Noun__1
written_rep: papaverine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: papaverina
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A nonaddictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction.


lexentry: eng/paper__Noun__1
written_rep: paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carta
sense_list:
A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water. | A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.


lexentry: eng/paper__Noun__1
written_rep: paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: articolo | pubblicazione | ricerca | saggio | studio
sense_list:
(rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.


lexentry: eng/paper_cup__Noun__1
written_rep: paper cup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bicchiere di carta
sense_list:
A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.


lexentry: eng/paper_mulberry__Noun__1
written_rep: paper mulberry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelso da carta
sense_list:
A tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), Broussonetia papyrifera, with fibrous inner bark used to make paper and tapa cloth.


lexentry: eng/paper_over__Verb__1
written_rep: paper over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affare
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success.


lexentry: eng/paper_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: paper tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nastro perforato
sense_list:
(computing, historical) An early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes.


lexentry: eng/paper_tiger__Noun__1
written_rep: paper tiger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tigre di carta | scatola vuota
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.


lexentry: eng/paperweight__Noun__1
written_rep: paperweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermacarte
sense_list:
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. | Any object used for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/papier-mâché__Noun__1
written_rep: papier-mâché
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartapesta
sense_list:
Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object.


lexentry: eng/papist__Noun__1
written_rep: papist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: papista
sense_list:
(religious slur, Christianity) A Roman Catholic, whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.


lexentry: eng/pappardelle__Noun__1
written_rep: pappardelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pappardelle
sense_list:
A broad form of fettuccine, or a narrow form of lasagne, traditionally eaten with a meat sauce (especially one made with hare).


lexentry: eng/papule__Noun__1
written_rep: papule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: papule
sense_list:
A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus.


lexentry: eng/papyrology__Noun__1
written_rep: papyrology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: papirologia
sense_list:
The study of papyrus, particularly the branch of archeology concerning ancient texts written on papyrus.


lexentry: eng/papyrus__Noun__1
written_rep: papyrus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: papiro
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed. | (usually, uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant. | (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.


lexentry: eng/para-fascism__Noun__1
written_rep: para-fascism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parafascismo
sense_list:
(fascism) A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.


lexentry: eng/parabasis__Noun__1
written_rep: parabasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parabasi
sense_list:
(historical, Ancient Greece) The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.


lexentry: eng/parabola__Noun__1
written_rep: parabola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parabola
sense_list:
(geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).


lexentry: eng/paraboloid__Noun__1
written_rep: paraboloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraboloide
sense_list:
(mathematics) A surface having a parabolic cross section parallel to an axis, and circular or elliptical cross section perpendicular to the axis; especially the surface of revolution of a parabola.


lexentry: eng/paracentesis__Noun__1
written_rep: paracentesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paracentesi
sense_list:
(surgery) A medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/parachute__Noun__1
written_rep: parachute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paracadute
sense_list:
(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.


lexentry: eng/parachute__Verb__1
written_rep: parachute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paracadutarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device. | (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device. | (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.


lexentry: eng/parade_ground__Noun__1
written_rep: parade ground
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fermata
sense_list:
(military) A large area of firm ground, formerly usually adjacent to fortifications and now usually a paved area at a military base, where soldiers present themselves for inspection ("parade") and practice marching and close-order drills.


lexentry: eng/paradiddle__Noun__1
written_rep: paradiddle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laminatoio
sense_list:
(music) A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments per the National Association of Rudimental Drummers or one of 40 per the Percussive Arts Society) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left.’


lexentry: eng/paradigm__Noun__1
written_rep: paradigm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paradigma
sense_list:
A pattern, a way of doing something, especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework. | (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.


lexentry: eng/paradigm_shift__Noun__1
written_rep: paradigm shift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cambiamento di paradigma | mutamento di paradigma | scienza rivoluzionaria
sense_list:
(sciences) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm. [from 1962]


lexentry: eng/paradise__Noun__1
written_rep: paradise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: paradiso
sense_list:
(figuratively) A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation. | (slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.


lexentry: eng/paradox__Noun__1
written_rep: paradox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paradosso
sense_list:
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa. | (uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.


lexentry: eng/paraffin_wax__Noun__1
written_rep: paraffin wax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraffina
sense_list:
A waxy white solid hydrocarbon mixture used to make candles, wax paper, lubricants, and sealing materials.


lexentry: eng/paragoge__Noun__1
written_rep: paragoge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paragoge
sense_list:
(grammar, prosody) The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.


lexentry: eng/paragon__Noun__1
written_rep: paragon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ascendonica | paragone
sense_list:
(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/paragraph__Noun__1
written_rep: paragraph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paragrafo
sense_list:
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic. | (originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.


lexentry: eng/paralipsis__Noun__1
written_rep: paralipsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paralissi | preterizione
sense_list:
(rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parallax__Noun__1
written_rep: parallax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parallasse
sense_list:
An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.


lexentry: eng/parallel__Adjective__1
written_rep: parallel
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parallelo
sense_list:
Equally distant from one another at all points. | (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.


lexentry: eng/parallel_bars__Noun__1
written_rep: parallel bars
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parallele simmetriche
sense_list:
A set of apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart, upon which acts of swinging and holding and jumping and dips are performed.


lexentry: eng/parallel_universe__Noun__1
written_rep: parallel universe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: universo parallelo
sense_list:
(sciences, scifi, cosmology) A universe that exists separately alongside another universe, as part of a multiverse.


lexentry: eng/parallelepiped__Noun__1
written_rep: parallelepiped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parallelepipedo
sense_list:
(geometry) A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.


lexentry: eng/parallelogram__Noun__1
written_rep: parallelogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parallelogramma | parallelogrammo
sense_list:
(geometry) A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.


lexentry: eng/paralogism__Noun__1
written_rep: paralogism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paralogismo | cavillo | scappatoia | sofisma
sense_list:
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.


lexentry: eng/paralogous__Adjective__1
written_rep: paralogous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: paralogo
sense_list:
(metaphorical) Having a similar structure, quality or nature indicating divergence or relationship from a common point of origin.


lexentry: eng/paralysis__Noun__1
written_rep: paralysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paralisi
sense_list:
(pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.


lexentry: eng/paramagnetism__Noun__1
written_rep: paramagnetism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paramagnetismo
sense_list:
(physics) The tendency of magnetic dipoles to align with an external magnetic field; materials that exhibit this tendency become temporary magnets.


lexentry: eng/paramedic__Noun__1
written_rep: paramedic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paramedico
sense_list:
A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.


lexentry: eng/parament__Noun__1
written_rep: parament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: paramento
sense_list:
A liturgical hanging on and around the altar, as well as the cloth hanging from the pulpit and lectern.


lexentry: eng/parameter__Noun__1
written_rep: parameter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parametro
sense_list:
A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc. | (programming) An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.


lexentry: eng/parameterization__Noun__1
written_rep: parameterization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parametrizzazione
sense_list:
(design, engineering) The representation of physical characteristics or properties by parameters rather than as sui generis instances; usually and especially:


lexentry: eng/paramilitary__Noun__1
written_rep: paramilitary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paramilitare
sense_list:
A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power. | (colloquial) A member of a paramilitary group.


lexentry: eng/paraneoplastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: paraneoplastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraneoplastico
sense_list:
(medicine) associated with, but only indirectly related to, a tumor, as for example the endocrine or immunologic effects rather than the mass effect.


lexentry: eng/paranoia__Noun__1
written_rep: paranoia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paranoia
sense_list:
The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of 6 subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others | Extreme, irrational distrust of others.


lexentry: eng/paranoid__Adjective__1
written_rep: paranoid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paranoico | paranoide
sense_list:
Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia. | (informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.


lexentry: eng/paranoid_personality_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: paranoid personality disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disturbo paranoide di personalità
sense_list:
(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others.


lexentry: eng/paranoid_schizophrenia__Noun__1
written_rep: paranoid schizophrenia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schizofrenia paranoide
sense_list:
(psychiatry) A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by delusions, either of persecution, grandeur or jealousy.


lexentry: eng/paranormal__Adjective__1
written_rep: paranormal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paranormale
sense_list:
That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining to ghosts, spirits, and supposed abilities like telepathy.


lexentry: eng/paraphilia__Noun__1
written_rep: paraphilia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: parafilia
sense_list:
(sexology) Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity or lead to clinically significant distress or impairment (e.g. are obligatory, require participation of unconsenting individuals, lead to legal issues).


lexentry: eng/paraphrase__Verb__1
written_rep: paraphrase
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parafrasare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.


lexentry: eng/paraphyletic__Adjective__1
written_rep: paraphyletic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parafiletico
sense_list:
(systematics) Of a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.


lexentry: eng/paraprosdokian__Noun__1
written_rep: paraprosdokian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sorpresa
sense_list:
Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, often humorously.


lexentry: eng/parapsychology__Noun__1
written_rep: parapsychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parapsicologia | metapsichica
sense_list:
The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.


lexentry: eng/parasang__Noun__1
written_rep: parasang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parasanga
sense_list:
A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parasite__Noun__1
written_rep: parasite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parassita
sense_list:
(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism. | (pejorative) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parasitism__Noun__1
written_rep: parasitism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parassitismo
sense_list:
(ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.


lexentry: eng/parasitoid__Noun__1
written_rep: parasitoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parassitoide
sense_list:
Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.


lexentry: eng/parasol_mushroom__Noun__1
written_rep: parasol mushroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mazza di tamburo
sense_list:
Macrolepiota procera (syn. Lepiota procera, a basidiomycete fungus with a large, prominent fruiting body resembling a parasol.


lexentry: eng/parasympathetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: parasympathetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parasimpatico
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy, neurology, relational) Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. It consists of nerves arising from the brain and the lower end of the spinal cord and supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands.


lexentry: eng/parasynthetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: parasynthetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parasintetico
sense_list:
(grammar) Being a compound word formed by parasynthesis, i.e. by adding several affixes simultaneously, without “intermediate” forms.


lexentry: eng/parataxis__Noun__1
written_rep: parataxis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paratassi
sense_list:
(grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".


lexentry: eng/parathyroid_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: parathyroid gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paratiroide
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck, usually within a thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone.


lexentry: eng/paratyphoid_fever__Noun__1
written_rep: paratyphoid fever
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paratifo
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella.


lexentry: eng/paravane__Noun__1
written_rep: paravane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paramine
sense_list:
(nautical) A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.


lexentry: eng/parch__Verb__1
written_rep: parch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sete
sense_list:
(transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. | (transitive, colloquial) To make very thirsty.


lexentry: eng/pardon__Noun__1
written_rep: pardon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grazia
sense_list:
(legal) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.


lexentry: eng/pardon_my_French__Verb__1
written_rep: pardon my French
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: con rispetto parlando | mi si passi l'espressione | scusate il francesismo
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, often, humorous) To excuse the speaker's frankness of expression or profanity.


lexentry: eng/pare__Verb__1
written_rep: pare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sbucciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.


lexentry: eng/pare__Verb__1
written_rep: pare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: educare
sense_list:
(transitive, often, with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.


lexentry: eng/pareidolia__Noun__1
written_rep: pareidolia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pareidolia
sense_list:
(psychology) The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in music.


lexentry: eng/parenchyma__Noun__1
written_rep: parenchyma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parenchima
sense_list:
(anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
written_rep: parent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: genitore
sense_list:
(often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
written_rep: parent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: genitore | genitrice
sense_list:
(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.] | (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/parental_control__Noun__1
written_rep: parental control
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: controllo parentale | filtro famiglia | parental control
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A feature included in some digital television services, computers, mobile devices, software, etc. that allows parents to restrict their children's access to certain content.


lexentry: eng/parenteral__Adjective__1
written_rep: parenteral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parenterale
sense_list:
(medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.


lexentry: eng/parenthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: parenthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: parentesi
sense_list:
Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).


lexentry: eng/paresis__Noun__1
written_rep: paresis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paresi
sense_list:
A paralysis which is incomplete or which occurs in isolated areas. | Inflammation of the brain as a cause of dementia or paralysis.


lexentry: eng/pariah__Noun__1
written_rep: pariah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paria
sense_list:
Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.


lexentry: eng/parish__Noun__1
written_rep: parish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parrocchia
sense_list:
In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. | (US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.


lexentry: eng/parish_church__Noun__1
written_rep: parish church
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiesa parrocchiale | pieve
sense_list:
A church that serves as the religious centre of a parish; the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.


lexentry: eng/parish_pump_politics__Noun__1
written_rep: parish pump politics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campanilismo
sense_list:
(Ireland, pejorative, informal) political activity that is more evidently concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest.


lexentry: eng/parity__Noun__1
written_rep: parity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parità
sense_list:
(uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. | (mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements. | (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.


lexentry: eng/park__Noun__1
written_rep: park
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parco
sense_list:
An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation. | A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.


lexentry: eng/parking_disc__Noun__1
written_rep: parking disc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disco orario
sense_list:
A device placed inside a parked vehicle, indicating either the time of its arrival, or its legitimacy to park in a specified place


lexentry: eng/parking_lot__Noun__1
written_rep: parking lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parcheggio | posteggio
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines, Malaysia) An open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use.


lexentry: eng/parking_meter__Noun__1
written_rep: parking meter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parchimetro | parcometro
sense_list:
A device, located by a parking space, that collects payment in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a specified time.


lexentry: eng/parking_ticket__Noun__1
written_rep: parking ticket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ammenda
sense_list:
A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for.


lexentry: eng/parkour__Noun__1
written_rep: parkour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parkour
sense_list:
(sport) An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.


lexentry: eng/parlance__Noun__1
written_rep: parlance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parlata
sense_list:
A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.


lexentry: eng/parliament__Noun__1
written_rep: parliament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: parlamento
sense_list:
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature. [from 14th c.] | A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/parliamentarian__Noun__1
written_rep: parliamentarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parlamentare
sense_list:
(Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.


lexentry: eng/parlor__Noun__1
written_rep: parlor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salone
sense_list:
(dated, except in, Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.


lexentry: eng/parlour_game__Noun__1
written_rep: parlour game
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioco di società
sense_list:
Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.


lexentry: eng/parochial__Adjective__1
written_rep: parochial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: campanilistico | provinciale
sense_list:
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.


lexentry: eng/parochialism__Noun__1
written_rep: parochialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campanilismo
sense_list:
The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).


lexentry: eng/parody__Noun__1
written_rep: parody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parodia
sense_list:
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony. | (countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.


lexentry: eng/parole__Noun__1
written_rep: parole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condizionale | libertà condizionale
sense_list:
(with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour. [from 17th c.] | Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/parosmia__Noun__1
written_rep: parosmia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parosmia
sense_list:
(pathology) A distorted sense of smell, often resulting in the apparent detection of non-existent smells which are mostly unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/paroxysm__Noun__1
written_rep: paroxysm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parossismo | acme | raptus
sense_list:
(countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.


lexentry: eng/paroxysm__Noun__1
written_rep: paroxysm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: parossismo
sense_list:
(countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.


lexentry: eng/parr__Noun__1
written_rep: parr
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taccone
sense_list:
Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.


lexentry: eng/parrot__Noun__1
written_rep: parrot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pappagallo
sense_list:
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. | (metaphorical) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.


lexentry: eng/parrot__Verb__1
written_rep: parrot
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ripetere
sense_list:
(transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.


lexentry: eng/parrotfish__Noun__1
written_rep: parrotfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce pappagallo | scaro
sense_list:
Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.


lexentry: eng/parse__Verb__1
written_rep: parse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: analizzare
sense_list:
(linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parsley__Noun__1
written_rep: parsley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prezzemolo
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars. | (uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.


lexentry: eng/parsnip__Noun__1
written_rep: parsnip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastinaca
sense_list:
A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot. | The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/part_of_speech__Noun__1
written_rep: part of speech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parte del discorso
sense_list:
(grammar) A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/parthenogenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: parthenogenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: partenogenesi
sense_list:
(biology, countable, uncountable) (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy.


lexentry: eng/partial__Adjective__1
written_rep: partial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parziale
sense_list:
existing as a part or portion; incomplete | biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute | (mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential


lexentry: eng/partial_derivative__Noun__1
written_rep: partial derivative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derivata parziale
sense_list:
(mathematics) A derivative with respect to one variable of a function of several variables with the other variables held constant.


lexentry: eng/partial_differential_equation__Noun__1
written_rep: partial differential equation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equazione alle derivate parziali | equazione differenziale alle derivate parziali
sense_list:
(calculus) A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.


lexentry: eng/partial_function__Noun__1
written_rep: partial function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione parziale
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally defined; i.e., a function f: X→Y for which values f(x) are defined only for x ∈ W, where W ⊆ X.


lexentry: eng/partial_indulgence__Noun__1
written_rep: partial indulgence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indulgenza parziale
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) An indulgence that remits part of a person’s sins, and thus part of their time in purgatory.


lexentry: eng/participant_observation__Noun__1
written_rep: participant observation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osservazione partecipante
sense_list:
(social sciences) A research methodology used in some social sciences to gain familiarity with a group of individuals and their practices through an intensive involvement, usually over an extended period of time.


lexentry: eng/participatory_democracy__Noun__1
written_rep: participatory democracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: democrazia partecipativa
sense_list:
(political science) A form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies affecting their lives, rather than through elected representatives.


lexentry: eng/participle__Noun__1
written_rep: participle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: participio
sense_list:
(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
written_rep: particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: granello | pezzetto | particella
sense_list:
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
written_rep: particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: particella | particola
sense_list:
(physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. [from 19th c.] | (linguistics) A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).


lexentry: eng/particle_accelerator__Noun__1
written_rep: particle accelerator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acceleratore di particelle
sense_list:
A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.


lexentry: eng/particulate__Adjective__1
written_rep: particulate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: particellare
sense_list:
(genetics) Pertaining to heritable characteristics which are attributable discretely to either one or another of an offspring's parents, rather than a blend of the two.


lexentry: eng/particulate_matter__Noun__1
written_rep: particulate matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: particolato
sense_list:
Any solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant.


lexentry: eng/partisan__Noun__2
written_rep: partisan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: partigiana
sense_list:
(historical) A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.


lexentry: eng/partridge__Noun__1
written_rep: partridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pernice
sense_list:
(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.


lexentry: eng/party__Noun__1
written_rep: party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: partito
sense_list:
(now, rare, _, in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.


lexentry: eng/party_animal__Noun__1
written_rep: party animal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gaudente
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties, especially one whose partying behavior is exuberant or excessive.


lexentry: eng/party_horn__Noun__1
written_rep: party horn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua di Menelik
sense_list:
A paper or plastic tube which may be blown into to create a sound, and sometimes is rolled up in a coil which unrolls and straightens out when blown.


lexentry: eng/parvenu__Noun__1
written_rep: parvenu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parvenu
sense_list:
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.


lexentry: eng/pascal__Noun__1
written_rep: pascal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pascal
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.


lexentry: eng/pasha__Noun__1
written_rep: pasha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pascià
sense_list:
(historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/pass__Verb__1
written_rep: pass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passare
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another. | (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.


lexentry: eng/pass__Verb__1
written_rep: pass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: approvare
sense_list:
(intransitive, legal) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.


lexentry: eng/pass_the_buck__Verb__1
written_rep: pass the buck
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare a scaricabarile
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/passacaglia__Noun__1
written_rep: passacaglia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passacaglia
sense_list:
(music genre) A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple metre, and use of a ground bass.


lexentry: eng/passed_pawn__Noun__1
written_rep: passed pawn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedone passato
sense_list:
(chess) A pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns on its own or adjacent files, and that hence has a clear run to the first or eighth rank.


lexentry: eng/passenger_compartment__Noun__1
written_rep: passenger compartment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abitacolo
sense_list:
(automotive) The part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.


lexentry: eng/passenger_seat__Noun__1
written_rep: passenger seat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sedile passeggero
sense_list:
(automotive) A seat in a vehicle for a passenger, especially the front seat next to the driver in a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/passion__Noun__1
written_rep: passion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: passione
sense_list:
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. | Fervor, determination. | An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest. | (Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.


lexentry: eng/passionflower__Noun__1
written_rep: passionflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frutto della passione
sense_list:
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.


lexentry: eng/passivation__Noun__1
written_rep: passivation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passivazione
sense_list:
(chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to another material prior to using the materials together.


lexentry: eng/passive-aggressive__Adjective__1
written_rep: passive-aggressive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passivo-aggressivo
sense_list:
(psychology) Showing passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations.


lexentry: eng/passive__Adjective__1
written_rep: passive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passivo
sense_list:
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction. | (grammar) Being in the passive voice. | (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.


lexentry: eng/passport__Noun__1
written_rep: passport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passaporto
sense_list:
An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.


lexentry: eng/password__Noun__1
written_rep: password
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parola d'ordine | parola chiave | password
sense_list:
(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.


lexentry: eng/password__Noun__1
written_rep: password
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: password | parola d'ordine | parola chiave | parola d'accesso
sense_list:
(computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word#Noun but nowadays often an alphanumeric#Adjective string or a phrase#Noun.


lexentry: eng/past__Adjective__1
written_rep: past
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passato
sense_list:
Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.] | (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/past__Noun__1
written_rep: past
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passato
sense_list:
The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. | (grammar) The past tense.


lexentry: eng/past_anterior__Noun__1
written_rep: past anterior
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trapassato remoto
sense_list:
(grammar) A compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, in function a pluperfect, and in form composed of the conjunction of the simple past tense of an auxiliary verb (avoir, être) with the past participle. Example: Après que la femme et l'homme l'eurent remercié = After the woman and the man had thanked him


lexentry: eng/past_historic_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: past historic tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passato remoto
sense_list:
(grammar) A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the deceased.


lexentry: eng/past_imperfect_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: past imperfect tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperfetto
sense_list:
A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)


lexentry: eng/past_perfect__Noun__1
written_rep: past perfect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trapassato remoto
sense_list:
A tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.


lexentry: eng/past_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: past tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passato
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).


lexentry: eng/pasta__Noun__1
written_rep: pasta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasta | impasto
sense_list:
(uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.


lexentry: eng/pasta_salad__Noun__1
written_rep: pasta salad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasta fredda | insalata di pasta
sense_list:
A salad prepared with one or more types of pasta, almost always chilled, and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil, or mayonnaise-based dressing.


lexentry: eng/paste__Verb__1
written_rep: paste
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incollare
sense_list:
(transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.


lexentry: eng/pasteurisation__Noun__1
written_rep: pasteurisation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastorizzazione
sense_list:
(British spelling) Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.


lexentry: eng/pasteurize__Verb__1
written_rep: pasteurize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastorizzare | uperizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.


lexentry: eng/pastiche__Noun__1
written_rep: pastiche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastiche
sense_list:
A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.


lexentry: eng/pastille__Noun__1
written_rep: pastille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastiglia
sense_list:
An often round and somewhat flat flavoured candy or sweet. | (historical) A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs. | A candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses.


lexentry: eng/pastor__Noun__1
written_rep: pastor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pastore
sense_list:
(Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church. | (Roman Catholicism, US) The main priest serving a parish.


lexentry: eng/pastoral__Adjective__1
written_rep: pastoral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastorale
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock. | Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.


lexentry: eng/pastry_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: pastry wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rotella tagliapasta
sense_list:
A culinary tool for cutting pastry. It takes the form of a handle that bears a wheel, commonly with a fluted edge to make cuts with a decorative pattern.


lexentry: eng/pasty__Noun__1
written_rep: pasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copricapezzolo
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.


lexentry: eng/pat_down__Verb__1
written_rep: pat down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perquisire
sense_list:
(US, informal, transitive) To frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.


lexentry: eng/patch__Noun__1
written_rep: patch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: toppa | pezza
sense_list:
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.


lexentry: eng/patch__Noun__1
written_rep: patch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: neo finto
sense_list:
(historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.


lexentry: eng/patch__Noun__1
written_rep: patch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: toppa
sense_list:
(computing) A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.


lexentry: eng/patch_file__Noun__1
written_rep: patch file
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiazza
sense_list:
(computing) A file input to a patch program. | (computing) A file containing changes to be applied to another file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.


lexentry: eng/patchouli__Noun__1
written_rep: patchouli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasciulì
sense_list:
Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil. | The oil or perfume made from these plants.


lexentry: eng/patent__Adjective__1
written_rep: patent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pervio
sense_list:
(medicine) Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.


lexentry: eng/patent__Noun__1
written_rep: patent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brevetto
sense_list:
A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.


lexentry: eng/patent__Verb__1
written_rep: patent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brevettare
sense_list:
To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.


lexentry: eng/paternal_grandfather__Noun__1
written_rep: paternal grandfather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nonno paterno
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/paternal_grandmother__Noun__1
written_rep: paternal grandmother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nonna paterna
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paternal,‎ grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/paternoster__Noun__1
written_rep: paternoster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Padre Nostro
sense_list:
(archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.


lexentry: eng/path__Noun__1
written_rep: path
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cammino | percorso | camino
sense_list:
(computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.


lexentry: eng/path__Noun__1
written_rep: path
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: cammino
sense_list:
(graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).


lexentry: eng/pathogen__Noun__1
written_rep: pathogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patogeno | agente patogeno
sense_list:
(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.


lexentry: eng/pathognomonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: pathognomonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patognomonico
sense_list:
(medicine, of a sign or symptom) specifically characteristic or indicative of a particular disease or condition.


lexentry: eng/pathological__Adjective__1
written_rep: pathological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patologico
sense_list:
(medicine) Pertaining to pathology. | (medicine) Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.


lexentry: eng/pathologist__Noun__1
written_rep: pathologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patologo
sense_list:
An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose.


lexentry: eng/pathology__Noun__1
written_rep: pathology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patologia
sense_list:
(academic, _, medicine) The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time. | Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.


lexentry: eng/pathos__Noun__1
written_rep: pathos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patetico
sense_list:
The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.


lexentry: eng/pathway__Noun__1
written_rep: pathway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: via
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.


lexentry: eng/patina__Noun__1
written_rep: patina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patina
sense_list:
(originally) A paten, flat type of dish. | The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals. | A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina. | (figurative) A gloss or superficial layer.


lexentry: eng/patriarch__Noun__1
written_rep: patriarch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patriarca
sense_list:
(Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank. [from 9th c.] | The male head of a household or nuclear family.


lexentry: eng/patriarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: patriarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patriarcato
sense_list:
(anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.


lexentry: eng/patrician__Noun__1
written_rep: patrician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patrizio
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.


lexentry: eng/patriotic__Adjective__1
written_rep: patriotic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patriottico
sense_list:
Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country


lexentry: eng/patriotism__Noun__1
written_rep: patriotism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patriottismo
sense_list:
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.


lexentry: eng/patrol__Noun__1
written_rep: patrol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pattuglia | pattugliamento | perlustrazione | ricognizione
sense_list:
(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.


lexentry: eng/patrol__Noun__1
written_rep: patrol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pattugliamento
sense_list:
(military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.


lexentry: eng/patrolman__Noun__1
written_rep: patrolman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pattugliatore
sense_list:
A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.


lexentry: eng/patron_saint__Noun__1
written_rep: patron saint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: santo patrono
sense_list:
(Christianity) A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked.


lexentry: eng/patronize__Verb__1
written_rep: patronize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: degnarsi | trattare [[dall'alto in basso]]
sense_list:
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.


lexentry: eng/patronymic__Noun__1
written_rep: patronymic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: patronimico
sense_list:
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.


lexentry: eng/patsy__Noun__1
written_rep: patsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capro espiatorio | cornuto | fesso | pollo | zimbello
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.


lexentry: eng/pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartamodello
sense_list:
(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.


lexentry: eng/pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: forma | regolarità | schema
sense_list:
A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/patty__Noun__1
written_rep: patty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polpetta
sense_list:
(US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.


lexentry: eng/paucal__Noun__1
written_rep: paucal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paucale
sense_list:
(grammar) A language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.


lexentry: eng/pauldron__Noun__1
written_rep: pauldron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spalliera
sense_list:
A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.


lexentry: eng/pave__Verb__1
written_rep: pave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pavimentare | lastricare
sense_list:
(British) To cover something with paving slabs. | (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.


lexentry: eng/pavement__Noun__1
written_rep: pavement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: manto | manto stradale | pavimentazione | pavimentazione stradale | superficie
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/pavilion__Noun__1
written_rep: pavilion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: padiglione
sense_list:
An ornate tent. | A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place. | A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.


lexentry: eng/pavis__Noun__1
written_rep: pavis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pavese
sense_list:
(military, history) A very large shield, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center.


lexentry: eng/paw__Noun__1
written_rep: paw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: zampa
sense_list:
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.


lexentry: eng/pawa__Noun__1
written_rep: pawa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abalone
sense_list:
(New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.


lexentry: eng/pawl__Noun__1
written_rep: pawl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cricchetto
sense_list:
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction. | A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.


lexentry: eng/pawn__Noun__1
written_rep: pawn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedone | pedina
sense_list:
(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.


lexentry: eng/pawnbroker__Noun__1
written_rep: pawnbroker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prestatore su pegno
sense_list:
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.


lexentry: eng/pay_TV__Noun__1
written_rep: pay TV
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: televisione a pagamento
sense_list:
A system whereby viewers pay to subscribe to specific broadcast television channels or programme typically used in cable television services


lexentry: eng/pay__Verb__1
written_rep: pay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagare
sense_list:
(transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | (intransitive) To suffer consequences.


lexentry: eng/pay_grade__Noun__1
written_rep: pay grade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grado
sense_list:
(figuratively) A level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly).


lexentry: eng/pay_respect__Verb__1
written_rep: pay respect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rispettare
sense_list:
To demonstrate or profess respect to (someone or an ideal); to behave in a manner that demonstrates respect to (someone or an ideal).


lexentry: eng/payload__Noun__1
written_rep: payload
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carico utile
sense_list:
That part of a cargo that produces revenue. | That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite. | (communication) The actual data in a data stream.


lexentry: eng/payment__Noun__1
written_rep: payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pagamento
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of paying. | (countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange#Noun for goods or services, or the transaction#Noun that conveys it.


lexentry: eng/payment_card__Noun__1
written_rep: payment card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carta di pagamento
sense_list:
(banking) A card, such as a credit card or debit card, which can be used for payment of goods or services.


lexentry: eng/payola__Noun__1
written_rep: payola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mazzetta
sense_list:
(US, Philippines) A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).


lexentry: eng/payslip__Noun__1
written_rep: payslip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: busta paga | cedolino | folio paga
sense_list:
A small document, included with an employee's wage or salary, giving details of money earned and tax and insurance paid.


lexentry: eng/paywall__Noun__1
written_rep: paywall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a pagamento | accesso a pagamento | paywall | pedaggio
sense_list:
(informal, computing) A feature of a website, application or service that only allows access to certain content or functions upon payment.


lexentry: eng/pe__Noun__1
written_rep: pe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pe
sense_list:
The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).


lexentry: eng/pea__Noun__1
written_rep: pea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pisello
sense_list:
Any plant of the family Fabaceae. | (culinary) The edible seed of Pisum sativum; the green pea. | (culinary) The edible seed of various other pea plants.


lexentry: eng/peace__Noun__1
written_rep: peace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pace
sense_list:
A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. | A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.


lexentry: eng/peace_pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: peace pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calumet
sense_list:
A tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.


lexentry: eng/peaceable__Adjective__1
written_rep: peaceable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amante della pace
sense_list:
Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/peacekeeping__Noun__1
written_rep: peacekeeping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mantenimento di pace
sense_list:
The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/peach__Noun__1
written_rep: peach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesca | pesco | persico
sense_list:
(countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. | (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.


lexentry: eng/peachfuzz__Noun__1
written_rep: peachfuzz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peluria
sense_list:
(informal) The soft, scanty beard of an adolescent male. | (rare, nonstandard) The fuzz found on the skin of a peach.


lexentry: eng/peachy__Adjective__1
written_rep: peachy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grandioso
sense_list:
(colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.


lexentry: eng/peacock__Noun__1
written_rep: peacock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pavone
sense_list:
A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female. | (entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.


lexentry: eng/peafowl__Noun__1
written_rep: peafowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pavone
sense_list:
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).


lexentry: eng/peal__Noun__1
written_rep: peal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scoppio
sense_list:
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
written_rep: pearl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perla
sense_list:
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
written_rep: pearl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: occhio di mosca | parigina
sense_list:
(uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.


lexentry: eng/peasant__Noun__1
written_rep: peasant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contadino | contadina | cafona | cafone
sense_list:
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.


lexentry: eng/peat__Noun__1
written_rep: peat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torba
sense_list:
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pectin__Noun__1
written_rep: pectin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pectina
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting).


lexentry: eng/pectoral_sandpiper__Noun__1
written_rep: pectoral sandpiper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piovanello pettorale
sense_list:
Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.


lexentry: eng/pedal__Noun__1
written_rep: pedal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedale
sense_list:
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano


lexentry: eng/pedalo__Noun__1
written_rep: pedalo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedalò
sense_list:
(UK, watercraft) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.


lexentry: eng/pedant__Noun__1
written_rep: pedant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cervellona | cervellone
sense_list:
A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.


lexentry: eng/pederasty__Noun__1
written_rep: pederasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pederastia
sense_list:
Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. | (archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.


lexentry: eng/pedestrian_precinct__Noun__1
written_rep: pedestrian precinct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: area pedonale
sense_list:
An area in a town or city intended for pedestrians only, where vehicles (in particular motor vehicles) are not normally allowed.


lexentry: eng/pedestrianize__Verb__1
written_rep: pedestrianize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedonalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles and sometimes cyclists


lexentry: eng/pediatric__Adjective__1
written_rep: pediatric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pediatrico
sense_list:
(American spelling) Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children and adolescents.


lexentry: eng/pediatrician__Noun__1
written_rep: pediatrician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pediatra
sense_list:
(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.


lexentry: eng/pediatrics__Noun__1
written_rep: pediatrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pediatria
sense_list:
(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.


lexentry: eng/pedicel__Noun__1
written_rep: pedicel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedicello | caule | fusto | gambo | stelo
sense_list:
(botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.


lexentry: eng/pediment__Noun__1
written_rep: pediment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frontone
sense_list:
(architectural element) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.


lexentry: eng/pedipalp__Noun__1
written_rep: pedipalp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedipalpo
sense_list:
(zoology) Either of a second pair of appendages near the mouth of many arachnids, variously specialized as pincers, sensory or locomotory organs.


lexentry: eng/pedology__Noun__1
written_rep: pedology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedologia
sense_list:
The sub-discipline of soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification or studies the soil profile or solum in its natural setting.


lexentry: eng/pedometer__Noun__1
written_rep: pedometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contapassi | pedometro | podometro | passimetro
sense_list:
A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.


lexentry: eng/pedophile__Noun__1
written_rep: pedophile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pedofilo
sense_list:
(by extension, common use) An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child.


lexentry: eng/pedophilia__Noun__1
written_rep: pedophilia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedofilia | paidofilia
sense_list:
Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children. | (by extension, proscribed) Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.


lexentry: eng/peekaboo__Noun__1
written_rep: peekaboo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bubusettete
sense_list:
(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".


lexentry: eng/peel_off__Verb__1
written_rep: peel off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfaldarsi
sense_list:
(intransitive) To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.


lexentry: eng/peep__Verb__2
written_rep: peep
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sbirciare | spuntare
sense_list:
(intransitive, dated) To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.


lexentry: eng/peephole__Noun__1
written_rep: peephole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spioncino
sense_list:
A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.


lexentry: eng/peeping_tom__Noun__1
written_rep: peeping tom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guardone
sense_list:
A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.


lexentry: eng/peer__Noun__2
written_rep: peer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nobile | pari
sense_list:
A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.


lexentry: eng/peer_review__Noun__1
written_rep: peer review
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: revisione paritaria
sense_list:
(education) The scholarly process whereby manuscripts intended to be published in an academic journal are reviewed by independent researchers (referees) to evaluate the contribution, i.e. the importance, novelty and accuracy of the manuscript's contents.


lexentry: eng/peignoir__Noun__1
written_rep: peignoir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accappatoio
sense_list:
A long outer garment for women, usually sheer and made of chiffon and often sold with matching nightgown, negligee or underwear


lexentry: eng/pejoratively__Adverb__1
written_rep: pejoratively
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peggiorativamente
sense_list:
In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly; so as to belittle another or harm their reputation.


lexentry: eng/pellagra__Noun__1
written_rep: pellagra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pellagra
sense_list:
(pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pellet__Noun__1
written_rep: pellet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: gomitolo
sense_list:
Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.


lexentry: eng/pellistor__Noun__1
written_rep: pellistor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pellistore
sense_list:
A solid-state device, containing ceramic pellets coated with a catalyst, whose resistance changes in the presence of certain gases


lexentry: eng/peloton__Noun__1
written_rep: peloton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gruppo | plotone
sense_list:
(cycle racing) A group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack.


lexentry: eng/pelt__Noun__1
written_rep: pelt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pelliccia | pelle grezza | pelle non conciata
sense_list:
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).


lexentry: eng/pelvis__Noun__1
written_rep: pelvis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacino
sense_list:
(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.


lexentry: eng/pen__Noun__2
written_rep: pen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penna
sense_list:
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks. | (figurative) A writer, or their style.


lexentry: eng/penalty__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: penalità
sense_list:
(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.


lexentry: eng/penalty_area__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty area
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: area di rigore | area
sense_list:
(football, futsal) An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.


lexentry: eng/penalty_kick__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty kick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcio di rigore | rigore
sense_list:
(soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.


lexentry: eng/penalty_kill__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty kill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inferiorità numerica
sense_list:
(ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.


lexentry: eng/penalty_mark__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dischetto
sense_list:
(football) a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken


lexentry: eng/penalty_shot__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty shot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcio di rigore
sense_list:
(ice hockey) A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender.


lexentry: eng/penalty_try__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty try
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meta tecnica
sense_list:
(rugby) An awarding of five points (equivalent to scoring a try) to a team whose opponents have prevented, by misconduct, a try being scored.


lexentry: eng/penance__Noun__1
written_rep: penance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penitenza
sense_list:
A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act. | A sacrament in some Christian churches.


lexentry: eng/pencil__Noun__1
written_rep: pencil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: matita | lapis | portamina
sense_list:
A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pencil_holder__Noun__1
written_rep: pencil holder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: portalapis | portamatite
sense_list:
A small opened container for stationery such as pencils, ballpoint pens, rubber, correction fluid, etc.


lexentry: eng/pencil_lead__Noun__1
written_rep: pencil lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mina
sense_list:
The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead.


lexentry: eng/pencil_pusher__Noun__1
written_rep: pencil pusher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impiegatuccio
sense_list:
(informal, often, derogatory) One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.


lexentry: eng/pendant__Noun__1
written_rep: pendant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ciondolo
sense_list:
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendentive__Noun__1
written_rep: pendentive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pennacchio
sense_list:
(architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.


lexentry: eng/pending__Adjective__1
written_rep: pending
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pendente
sense_list:
Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation. | Begun but not completed. | About to happen; imminent or impending.


lexentry: eng/pendulum__Noun__1
written_rep: pendulum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pendolo
sense_list:
(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.


lexentry: eng/penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinguino
sense_list:
Any of several flightless sea birds, of order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/penicillamine__Noun__1
written_rep: penicillamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penicillamina
sense_list:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline, sulfur-containing amino acid produced by the hydrolysis of penicillins, used pharmacologically as a chelating agent to remove heavy metals such as copper from the body, and as an anti-inflammatory agent, especially for rheumatoid arthritis; 2-amino-3-methyl-3-mercaptobutanoic acid, (CH3)2C(SH)CH(NH2)COOH.


lexentry: eng/penicillin__Noun__1
written_rep: penicillin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penicillina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized, that have a beta-lactam structure and are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.


lexentry: eng/penitent__Noun__1
written_rep: penitent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penitente
sense_list:
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions. | One under the direction of a confessor.


lexentry: eng/penitente__Noun__1
written_rep: penitente
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penitente
sense_list:
A tall thin blade of hardened snow or ice, found closely spaced in large quantities at high altitudes.


lexentry: eng/penniless__Adjective__1
written_rep: penniless
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scannato | spiantato | squattrinato
sense_list:
Lacking even the smallest amount of money. | (numismatics, of a country's system of money) Abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, via rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).


lexentry: eng/penninerved__Adjective__1
written_rep: penninerved
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penninervio
sense_list:
(botany, of a leaf) Having the nerves arranged on each side of the midriff like the barbs of a feather


lexentry: eng/penny__Noun__1
written_rep: penny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penny
sense_list:
(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.


lexentry: eng/pension__Noun__1
written_rep: pension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pensione | assegno
sense_list:
(finance) An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pension__Noun__2
written_rep: pension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pensione
sense_list:
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pension_fund__Noun__1
written_rep: pension fund
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fondo pensione
sense_list:
A pool of assets forming an independent legal entity that are bought with the contributions to a pension plan for the exclusive purpose of financing pension plan benefits.


lexentry: eng/penstock__Noun__1
written_rep: penstock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiusa
sense_list:
A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.


lexentry: eng/pentachlorophenol__Noun__1
written_rep: pentachlorophenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentaclorofenolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) A fully chlorinated derivative of phenol that is used as a fungicide and wood preservative


lexentry: eng/pentachoron__Noun__1
written_rep: pentachoron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ipertetraedro | pentacoro
sense_list:
(mathematics) A four-dimensional object analogous to a tetrahedron, constructed out of five tetrahedra.


lexentry: eng/pentagram__Noun__1
written_rep: pentagram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentagramma
sense_list:
The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.


lexentry: eng/pentakis_dodecahedron__Noun__1
written_rep: pentakis dodecahedron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentacisdodecaedro
sense_list:
(mathematics) A Catalan solid equivalent to a dodecahedron with a pentagonal pyramid covering each face


lexentry: eng/pentane__Noun__1
written_rep: pentane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentano
sense_list:
(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C5H12; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methyl-butane (isopentane), and di-methyl-propane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.


lexentry: eng/pentaquark__Noun__1
written_rep: pentaquark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentaquark
sense_list:
(particle) Any of a class of subatomic particles (previously hypothetical, since detected, subject to confirmation) consisting of a group of five quarks (compared to three quarks in normal baryons and two in mesons), or more specifically four quarks and one antiquark (symbol Θ).


lexentry: eng/pentathlon__Noun__1
written_rep: pentathlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentathlon
sense_list:
An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus | (athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run.


lexentry: eng/pentazole__Noun__1
written_rep: pentazole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentazolo
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) HN5, The five-membered homocyclic compound containing five nitrogen atoms and two double bonds


lexentry: eng/penthouse__Noun__1
written_rep: penthouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attico
sense_list:
(now, historical) A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather. [from 14th c.] | An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pentimento__Noun__1
written_rep: pentimento
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentimento
sense_list:
(art, literature) The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable.


lexentry: eng/pentyl__Noun__1
written_rep: pentyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C5H11, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/penultimate__Adjective__1
written_rep: penultimate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: penultimo
sense_list:
(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.


lexentry: eng/people's__Adjective__1
written_rep: people's
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: popolare
sense_list:
In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.


lexentry: eng/people__Noun__1
written_rep: people
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: popolo | nazione
sense_list:
(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.


lexentry: eng/people__Noun__1
written_rep: people
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: gente
sense_list:
A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.


lexentry: eng/people__Noun__1
written_rep: people
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: popolo | popolazione
sense_list:
The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.


lexentry: eng/people_person__Noun__1
written_rep: people person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uomo di mondo
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who interacts skilfully with other people and who receives satisfaction from such interaction.


lexentry: eng/pepo__Noun__1
written_rep: pepo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peponide
sense_list:
A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.


lexentry: eng/pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: peperone | peperoncino
sense_list:
(UK, US, Ireland, and, Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.


lexentry: eng/pepper_mill__Noun__1
written_rep: pepper mill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pepaiola | pepiera
sense_list:
A small handheld grinder containing a supply of peppercorns for grinding fresh at the table or in the kitchen.


lexentry: eng/pepper_shaker__Noun__1
written_rep: pepper shaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pepiera
sense_list:
A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.


lexentry: eng/peppercorn__Noun__1
written_rep: peppercorn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grano di pepe
sense_list:
The seeds of the plant Piper nigrum. Commonly used as a spice, usually but not always ground or crushed.


lexentry: eng/peppermint__Noun__1
written_rep: peppermint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menta piperita
sense_list:
A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/peppermint__Noun__1
written_rep: peppermint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: menta piperita | caramella alla menta | mentina
sense_list:
(countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/peppermint_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: peppermint oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olio di menta piperita
sense_list:
oil derived from the leaves of the peppermint plant Mentha × piperita, which is used for a number of purposes.


lexentry: eng/pepperwort__Noun__1
written_rep: pepperwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crescione
sense_list:
Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, species Lepidium latifolium), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pepsin__Noun__1
written_rep: pepsin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pepsina
sense_list:
(enzyme) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.


lexentry: eng/peptide__Noun__1
written_rep: peptide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peptide
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.


lexentry: eng/peptide_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: peptide bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legame peptidico
sense_list:
(chemistry) An amide bond formed between the amino and carboxyl functional groups of separate amino acids.


lexentry: eng/peptization__Noun__1
written_rep: peptization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peptizzazione
sense_list:
The stabilization of a hydrophobic colloidal sol by the addition of an electrolyte that is adsorbed on the particle surfaces


lexentry: eng/peptone__Noun__1
written_rep: peptone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peptone
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.


lexentry: eng/peptonize__Verb__1
written_rep: peptonize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peptonizzare
sense_list:
(physiology, biochemistry) To convert a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin


lexentry: eng/per_bend__Adverb__1
written_rep: per bend
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trinciato
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).


lexentry: eng/per_bend_sinister__Adverb__1
written_rep: per bend sinister
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tagliato
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the sinister chief (viewer's top right) towards the dexter base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend sinister).


lexentry: eng/per_fess__Adverb__1
written_rep: per fess
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: troncato
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).


lexentry: eng/per_pale__Adverb__1
written_rep: per pale
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: partito
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).


lexentry: eng/percale__Noun__1
written_rep: percale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: percalle
sense_list:
(textiles) A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.


lexentry: eng/perceived_temperature__Noun__1
written_rep: perceived temperature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: temperatura percepita
sense_list:
The apparent temperature of the environment; may be different from the actual temperature because of factors such as wind chill or humidity


lexentry: eng/percent__Noun__1
written_rep: percent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: per cento
sense_list:
A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred). | One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/percentage__Noun__1
written_rep: percentage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: percentuale
sense_list:
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. | A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.


lexentry: eng/percentile__Noun__1
written_rep: percentile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: percentile
sense_list:
(statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.


lexentry: eng/percolate__Verb__1
written_rep: percolate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: drenare | percolare
sense_list:
(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. | (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.


lexentry: eng/percontation__Noun__1
written_rep: percontation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interrogazione
sense_list:
(formal, rare, or, obsolete) A question which cannot properly be given a one-word answer like “yes” or “no”. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/percussion__Noun__1
written_rep: percussion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: percussione
sense_list:
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.


lexentry: eng/percussion_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: percussion cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capsula a percussione
sense_list:
a metal cap found on muzzleloading firearms that contains chemical substances such as fulminate that explode upon impact


lexentry: eng/percussionist__Noun__1
written_rep: percussionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: percussionista
sense_list:
A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.


lexentry: eng/peregrinate__Verb__1
written_rep: peregrinate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peregrinare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.


lexentry: eng/peremptory__Adjective__1
written_rep: peremptory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: perentorio | imperioso
sense_list:
Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.


lexentry: eng/perennial__Adjective__1
written_rep: perennial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perenne
sense_list:
Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time. | (botany) Of a plant: active throughout the year, or having a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.


lexentry: eng/perennial__Adjective__1
written_rep: perennial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: perenne | eterno | perpetuo
sense_list:
Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; neverending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing.


lexentry: eng/perestroika__Noun__1
written_rep: perestroika
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perestroika
sense_list:
(historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.


lexentry: eng/perfect__Adjective__1
written_rep: perfect
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perfetto
sense_list:
Fitting its definition precisely. | Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose. | Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality. | (obsolete, _, outside set of phrases, of a person) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized. | Excellent and delightful in all respects.


lexentry: eng/perfect_fifth__Noun__1
written_rep: perfect fifth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quinta giusta
sense_list:
(music) An interval equal to that of between the second and third harmonics of the harmonic series. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans seven semitones or five degrees of the diatonic scale.


lexentry: eng/perfect_pitch__Noun__1
written_rep: perfect pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orecchio assoluto
sense_list:
(music, uncountable) The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.


lexentry: eng/perfect_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: perfect tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perfetto
sense_list:
A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.


lexentry: eng/perfection__Noun__1
written_rep: perfection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perfezione
sense_list:
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence


lexentry: eng/perfectionist__Noun__1
written_rep: perfectionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perfezionista
sense_list:
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/perfective_aspect__Noun__1
written_rep: perfective aspect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perfetto
sense_list:
(grammar) A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.


lexentry: eng/perfidious__Adjective__1
written_rep: perfidious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perfido
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/perfidy__Noun__1
written_rep: perfidy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tradimento
sense_list:
(international law, in warfare) An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.


lexentry: eng/perforation_gauge__Noun__1
written_rep: perforation gauge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: odontometro
sense_list:
(philately) A device for measuring the number of perforations per 2 centimetre distance along the edge of a postage stamp.


lexentry: eng/perform__Verb__1
written_rep: perform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: adempiere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms. | (transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).


lexentry: eng/perform__Verb__1
written_rep: perform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: recitare | interpretare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.


lexentry: eng/performance__Noun__1
written_rep: performance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prestazione | esecuzione
sense_list:
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.


lexentry: eng/performance__Noun__1
written_rep: performance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: prestazione | rendimento
sense_list:
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.


lexentry: eng/performance_art__Noun__1
written_rep: performance art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prestazione
sense_list:
(arts) A form of art in which the artist creates a live performance, often using a variety of media.


lexentry: eng/perfume__Noun__1
written_rep: perfume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: profumo
sense_list:
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor


lexentry: eng/pergola__Noun__1
written_rep: pergola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pergola | pergolato | graticcio
sense_list:
A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants. | Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio.


lexentry: eng/peridotite__Noun__1
written_rep: peridotite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peridotite
sense_list:
(geology) A rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle.


lexentry: eng/perihelion__Noun__1
written_rep: perihelion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perielio
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.


lexentry: eng/perilune__Noun__1
written_rep: perilune
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perilunio
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its minimum.


lexentry: eng/perimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: perimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perimetro
sense_list:
(mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object. | (mathematics) The length of such a boundary. | The outer limits of an area. | A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
written_rep: period
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: periodo
sense_list:
A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. [from 16th c.] | The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.] | (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
written_rep: period
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: punto
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, North America, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).


lexentry: eng/periodic_table__Noun__1
written_rep: periodic table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tavola periodica | tavola periodica degli elementi
sense_list:
(chemistry) A tabular chart of the chemical elements according to their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same group (column).


lexentry: eng/periodical__Noun__1
written_rep: periodical
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: periodico | pubblicazione
sense_list:
A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often the primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in its field.


lexentry: eng/periodontics__Noun__1
written_rep: periodontics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parodontologia
sense_list:
(dentistry) The study of supporting structures of teeth—gums, alveolar bone, cementum, and the periodontal ligament—and diseases and conditions that affect them.


lexentry: eng/periodontitis__Noun__1
written_rep: periodontitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paradontite
sense_list:
(periodontology) A serious form or stage of periodontal disease which may lead to loss of bone and falling out of teeth.


lexentry: eng/perioperative__Adjective__1
written_rep: perioperative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perioperatorio
sense_list:
(surgery) Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery.


lexentry: eng/peripheral_device__Noun__1
written_rep: peripheral device
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: periferica
sense_list:
(computer hardware) An electronic device that is outside the computer's system unit (external to the computer's enclosing case), but used by the computer to which it is connected, such as a printer or a scanner.


lexentry: eng/periphrasis__Noun__1
written_rep: periphrasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perifrasi
sense_list:
The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".


lexentry: eng/periplus__Noun__1
written_rep: periplus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circumnavigazione
sense_list:
(literature) An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks. [1613]


lexentry: eng/periscope__Noun__1
written_rep: periscope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: periscopio
sense_list:
A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.


lexentry: eng/perish__Verb__1
written_rep: perish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing. | (intransitive) To die; to cease to live.


lexentry: eng/perissodactyl__Noun__1
written_rep: perissodactyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perissodattilo
sense_list:
Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, including the horses, zebras, and rhinoceroses.


lexentry: eng/peristalsis__Noun__1
written_rep: peristalsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peristalsi
sense_list:
(medicine) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion, as of food in the digestive tract.


lexentry: eng/peristyle__Noun__1
written_rep: peristyle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peristilio
sense_list:
A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. [from 17th c.] | A porch surrounded by columns. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/peritoneum__Noun__1
written_rep: peritoneum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peritoneo
sense_list:
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.


lexentry: eng/peritonitis__Noun__1
written_rep: peritonitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peritonite
sense_list:
(pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.


lexentry: eng/permaculture__Noun__1
written_rep: permaculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permacultura
sense_list:
(agriculture) Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems. [from 1978]


lexentry: eng/permalink__Noun__1
written_rep: permalink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permalink
sense_list:
(internet) A permanent (unchanging) link to an individual blog entry or news item on the World Wide Web.


lexentry: eng/permanent__Noun__1
written_rep: permanent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permanente | messa in piega
sense_list:
A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.


lexentry: eng/permanent_marker__Noun__1
written_rep: permanent marker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pennarello indelebile
sense_list:
a type of felt-tip pen used to create permanent water-resistant writing on a surface such as a writable DVD


lexentry: eng/permanent_residency__Noun__1
written_rep: permanent residency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: residenza permanente
sense_list:
A visa status which allows a person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country


lexentry: eng/permanganate__Noun__1
written_rep: permanganate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permanganato
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble in water, and are strong oxidizing agents


lexentry: eng/permeability__Noun__1
written_rep: permeability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permeabilità
sense_list:
The property of being permeable. | (physics) A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).


lexentry: eng/permeable__Adjective__1
written_rep: permeable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: permeabile
sense_list:
(by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.


lexentry: eng/permeate__Verb__1
written_rep: permeate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permeare
sense_list:
(transitive) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture | (transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.


lexentry: eng/permission__Noun__1
written_rep: permission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permesso
sense_list:
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority) | The act of permitting. | (computing) Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.


lexentry: eng/permittivity__Noun__1
written_rep: permittivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permettività
sense_list:
(physics) A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.


lexentry: eng/permutation__Noun__1
written_rep: permutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: permutazione
sense_list:
(mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. | (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.


lexentry: eng/pernoctation__Noun__1
written_rep: pernoctation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pernottamento
sense_list:
(uncountable) The action of abiding through the night at a location; (countable) an instance of this; an overnight stay.


lexentry: eng/perorate__Verb__1
written_rep: perorate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perorare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.


lexentry: eng/peroration__Noun__1
written_rep: peroration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riassunto
sense_list:
The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.


lexentry: eng/peroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: peroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perossido
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.


lexentry: eng/perpetuate__Verb__1
written_rep: perpetuate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perpetuare | eternare | perennare | rivivere
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.


lexentry: eng/persecute__Verb__1
written_rep: persecute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perseguitare
sense_list:
To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.


lexentry: eng/perseverance_of_the_saints__Noun__1
written_rep: perseverance of the saints
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perseveranza dei santi
sense_list:
(theology) A Christian doctrine, one of the five points of Calvinism, stating that true believers in Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross (the "saints") cannot relapse and are predestined to salvation.


lexentry: eng/perseverate__Verb__1
written_rep: perseverate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: persistere
sense_list:
(intransitive, chiefly, _, psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.


lexentry: eng/persevere__Verb__1
written_rep: persevere
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perseverare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.


lexentry: eng/persimmon__Noun__1
written_rep: persimmon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cachi
sense_list:
The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).


lexentry: eng/persistent__Adjective__1
written_rep: persistent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: persistente
sense_list:
(botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off. | (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.


lexentry: eng/person-to-person__Adjective__1
written_rep: person-to-person
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: persona
sense_list:
(of a telephone call) Such that the caller is only connected and charged if the person he specified is available to speak.


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
written_rep: person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: persona
sense_list:
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. [from 13th c.] | (in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman). | The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. [from 14th c.] | (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. [from 14th c.] | (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/personal__Adjective__1
written_rep: personal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: personale
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals | (grammar) Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.


lexentry: eng/personal_computer__Noun__1
written_rep: personal computer
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: (dated) A small computer, built around a microprocessor, for use by one person at a time.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
personal computer | calcolatore personale | computatore personale | computer personale | computiere personale | elaboratore personale


lexentry: eng/personal_effect__Noun__1
written_rep: personal effect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: effetto personale
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) An item of personal property that one carries on one's person, including identification, jewelry, and clothing.


lexentry: eng/personal_pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: personal pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pronome personale
sense_list:
A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following: | Another person or group of people. (third person) | Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.


lexentry: eng/personal_union__Noun__1
written_rep: personal union
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unione personale
sense_list:
(politics, historical) The situation of two or more states sharing the same monarch, usually also with shared dynastic succession.


lexentry: eng/personal_union__Noun__1
written_rep: personal union
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: unione ipostatica
sense_list:
(theology, Christian theology) Hypostatic union; the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one individual existence (person).


lexentry: eng/personalism__Noun__1
written_rep: personalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: personalismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) A doctrine of subjective idealism that regards personality as the means of interpreting reality.


lexentry: eng/personality__Noun__1
written_rep: personality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: personalità
sense_list:
(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another. | A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer, or sports player).


lexentry: eng/personality_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: personality disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disturbo di personalità
sense_list:
(psychiatry) Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.


lexentry: eng/personification__Noun__1
written_rep: personification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: personificazione
sense_list:
A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification. | A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities. | An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human


lexentry: eng/personnel__Noun__1
written_rep: personnel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: personale
sense_list:
Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.


lexentry: eng/perspective__Noun__1
written_rep: perspective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prospettiva
sense_list:
A view, vista or outlook. | The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision. | The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. | (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.


lexentry: eng/persuade__Verb__1
written_rep: persuade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: persuadere | convincere
sense_list:
(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/persuasion__Noun__1
written_rep: persuasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: persuasione
sense_list:
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/perturbation__Noun__1
written_rep: perturbation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perturbazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed | (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system) | (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies


lexentry: eng/peruke__Noun__1
written_rep: peruke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parrucca
sense_list:
A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.


lexentry: eng/perverse__Adjective__1
written_rep: perverse
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pervers
sense_list:
Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing. | Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.


lexentry: eng/perylene__Noun__1
written_rep: perylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perilene
sense_list:
(organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two molecules of naphthalene fused together; it is used in light-emitting diodes.


lexentry: eng/pescetarianism__Noun__1
written_rep: pescetarianism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pescetarianismo
sense_list:
A dietary choice in which a person, known as a pescetarian, eats any combination of vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans and fish or seafood, but not mammals or birds. Some animal products, such as eggs and dairy, may or may not be part of the diet.


lexentry: eng/peso__Noun__1
written_rep: peso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peso
sense_list:
(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.


lexentry: eng/pessimism__Noun__1
written_rep: pessimism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pessimismo
sense_list:
A general belief that bad things will happen. | The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.


lexentry: eng/pesticide__Noun__1
written_rep: pesticide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesticida
sense_list:
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.


lexentry: eng/pesto__Noun__1
written_rep: pesto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesto
sense_list:
A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).


lexentry: eng/pet_door__Noun__1
written_rep: pet door
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gattaiola
sense_list:
An opening in a door for pets to come in and out of the house without requiring a human to open the door.


lexentry: eng/pet_shop__Noun__1
written_rep: pet shop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: negozio per animali | negozio specializzato
sense_list:
A shop that sells animals kept as domestic pets, and products for caring for and feeding them. [from 1927]


lexentry: eng/peta-__Prefix__1
written_rep: peta-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peta-
sense_list:
In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1015 (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P


lexentry: eng/petal__Noun__1
written_rep: petal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petalo
sense_list:
(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.


lexentry: eng/petasus__Noun__1
written_rep: petasus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petaso
sense_list:
(historical) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans, especially for travelling, and as often pictured to be worn by Hermes (or Mercury); (later also) the brimless winged cap worn by Hermes in later artistic depictions. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/peter_out__Verb__1
written_rep: peter out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esaurirsi | ridursi
sense_list:
(intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”)


lexentry: eng/petite__Adjective__1
written_rep: petite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: minore
sense_list:
(clothing) Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women. | Small, little; insignificant; petty.


lexentry: eng/petition__Noun__1
written_rep: petition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petizione
sense_list:
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures. | A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.


lexentry: eng/petrichor__Noun__1
written_rep: petrichor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petricore
sense_list:
The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.


lexentry: eng/petrified__Adjective__1
written_rep: petrified
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pietrificato
sense_list:
Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone. | Extremely afraid.


lexentry: eng/petrify__Verb__1
written_rep: petrify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pietrificare | petrificare
sense_list:
(transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.


lexentry: eng/petrodollar__Noun__1
written_rep: petrodollar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petrodollaro | petroldollaro
sense_list:
(oil industry, mostly, in the plural, also, attributively) Money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams.


lexentry: eng/petrography__Noun__1
written_rep: petrography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petrografia
sense_list:
(petrology) The branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks.


lexentry: eng/petroleum_jelly__Noun__1
written_rep: petroleum jelly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: petrolato
sense_list:
A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.


lexentry: eng/petticoat__Noun__1
written_rep: petticoat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: sottogonna
sense_list:
(archaic, or, historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.


lexentry: eng/petticoat__Noun__1
written_rep: petticoat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: sottoveste
sense_list:
A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.


lexentry: eng/petty__Adjective__1
written_rep: petty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meschino | gretto
sense_list:
Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/petty_bourgeoisie__Noun__1
written_rep: petty bourgeoisie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piccola borghesia
sense_list:
(Marxism) A social class of that bourgeoisie that typically works alongside their employees if they have any, exemplified by shopkeepers and professionals.


lexentry: eng/petty_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: petty officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nostromo | sottufficiale di marina
sense_list:
A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army


lexentry: eng/petty_theft__Noun__1
written_rep: petty theft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: taccheggio
sense_list:
A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime.


lexentry: eng/pew__Noun__1
written_rep: pew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stallo
sense_list:
An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family.


lexentry: eng/pew__Noun__1
written_rep: pew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: panca | banco | inginocchiatoio | scanno | scranno | stallo
sense_list:
Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.


lexentry: eng/phagocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: phagocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fagocita
sense_list:
(cytology) A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.


lexentry: eng/phalanx__Noun__1
written_rep: phalanx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falange
sense_list:
(historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. | (skeleton, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.


lexentry: eng/phalanx__Noun__1
written_rep: phalanx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: orda
sense_list:
(plural phalanxes or (rare) phalanges) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.


lexentry: eng/phalarope__Noun__1
written_rep: phalarope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falaropo
sense_list:
Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.


lexentry: eng/phallocentric__Adjective__1
written_rep: phallocentric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fallocentrico
sense_list:
Focused on the phallus, especially as a symbol of male dominance; characterised by male attitudes, focused on men. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/phalloplasty__Noun__1
written_rep: phalloplasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falloplastica
sense_list:
(surgery) Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.


lexentry: eng/phantasmal__Adjective__1
written_rep: phantasmal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fantasmatico
sense_list:
(parapsychology) Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm. | Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm; imaginary, unreal. | Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom#Noun; ghostly, spectral.


lexentry: eng/phantom__Noun__1
written_rep: phantom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fantasma | spettro
sense_list:
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.


lexentry: eng/phantom_limb__Noun__1
written_rep: phantom limb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arto fantasma
sense_list:
(pathology) The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached.


lexentry: eng/phantom_pain__Noun__1
written_rep: phantom pain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dolore fantasma
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A sensation of pain coming from a part of the body that has been amputated, or in which the nerves have been destroyed.


lexentry: eng/pharaoh__Noun__1
written_rep: pharaoh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faraone
sense_list:
(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty


lexentry: eng/pharisaism__Noun__1
written_rep: pharisaism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: farisaismo
sense_list:
(chiefly, Christianity) Rigid observance of external forms of religion without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.


lexentry: eng/pharmacist__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacista
sense_list:
(pharmacy) A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions. | (pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.


lexentry: eng/pharmacodynamics__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacodynamics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacodinamica | farmacodinamia
sense_list:
(pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body.


lexentry: eng/pharmacogenomics__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacogenomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacogenomica | farmagenomica
sense_list:
(pharmacology, genetics) The study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up.


lexentry: eng/pharmacognosy__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacognosy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacognosia
sense_list:
A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.


lexentry: eng/pharmacokinetics__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacokinetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacocinetica
sense_list:
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.


lexentry: eng/pharmacology__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacologia
sense_list:
The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.


lexentry: eng/pharmacopoeia__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacopoeia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacopea
sense_list:
(pharmacology) An official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.


lexentry: eng/pharmacovigilance__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacovigilance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farmacovigilanza
sense_list:
(medicine, pharmacology) The detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines. [from 1970s]


lexentry: eng/pharmacy__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: farmacia | farmacista
sense_list:
(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.


lexentry: eng/pharyngeal__Adjective__1
written_rep: pharyngeal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faringale
sense_list:
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx. | (phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.


lexentry: eng/pharyngotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: pharyngotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faringotomia
sense_list:
(surgery) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumour or anything that obstructs the passage.


lexentry: eng/pharynx__Noun__1
written_rep: pharynx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faringe
sense_list:
(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.


lexentry: eng/phase__Noun__1
written_rep: phase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fase
sense_list:
(astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase. | (physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.


lexentry: eng/phase_modulation__Noun__1
written_rep: phase modulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modulazione di fase
sense_list:
A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the difference in phase (fraction of a wave length) between a signal and a reference.


lexentry: eng/phase_out__Verb__1
written_rep: phase out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eliminare
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).


lexentry: eng/phase_space__Noun__1
written_rep: phase space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spazio delle fasi
sense_list:
(mathematics, physics, dynamical system theory) Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point;(less formally) the underlying set of such a topological space.


lexentry: eng/phase_velocity__Noun__1
written_rep: phase velocity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: velocità di fase
sense_list:
(physics) The velocity of propagation of a pure sine wave of infinite extent and infinitesimal amplitude.


lexentry: eng/pheasant's_eye__Noun__1
written_rep: pheasant's eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adonide
sense_list:
Any of genus Adonis of flowering plants in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to Europe and Asia, particularly


lexentry: eng/phenanthrene__Noun__1
written_rep: phenanthrene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenantrene
sense_list:
(organic compound) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals and explosives; it is isomeric with anthracene.


lexentry: eng/phenanthroline__Noun__1
written_rep: phenanthroline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenantrolina
sense_list:
(organic compound) A tricyclic heterocyclic compound having two pyridine rings fused with a benzene ring; any of its derivatives


lexentry: eng/phenol__Noun__1
written_rep: phenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenolo
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid | (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)


lexentry: eng/phenolic_resin__Noun__1
written_rep: phenolic resin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenoplasto
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of a particular class of thermosetting resin made through the condensation of phenol (or a phenol derivative) with an aldehyde.


lexentry: eng/phenomenalism__Noun__1
written_rep: phenomenalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenomenismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) The doctrine that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena or sensory stimuli


lexentry: eng/phenomenology__Noun__1
written_rep: phenomenology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenomenologia
sense_list:
(philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.


lexentry: eng/phenomenon__Noun__1
written_rep: phenomenon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenomeno
sense_list:
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof. | A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing. | (philosophy, chiefly, Kantian, _, idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).


lexentry: eng/phenotype__Noun__1
written_rep: phenotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenotipo
sense_list:
(genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.


lexentry: eng/phenyl__Noun__1
written_rep: phenyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenile
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A univalent hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) formally derived from benzene by the removal of a hydrogen atom, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.


lexentry: eng/phenylalanine__Noun__1
written_rep: phenylalanine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenilalanina
sense_list:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid C9H11NO2 found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth; the inability to metabolize it leads to phenylketonuria; it is a constituent of aspartame.


lexentry: eng/phenylketonuria__Noun__1
written_rep: phenylketonuria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fenilchetonuria
sense_list:
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.


lexentry: eng/pheromone__Noun__1
written_rep: pheromone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feromone
sense_list:
(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/philanthropy__Noun__1
written_rep: philanthropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filantropia
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.


lexentry: eng/philistine__Adjective__1
written_rep: philistine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filisteo
sense_list:
(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.


lexentry: eng/philistine__Noun__1
written_rep: philistine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filisteo | filistea
sense_list:
(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.


lexentry: eng/philo-Semitism__Noun__1
written_rep: philo-Semitism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filosemitismo
sense_list:
Interest in or appreciation of Jewish people, their history, or the influence of Judaism, particularly on the part of a gentile.


lexentry: eng/philodendron__Noun__1
written_rep: philodendron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filodendro
sense_list:
Any of several climbing plants, of the genus Philodendron, native to America and the West Indies that are often grown as house plants.


lexentry: eng/philologist__Noun__1
written_rep: philologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filologo | filologa
sense_list:
A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.


lexentry: eng/philosopher's_stone__Noun__1
written_rep: philosopher's stone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pietra filosofale | crisopea
sense_list:
(alchemy, uncountable) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.


lexentry: eng/philosopher__Noun__1
written_rep: philosopher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: filosofo | filosofa
sense_list:
(archaic) A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change. | (archaic) A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.


lexentry: eng/philosophy__Noun__1
written_rep: philosophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filosofia
sense_list:
(uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom. | (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality. | (countable) A comprehensive system of belief. | (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain. | (countable) A general principle (usually moral).


lexentry: eng/philosophy_of_science__Noun__1
written_rep: philosophy of science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filosofia della scienza
sense_list:
(philosophy, uncountable) The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/philter__Noun__1
written_rep: philter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filtro
sense_list:
A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver. [from the 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/phimosis__Noun__1
written_rep: phimosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fimosi
sense_list:
(symptom) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
written_rep: phlegm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: espettorato
sense_list:
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
written_rep: phlegm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: flemma
sense_list:
Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/phlegmon__Noun__1
written_rep: phlegmon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flemmone
sense_list:
A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.


lexentry: eng/phloem__Noun__1
written_rep: phloem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: floema
sense_list:
(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.


lexentry: eng/phlogiston__Noun__1
written_rep: phlogiston
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flogisto
sense_list:
(chemistry, historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.


lexentry: eng/phlogopite__Noun__1
written_rep: phlogopite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flogopite
sense_list:
(mineral) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator


lexentry: eng/pho__Noun__1
written_rep: pho
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pho | phở
sense_list:
A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.


lexentry: eng/phocomelia__Noun__1
written_rep: phocomelia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: focomelia
sense_list:
A congenital disorder of the limbs, the affected person being born with abnormally short or missing bones and flipper-like hands or feet.


lexentry: eng/phoenix__Noun__1
written_rep: phoenix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fenice
sense_list:
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.


lexentry: eng/phon__Noun__1
written_rep: phon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: phon
sense_list:
(acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.


lexentry: eng/phonation__Noun__1
written_rep: phonation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonazione
sense_list:
(phonetics) The process of producing vocal sound by the vibration of the vocal folds that is in turn modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.


lexentry: eng/phone__Noun__2
written_rep: phone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fono
sense_list:
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.


lexentry: eng/phoneme__Noun__1
written_rep: phoneme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonema
sense_list:
(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.


lexentry: eng/phonemic_merger__Noun__1
written_rep: phonemic merger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: convergenza
sense_list:
(phonology) The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.


lexentry: eng/phonetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: phonetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonetico
sense_list:
Relating to the sounds of spoken language. | (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).


lexentry: eng/phonetically__Adverb__1
written_rep: phonetically
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foneticamente
sense_list:
In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.


lexentry: eng/phonetics__Noun__1
written_rep: phonetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonetica
sense_list:
(linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.


lexentry: eng/phonogram__Noun__1
written_rep: phonogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonogramma
sense_list:
(linguistics) A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a sound, as opposed to logograms and determinatives. | (legal) An audio recording, regardless of physical format.


lexentry: eng/phonology__Noun__1
written_rep: phonology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonologia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system. [from late 18th c.] | (by extension, uncountable) The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language.


lexentry: eng/phonon__Noun__1
written_rep: phonon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonone
sense_list:
(physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.


lexentry: eng/phonosemantic__Adjective__1
written_rep: phonosemantic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fonosemantica
sense_list:
Combining phonetic and semantic components, as with more than eighty percent of Chinese characters. (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)


lexentry: eng/phoropter__Noun__1
written_rep: phoropter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foroptero
sense_list:
An instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription, the patient looking through various lenses at a chart on the other side.


lexentry: eng/phosphatase__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphatase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfatasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.


lexentry: eng/phosphene__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfene
sense_list:
A sensation of lights induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation (rather than optical) of the retina or visual cortex, or by random firing of cells in the visual system.


lexentry: eng/phosphine__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfina
sense_list:
(inorganic compound, uncountable) A toxic gas, chemical formula PH3. | (organic chemistry, countable) Any alkyl or aryl derivative of this compound, PR3 (where at least one R is not H), | (dyeing) Chrysaniline, often in the form of a salt.


lexentry: eng/phospholipid__Noun__1
written_rep: phospholipid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfolipide
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents of biological membranes.


lexentry: eng/phosphorescent__Adjective__1
written_rep: phosphorescent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosforescente
sense_list:
Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.


lexentry: eng/phosphoric__Adjective__1
written_rep: phosphoric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosforico
sense_list:
(chemistry) Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/phosphoric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphoric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido fosforico
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A colourless, odourless solid, H3PO4, often in solution as a syrupy liquid, used in the manufacture of fertilizers, detergents and pharmaceuticals and as an additive in cola drinks.


lexentry: eng/phosphorine__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphorine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfene
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) An analogue of pyridine in which the nitrogen atom is replaced by one of phosphorus.


lexentry: eng/phosphorus__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphorus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosforo
sense_list:
(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.


lexentry: eng/phosphorylation__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphorylation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosforilazione
sense_list:
(biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.


lexentry: eng/photic__Adjective__1
written_rep: photic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotico
sense_list:
Of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible.


lexentry: eng/photo_finish__Noun__1
written_rep: photo finish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotofinish
sense_list:
(sports) The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph.


lexentry: eng/photochemical_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: photochemical reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reazione fotochimica
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any chemical reaction initiated by the absorption of electromagnetic radiation to form an excited state


lexentry: eng/photochromism__Noun__1
written_rep: photochromism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotocromia
sense_list:
The reversible transformation of the optical properties of a material when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, especially the reversible darkening of a plastic lens when exposed to sunlight.


lexentry: eng/photoconductivity__Noun__1
written_rep: photoconductivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotoconduttività | fotoresistenza
sense_list:
(physics) The increase in the electrical conductivity of a material as a result of incident electromagnetic radiation.


lexentry: eng/photocopier__Noun__1
written_rep: photocopier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotocopiatrice
sense_list:
A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.


lexentry: eng/photodiode__Noun__1
written_rep: photodiode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotodiodo
sense_list:
(electronics) A semiconductor two-terminal component whose electrical characteristics are light-sensitive.


lexentry: eng/photodisintegration__Noun__1
written_rep: photodisintegration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotodisintegrazione
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray.


lexentry: eng/photoelasticity__Noun__1
written_rep: photoelasticity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotoelasticità
sense_list:
a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of mechanical birefringence


lexentry: eng/photoelectric__Adjective__1
written_rep: photoelectric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotoelettrico
sense_list:
Of or relating to the electric effects of electromagnetic radiation, especially the ejection of an electron from a surface by a photon.


lexentry: eng/photoelectric_effect__Noun__1
written_rep: photoelectric effect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: effetto fotoelettrico
sense_list:
(physics) The emission of electrons from the surface of a material following the absorption of electromagnetic radiation.


lexentry: eng/photofermentation__Noun__1
written_rep: photofermentation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotofermentazione
sense_list:
fermentation that only proceeds in the presence of light; especially a process of producing hydrogen. Unlike biophotolysis in which hydrogen is produced from water, photofermentation produces hydrogen from organic substrates.


lexentry: eng/photogrammetry__Noun__1
written_rep: photogrammetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aerofotogrammetrico | fotogrammetria
sense_list:
The making of precise measurements from photographs. | The making of maps from photographs, especially from aerial surveying.


lexentry: eng/photograph__Noun__1
written_rep: photograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotografia | foto
sense_list:
(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.


lexentry: eng/photography__Noun__1
written_rep: photography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotografia
sense_list:
The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. | The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.


lexentry: eng/photometric__Adjective__1
written_rep: photometric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotometrico
sense_list:
Of or relating to photometry or to photometers. | (botany, of leaves) Adjusting position with respect to light.


lexentry: eng/photomultiplier__Noun__1
written_rep: photomultiplier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotomoltiplicatore
sense_list:
(physics) A device, normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into photoelectrons which are then amplified


lexentry: eng/photon__Noun__1
written_rep: photon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotone
sense_list:
(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.


lexentry: eng/photon_sphere__Noun__1
written_rep: photon sphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sfera di fotoni | sfera fotonica
sense_list:
(of a black hole) A spherical limit around a black hole at such distance that any photon meeting it tangentially is constrained to travel in a circular orbit; (more loosely) the region between this limit and the event horizon.


lexentry: eng/photonics__Noun__1
written_rep: photonics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotonica
sense_list:
(sciences) The science and technology of generating and controlling photons, particularly in the visible and near infrared light spectrum.


lexentry: eng/photoperiodism__Noun__1
written_rep: photoperiodism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotoperiodismo
sense_list:
(biology) The growth, development and other responses of plants and animals according to the length of day and/or night.


lexentry: eng/photorealism__Noun__1
written_rep: photorealism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotorealismo
sense_list:
(art) An extremely realistic style distinguished by paintings, drawings, etc. that are nearly indistinguishable from photographs, frequently produced by tracing and emulating an original photograph.


lexentry: eng/photosynthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: photosynthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotosintesi
sense_list:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.


lexentry: eng/phototropic__Adjective__1
written_rep: phototropic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eliotropico | fototropico
sense_list:
Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic will move toward light. One that is negatively phototropic will move away from light.


lexentry: eng/phototypesetting__Noun__1
written_rep: phototypesetting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fotocomposizione
sense_list:
A printing process that generated columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper, using a phototypesetter


lexentry: eng/phrasal_verb__Noun__1
written_rep: phrasal verb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: verbo frasale | verbo seguito da preposizione o avverbio
sense_list:
(linguistics, more loosely) A phrase, consisting of a verb and either or both of a preposition or adverb, that has idiomatic meaning.


lexentry: eng/phrase__Noun__1
written_rep: phrase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: frase | locuzione | polirematica
sense_list:
(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.


lexentry: eng/phrase_book__Noun__1
written_rep: phrase book
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frasario
sense_list:
A usually pocket-sized book consisting of everyday expressions and vocabulary in two languages and intended for travellers who wish to communicate with locals while in other countries.


lexentry: eng/phraseology__Noun__1
written_rep: phraseology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fraseologia
sense_list:
Study of set or fixed expressions. | A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.


lexentry: eng/phrasing__Noun__1
written_rep: phrasing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dicitura
sense_list:
The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice. | (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.


lexentry: eng/phreatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: phreatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freatico
sense_list:
(geology) Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma.


lexentry: eng/phrenology__Noun__1
written_rep: phrenology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frenologia
sense_list:
(medicine, biology, historical) The science or now discredited pseudo-science, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.


lexentry: eng/phthalein__Noun__1
written_rep: phthalein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ftaleina
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a range of lactones formed by the reaction of phenols with phthalic anhydride.


lexentry: eng/phugoid__Noun__1
written_rep: phugoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fugoide
sense_list:
(aeronautics, aviation) The motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.


lexentry: eng/phycobilin__Noun__1
written_rep: phycobilin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ficobilina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments.


lexentry: eng/phylactery__Noun__1
written_rep: phylactery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filatterio
sense_list:
(Judaism) Either of the two small leather cases, containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer; the tefilla.


lexentry: eng/phyllo__Noun__1
written_rep: phyllo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasta brick | pasta fillo
sense_list:
A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked.


lexentry: eng/phyllotaxis__Noun__1
written_rep: phyllotaxis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fillotassi
sense_list:
(botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.


lexentry: eng/phylloxera__Noun__1
written_rep: phylloxera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fillossera
sense_list:
An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this insect. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/phylogenetic_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: phylogenetic tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: albero filogenetico
sense_list:
(biology) A branching diagram illustrating the potential evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities in which the tree-maker hypothesizes share a common ancestor.


lexentry: eng/phylogenetics__Noun__1
written_rep: phylogenetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filogenesi | filogenia
sense_list:
(biology, systematics) The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms, through computational methods that focus on observed heritable traits.


lexentry: eng/phylum__Noun__1
written_rep: phylum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tipo | divisione | filo
sense_list:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank


lexentry: eng/physical__Adjective__1
written_rep: physical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fisico
sense_list:
Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.] | Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/physical_chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: physical chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chimica fisica
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems.


lexentry: eng/physical_education__Noun__1
written_rep: physical education
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: educazione fisica
sense_list:
An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.


lexentry: eng/physical_law__Noun__1
written_rep: physical law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: legge naturale
sense_list:
A universal statement about the operation of nature, based on empirical observations of physical behavior, tested using the scientific method.


lexentry: eng/physical_quantity__Noun__1
written_rep: physical quantity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grandezza fisica
sense_list:
(physics) A physical property that can be measured or calculated from other physical property and expressed as the product of a numerical value and a physical unit.


lexentry: eng/physicalism__Noun__1
written_rep: physicalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisicismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.


lexentry: eng/physician__Noun__1
written_rep: physician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dottoressa
sense_list:
A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.


lexentry: eng/physicist__Noun__1
written_rep: physicist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisico | fisica
sense_list:
A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.


lexentry: eng/physics__Noun__1
written_rep: physics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisica
sense_list:
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.


lexentry: eng/physiognomy__Noun__1
written_rep: physiognomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisiognomica
sense_list:
The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.


lexentry: eng/physiology__Noun__1
written_rep: physiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisiologia
sense_list:
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.


lexentry: eng/phytic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: phytic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido fitico
sense_list:
(organic compound) The compound inositol hexaphosphoric acid present in cereals etc as alkali and alkaline earth salts; it is a source of phosphorus for ruminants but is indigestible for carnivores


lexentry: eng/pi__Noun__1
written_rep: pi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pi greco | pi
sense_list:
The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek. | (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.


lexentry: eng/piano__Noun__1
written_rep: piano
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pianoforte | piano
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]


lexentry: eng/piano_nobile__Noun__1
written_rep: piano nobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piano nobile
sense_list:
(architecture) The floor of a building where the principal bedrooms and main reception rooms are found, very often on the first or second floor in older buildings.


lexentry: eng/piastre__Noun__1
written_rep: piastre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piastra
sense_list:
(now, _, historical) A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real. | A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.


lexentry: eng/pica__Noun__1
written_rep: pica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: picacismo
sense_list:
(pathology, usually, uncountable) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.


lexentry: eng/piccolo__Noun__1
written_rep: piccolo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ottavino
sense_list:
A piccolo flute
 A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.


lexentry: eng/piccolo__Noun__1
written_rep: piccolo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: piccolo | ottavino
sense_list:
A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.


lexentry: eng/piceous__Adjective__1
written_rep: piceous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piceo
sense_list:
(obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to pitch; having a quality like pitch; pitchlike, pitchy. | (chiefly, entomology) Resembling pitch in colour; a very dark brown.


lexentry: eng/pick__Noun__1
written_rep: pick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piccone
sense_list:
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.


lexentry: eng/pick__Verb__1
written_rep: pick
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prendere
sense_list:
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. | (dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.


lexentry: eng/pick__Verb__1
written_rep: pick
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: raccogliere
sense_list:
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.


lexentry: eng/pick_one's_nose__Verb__1
written_rep: pick one's nose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mettersi le dita nel naso | scaccolare | scaccolarsi
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.


lexentry: eng/pick_up__Verb__1
written_rep: pick up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 14
trans_list: abbordare | adescare
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, _, with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.


lexentry: eng/pickaxe__Noun__1
written_rep: pickaxe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piccone
sense_list:
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.


lexentry: eng/picket__Noun__1
written_rep: picket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: picchetto
sense_list:
(military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function. | A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.


lexentry: eng/picket_line__Noun__1
written_rep: picket line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: picchetto di scioperanti
sense_list:
A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Noun__1
written_rep: pickle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cetriolino | birichino | cetriolino sottaceto | cetriolo sottaceto | diavoletto
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Noun__1
written_rep: pickle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: decapaggio
sense_list:
(metalworking) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Verb__1
written_rep: pickle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: decapaggio
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.


lexentry: eng/pickling__Noun__1
written_rep: pickling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: decapaggio
sense_list:
A process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) or other metallic objects is chemically removed by strong acids.


lexentry: eng/pickup__Noun__1
written_rep: pickup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: aggancio
sense_list:
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.


lexentry: eng/pickup__Noun__1
written_rep: pickup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: aggiunta
sense_list:
(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.


lexentry: eng/picric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: picric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido picrico
sense_list:
(organic compound) 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, C6H2(NO2)3, prepared by the nitration of phenol or of aspirin; a toxic, yellow, explosive substance used in dyes, explosives, and as an antiseptic


lexentry: eng/picture__Noun__1
written_rep: picture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immagine | quadro
sense_list:
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.


lexentry: eng/picture_card__Noun__1
written_rep: picture card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pittore
sense_list:
A playing card which has a picture on it (usually Jack, Queen or King (coat card), but sometimes including Ace or Joker).


lexentry: eng/picturesque__Adjective__1
written_rep: picturesque
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pittoresco
sense_list:
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.


lexentry: eng/pidgin__Noun__1
written_rep: pidgin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pidgin
sense_list:
(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.


lexentry: eng/pie__Noun__1
written_rep: pie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pasticcio
sense_list:
A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
written_rep: piece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pezzo | pedina
sense_list:
(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
written_rep: piece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: moneta | pezzo
sense_list:
A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency. | (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.


lexentry: eng/piece_work__Noun__1
written_rep: piece work
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cottimo
sense_list:
Work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked; work done and paid for by the piece or by the job.


lexentry: eng/pied_avocet__Noun__1
written_rep: pied avocet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avocetta
sense_list:
Recurvirostra avosetta, a black and white wading bird of temperate Europe and western and central Asia, wintering in Africa and south Asia.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
written_rep: pier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molo | pontile | imbarcadero
sense_list:
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
written_rep: pier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pilastro
sense_list:
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.


lexentry: eng/pierogi__Noun__1
written_rep: pierogi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: raviolo
sense_list:
(North America) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.


lexentry: eng/pietism__Noun__1
written_rep: pietism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pietismo
sense_list:
(Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.


lexentry: eng/pig__Noun__1
written_rep: pig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maiale | porco | suino
sense_list:
Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.


lexentry: eng/pig__Noun__1
written_rep: pig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: maiale | porco
sense_list:
(metaphorically, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily. | (metaphorically, derogatory) A dirty or slovenly person.


lexentry: eng/pig__Noun__1
written_rep: pig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: maiale | porco | bastarda | bastardo | stronza | stronzo
sense_list:
(engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.


lexentry: eng/pig_in_a_poke__Noun__1
written_rep: pig in a poke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comperare a occhi chiusi
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something whose true value is concealed or unknown and may be lower than expected by the buyer or claimed by the seller, especially something offered for sale.


lexentry: eng/pig_iron__Noun__1
written_rep: pig iron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghisa grezza
sense_list:
A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.


lexentry: eng/pigeonhole__Noun__1
written_rep: pigeonhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: casellario
sense_list:
(by extension) One of an array of compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc. | One of an array of compartments for storing scrolls at a library.


lexentry: eng/pigsty__Noun__1
written_rep: pigsty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: porcile
sense_list:
An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one. | (colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.


lexentry: eng/pika__Noun__1
written_rep: pika
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ocotona
sense_list:
Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.


lexentry: eng/pike__Noun__1
written_rep: pike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: picca
sense_list:
(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.


lexentry: eng/pilaf__Noun__1
written_rep: pilaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pilaf
sense_list:
A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.


lexentry: eng/pilaster__Noun__1
written_rep: pilaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: parasta
sense_list:
(structural, _, architecture) A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__1
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mucchio | elenco | gruppo | lista
sense_list:
(informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__1
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: pila | batteria
sense_list:
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__2
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: paletto | palo
sense_list:
A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__2
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pila
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__4
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanugine | pelucco | peluria
sense_list:
Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)


lexentry: eng/pile__Verb__1
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: accatastare | impilare | ammucchiare | creare un ingorgo
sense_list:
(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate


lexentry: eng/pile__Verb__1
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ammassare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. | (transitive) To add something to a great number.


lexentry: eng/pile_driver__Noun__1
written_rep: pile driver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: battipalo | berta
sense_list:
A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.


lexentry: eng/pileus__Noun__1
written_rep: pileus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pileo
sense_list:
(historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece. | The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.


lexentry: eng/pill__Noun__1
written_rep: pill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pillola | compressa | pastiglia | pasticca
sense_list:
(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.


lexentry: eng/pill__Noun__1
written_rep: pill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pillola
sense_list:
(informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.


lexentry: eng/pill__Noun__1
written_rep: pill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: fuffa
sense_list:
(textile) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.


lexentry: eng/pill_bug__Noun__1
written_rep: pill bug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: onisco
sense_list:
(US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.


lexentry: eng/pill_popper__Noun__1
written_rep: pill popper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: impasticcato
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory) Especially, someone with a frank substance use disorder who takes a lot of illicit pills, especially opioid street drug pills: .


lexentry: eng/pillory__Noun__1
written_rep: pillory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gogna
sense_list:
A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.


lexentry: eng/pillow_word__Noun__1
written_rep: pillow word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: makura kotoba
sense_list:
In Japanese waka poetry, a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else.


lexentry: eng/pilot__Noun__1
written_rep: pilot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pilota
sense_list:
A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast. | (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/pilot__Noun__1
written_rep: pilot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: episodio pilota | pilota
sense_list:
(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.


lexentry: eng/pimento__Noun__1
written_rep: pimento
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pimento
sense_list:
A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.


lexentry: eng/pimp__Noun__1
written_rep: pimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnaccia | pappone | protettore | lenone | paraninfo | prosseneta
sense_list:
Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.


lexentry: eng/pimpernel__Noun__1
written_rep: pimpernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: centocchio
sense_list:
Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pimple__Noun__1
written_rep: pimple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brufolo | pustola | foruncolo | pustoletta
sense_list:
(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
written_rep: pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spillo
sense_list:
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
written_rep: pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: birillo
sense_list:
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
written_rep: pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: pin | spilla | spilletta
sense_list:
(US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
written_rep: pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: inchiodatura
sense_list:
(chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.


lexentry: eng/pinacol__Noun__1
written_rep: pinacol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinacolo
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) any tetra-substituted derivative of ethylene glycol, of general formula R2C(OH)-C(OH)R2, especially the simplest example where R is methyl


lexentry: eng/pinacol_rearrangement__Noun__1
written_rep: pinacol rearrangement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riarrangiamento pinacolico | trasposizione pinacolica
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A class of rearrangement reaction in which a 1,2-diol is converted into a ketone; especially the case of the conversion of pinacol into pinacolone


lexentry: eng/pinafore__Noun__1
written_rep: pinafore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grembiule | salopette | scamiciato
sense_list:
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.


lexentry: eng/pinball__Noun__1
written_rep: pinball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flipper | biliardino elettrico
sense_list:
(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.


lexentry: eng/pinch__Noun__1
written_rep: pinch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pizzico
sense_list:
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. | A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.


lexentry: eng/pinch__Verb__1
written_rep: pinch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: acciuffare
sense_list:
(horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield. | (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.


lexentry: eng/pincushion__Noun__1
written_rep: pincushion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuscinetto | appuntaspilli | torsello
sense_list:
(sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.


lexentry: eng/pine__Noun__1
written_rep: pine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pino
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. | (uncountable) The wood of this tree.


lexentry: eng/pine_nut__Noun__1
written_rep: pine nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinolo | pinocchio
sense_list:
The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.


lexentry: eng/pineal_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: pineal gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghiandola pineale
sense_list:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.


lexentry: eng/pineapple__Noun__1
written_rep: pineapple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ananas | ananasso | ananasse
sense_list:
(uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item. | (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.


lexentry: eng/pinene__Noun__1
written_rep: pinene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinene
sense_list:
(organic compound) Either of two isomeric bicyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons that are the principal components of pine resin


lexentry: eng/pingo__Noun__1
written_rep: pingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collinetta
sense_list:
(geomorphology) A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/pinko__Noun__1
written_rep: pinko
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rosa
sense_list:
(informal, often, derogatory, chiefly, US) A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist. [from mid-1930s]


lexentry: eng/pinna__Noun__1
written_rep: pinna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: padiglione auricolare
sense_list:
(anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.


lexentry: eng/pinnacle__Noun__1
written_rep: pinnacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pinnacolo
sense_list:
(architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.


lexentry: eng/pinnate__Adjective__1
written_rep: pinnate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pennuto
sense_list:
Resembling a feather. | (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis


lexentry: eng/pinniped__Noun__1
written_rep: pinniped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foca
sense_list:
Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the superfamily (formerly considered a suborder) Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.


lexentry: eng/pinocytosis__Noun__1
written_rep: pinocytosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinocitosi
sense_list:
(biology) A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion.


lexentry: eng/pins_and_needles__Noun__1
written_rep: pins and needles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: formicolio
sense_list:
(informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.


lexentry: eng/pint__Noun__1
written_rep: pint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinta
sense_list:
16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or | A unit of volume, equivalent to:


lexentry: eng/pinwheel__Noun__1
written_rep: pinwheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: girandola
sense_list:
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.


lexentry: eng/pion__Noun__1
written_rep: pion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pione
sense_list:
(particle) Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.


lexentry: eng/pioneer__Noun__1
written_rep: pioneer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pioniere
sense_list:
(obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper. | (Communism) A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.


lexentry: eng/pioneering__Adjective__1
written_rep: pioneering
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pionero
sense_list:
Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques.


lexentry: eng/pionium__Noun__1
written_rep: pionium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pionio
sense_list:
(physics, chemistry) an exotic atom equivalent to a hydrogen atom with the proton replaced by a pion


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cornamusa
sense_list:
(woodwind instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condotto | tubo
sense_list:
A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: barra verticale
sense_list:
(lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal. | (computing, typography) The character |. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: pipe
sense_list:
(computing) A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input. [from 20th c.] | (computing, slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tubo bomba
sense_list:
(explosives) An improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder or other explosive material encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.


lexentry: eng/pipe_cleaner__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe cleaner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curapipe
sense_list:
A piece of flexible wire in which tufted fabric is twisted and which is used to clean out the stem of a tobacco pipe or other narrow tube. It can be also used for arts and crafts.


lexentry: eng/pipe_organ__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe organ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: organo
sense_list:
(musical instrument) The largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console which produces its sound by sending air through whistles and/or reeds called organ pipes, by direct mechanical action, or modernly, electrically.


lexentry: eng/pipe_wrench__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe wrench
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giratubi americano
sense_list:
An adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections.


lexentry: eng/pipefish__Noun__1
written_rep: pipefish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce pipa
sense_list:
A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.


lexentry: eng/pipette__Noun__1
written_rep: pipette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pipetta
sense_list:
(sciences) A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipeweed__Noun__1
written_rep: pipeweed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bocca da fuoco
sense_list:
Any of a number of plants having thin and straight stems resembling pipes, often hollow or lacking branches.


lexentry: eng/pipit__Noun__1
written_rep: pipit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calandro | pispola
sense_list:
Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.


lexentry: eng/piquet__Noun__1
written_rep: piquet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: picchetto
sense_list:
(card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.


lexentry: eng/piracy__Noun__1
written_rep: piracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirateria
sense_list:
(crime, nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it. | A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft. | The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.


lexentry: eng/piranha__Noun__1
written_rep: piranha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piranha
sense_list:
(ichthyology) Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae.


lexentry: eng/pirate__Noun__1
written_rep: pirate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pirata | corsaro | bucaniere
sense_list:
(crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.


lexentry: eng/pirate__Noun__1
written_rep: pirate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pirata
sense_list:
(by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.


lexentry: eng/pirate_radio__Noun__1
written_rep: pirate radio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radio pirata
sense_list:
Broadcasting without having the necessary license that covers the territory where the signals are received.


lexentry: eng/pirate_ship__Noun__1
written_rep: pirate ship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nave pirata
sense_list:
Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.


lexentry: eng/piss_off__Verb__1
written_rep: piss off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: svignarsela
sense_list:
(Commonwealth, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar, colloquial) To leave, to go away. [from mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pissaladière__Noun__1
written_rep: pissaladière
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piscialandrea | pissaladière | pizza d'Andrea
sense_list:
A pie from southern France, similar to pizza, without tomatoes or cheese, usually topped with onions, anchovies and black olives.


lexentry: eng/pistil__Noun__1
written_rep: pistil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pistillo
sense_list:
(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/piston__Noun__1
written_rep: piston
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pistone
sense_list:
(mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)


lexentry: eng/piston_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: piston engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motore a pistoni
sense_list:
Any of several types of engine having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons, in which a crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down within cylinders; many internal combustion engines and many steam engines have such a mechanism.


lexentry: eng/pit__Noun__1
written_rep: pit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: fossa | buca | buco
sense_list:
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.


lexentry: eng/pit_viper__Noun__1
written_rep: pit viper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crotalino
sense_list:
Any of various venomous snakes, of the subfamily Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or fossa on either side of the head that enables them to detect prey by infrared.


lexentry: eng/pitch-perfect__Adjective__1
written_rep: pitch-perfect
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: completo
sense_list:
Utterly flawless and suitable with respect to appearance, atmosphere or tone, expression, or other characteristics.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
written_rep: pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: campo | lancio | pitch | tiro
sense_list:
(sports, UK, Australia, NZ) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
written_rep: pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: passo
sense_list:
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
written_rep: pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: beccheggio
sense_list:
(nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Verb__2
written_rep: pitch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: beccheggiare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, aviation, or, nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.


lexentry: eng/pitcher__Noun__2
written_rep: pitcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brocca | caraffa
sense_list:
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.


lexentry: eng/pitcher_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: pitcher plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sarracenia
sense_list:
Any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, Heliamphora, Nepenthes, or Cephalotus that have pitcher-like leaves or parts of leaves with slippery sides that attract and trap insects.


lexentry: eng/pitchfork__Noun__1
written_rep: pitchfork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forca | forcone
sense_list:
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).


lexentry: eng/pitfall__Noun__1
written_rep: pitfall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insidia | pericolo
sense_list:
(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.


lexentry: eng/pitfall__Noun__1
written_rep: pitfall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: trappola | tranello | trabocchetto
sense_list:
(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.


lexentry: eng/pith__Noun__1
written_rep: pith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: midollo | midollino
sense_list:
The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.


lexentry: eng/piton__Noun__1
written_rep: piton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuneo
sense_list:
(climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).


lexentry: eng/pitot_tube__Noun__1
written_rep: pitot tube
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tubo di Pitot
sense_list:
(aviation) A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/pituitary_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: pituitary gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghiandola pituitaria | ipofisi
sense_list:
(anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation.


lexentry: eng/pityriasis__Noun__1
written_rep: pityriasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pitiriasi
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of several varieties of skin diseases characterized by the shedding of flakes or scales, such as dandruff. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pivot__Noun__1
written_rep: pivot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perno
sense_list:
A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.


lexentry: eng/pivot__Noun__1
written_rep: pivot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fulcro
sense_list:
(figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.


lexentry: eng/pizza__Noun__1
written_rep: pizza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pizza
sense_list:
(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. | (countable) A single instance of this dish.


lexentry: eng/piñata__Noun__1
written_rep: piñata
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentolaccia | pignatta
sense_list:
(Latin American culture) A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out.


lexentry: eng/placard__Noun__1
written_rep: placard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manifesto | cartellone
sense_list:
A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.


lexentry: eng/placate__Verb__1
written_rep: placate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: placare
sense_list:
(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.


lexentry: eng/place__Noun__1
written_rep: place
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luogo
sense_list:
Any area of the earth: a region. | An area of the body, especially the skin. | The position as a member of a sports team. | Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.


lexentry: eng/place__Verb__1
written_rep: place
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: collocare | mettere | posare
sense_list:
(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).


lexentry: eng/place__Verb__1
written_rep: place
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: collocare
sense_list:
(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.


lexentry: eng/place_mat__Noun__1
written_rep: place mat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centrino
sense_list:
A protective mat, usually heat-resistant, placed under a single person's tableware (including cutlery) at the dining table.


lexentry: eng/place_of_worship__Noun__1
written_rep: place of worship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luogo di culto
sense_list:
A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.


lexentry: eng/place_setting__Noun__1
written_rep: place setting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: busta
sense_list:
Items of cutlery, crockery and glassware, and sometimes a place mat, arranged for a person at a dining table.


lexentry: eng/placebo_effect__Noun__1
written_rep: placebo effect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: effetto placebo
sense_list:
(pharmacology) The tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work.


lexentry: eng/placeholder__Noun__1
written_rep: placeholder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segnaposto | simbolo | sostituto | tal dei tali | variabile
sense_list:
Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.


lexentry: eng/placement__Noun__1
written_rep: placement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collocazione | collocamento | piazzamento
sense_list:
The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.


lexentry: eng/placenta__Noun__1
written_rep: placenta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: placenta
sense_list:
(botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.


lexentry: eng/plagiarism__Noun__1
written_rep: plagiarism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plagio | copiatura | imitazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.


lexentry: eng/plagiarist__Noun__1
written_rep: plagiarist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plagiatore | plagiatrice
sense_list:
One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief


lexentry: eng/plagiarize__Verb__1
written_rep: plagiarize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plagiare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.


lexentry: eng/plagioclase__Noun__1
written_rep: plagioclase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plagioclasio
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.


lexentry: eng/plague__Noun__1
written_rep: plague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peste
sense_list:
(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.


lexentry: eng/plague__Noun__1
written_rep: plague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pestilenza | peste
sense_list:
(pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.


lexentry: eng/plague__Noun__1
written_rep: plague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: piaga | calamità
sense_list:
A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.


lexentry: eng/plaice__Noun__1
written_rep: plaice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passera di mare
sense_list:
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.


lexentry: eng/plaid__Noun__1
written_rep: plaid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: plaid
sense_list:
A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/plain_English__Noun__1
written_rep: plain English
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linguaggio chiaro
sense_list:
English that does not use any jargon or technical or scientific terminology; simple or easily comprehensible words or language.


lexentry: eng/plainsong__Noun__1
written_rep: plainsong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canto piano
sense_list:
(music) A form of monophonic chant in unison using the Gregorian scale, sung in various Christian churches.


lexentry: eng/plaintiff__Noun__1
written_rep: plaintiff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attore | querelante | parte civile | ricorrente
sense_list:
(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.


lexentry: eng/planarian__Noun__1
written_rep: planarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: planaria
sense_list:
Any of various flatworms of the order Tricladida living in marine, freshwater, or terrestrial environments.


lexentry: eng/planche__Noun__1
written_rep: planche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asse
sense_list:
(gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.


lexentry: eng/plane__Noun__1
written_rep: plane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piano
sense_list:
A level or flat surface. | (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). | A level of existence or development.


lexentry: eng/planer__Noun__1
written_rep: planer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pialla
sense_list:
(woodworking) A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.


lexentry: eng/planet__Noun__1
written_rep: planet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pianeta
sense_list:
(now, historical, or, astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.] | (astronomy, historical) Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets) | (astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. [from 2006]


lexentry: eng/planet_gear__Noun__1
written_rep: planet gear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: planetario
sense_list:
(engineering) An epicyclic gear; the middle gears in a planetary gear system, spun by the central sun gear


lexentry: eng/planetarium__Noun__1
written_rep: planetarium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: planetario
sense_list:
A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.


lexentry: eng/planetary_nebula__Noun__1
written_rep: planetary nebula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nebulosa planetaria
sense_list:
(astronomy) A nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.


lexentry: eng/planetesimal__Noun__1
written_rep: planetesimal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: planetesimo
sense_list:
(astronomy) Any of many small, solid astronomical objects that orbit a star and form protoplanets through mutual gravitational attraction.


lexentry: eng/planisphere__Noun__1
written_rep: planisphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: planisfero
sense_list:
(astronomy) Any of several charts of the celestial sphere having an overlay or window that may be adjusted to show the stars visible at a particular time, or from a particular place.


lexentry: eng/planned_obsolescence__Noun__1
written_rep: planned obsolescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obsolescenza pianificata
sense_list:
A policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period.


lexentry: eng/planner__Noun__1
written_rep: planner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ﻿agenda
sense_list:
A notebook or software in which one keeps reminders of items such as appointments, tasks, projects, and contacts.


lexentry: eng/planning_permission__Noun__1
written_rep: planning permission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: permesso di costruire
sense_list:
(Britain, construction, law) Legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land. [from mid 1940s]


lexentry: eng/plant__Noun__1
written_rep: plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pianta
sense_list:
(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. | (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae. Now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism. | (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.


lexentry: eng/plant__Verb__1
written_rep: plant
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piantare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow. | (transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.


lexentry: eng/plantain__Noun__1
written_rep: plantain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piantaggine
sense_list:
A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.


lexentry: eng/plantation__Noun__1
written_rep: plantation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piantagione
sense_list:
A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.


lexentry: eng/plantigrade__Noun__1
written_rep: plantigrade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plantigrado
sense_list:
(zoology) A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
written_rep: plaque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piastrina | placca
sense_list:
(countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
written_rep: plaque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: targa
sense_list:
(countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
written_rep: plaque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: chiazza | placca
sense_list:
(countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad on the skin.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
written_rep: plaque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: placca
sense_list:
(uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar). | (countable, uncountable, pathology) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.


lexentry: eng/plasma__Noun__1
written_rep: plasma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plasma
sense_list:
(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons. | (hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plasmodesma__Noun__1
written_rep: plasmodesma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plasmodesma
sense_list:
(biology) A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.


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


lexentry: eng/plasmon__Noun__1
written_rep: plasmon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: plasmone
sense_list:
(physics, astronomy) The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: plastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plastico | plastica
sense_list:
Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.] | Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/plastic__Noun__1
written_rep: plastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plastica
sense_list:
A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting. | (figurative, slang) insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
written_rep: plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piatto
sense_list:
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten. | A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
written_rep: plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: disco | piastra | pizza
sense_list:
(weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
written_rep: plate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: placca
sense_list:
(dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.


lexentry: eng/plate__Verb__1
written_rep: plate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: guarnire | scodellare | servire in un piatto
sense_list:
(cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.


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


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


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
written_rep: platform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: piattaforma
sense_list:
(computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/play_God__Verb__1
written_rep: play God
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giocare a fare Dio
sense_list:
(intransitive, usually, _, derogatory) To act in ways commonly associated with or reserved for God, especially by scientific means, such as exercising omnipotence or excessive control over life and nature.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giocare | suonare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: mettere | mettere su | riprodurre | suonare
sense_list:
(transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced. | (AAVE, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.


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


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


lexentry: eng/play_hooky__Verb__1
written_rep: play hooky
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bigiare | marinare la scuola
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US) To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK);


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/player__Noun__1
written_rep: player
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giocatore
sense_list:
One who plays any game or sport. | (gaming, video games) A gamer; a player of video games or similar. | (gambling) A gambler.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/please_repeat_after_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: please repeat after me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ripeta dopo di me | ripeti dopo di me
sense_list:
A request for the interlocutor to repeat what the speaker says next. Often used in language training.


lexentry: eng/please_turn_left__Phrase__1
written_rep: please turn left
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: girare a sinistra, per favore
sense_list:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn left.


lexentry: eng/please_turn_right__Phrase__1
written_rep: please turn right
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: girare a destra, per favore
sense_list:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn right.


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


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


lexentry: eng/plebiscitum__Noun__1
written_rep: plebiscitum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plebiscito
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, historical) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plesiosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: plesiosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plesiosauro
sense_list:
Any of several extinct marine reptiles, of the order †Plesiosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. [from c. 1840]


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


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


lexentry: eng/pleximeter__Noun__1
written_rep: pleximeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plessimetro
sense_list:
(medicine) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plot_twist__Noun__1
written_rep: plot twist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colpo di scena
sense_list:
A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.


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

trans_list:
diagrammatore | graficatore | plotter | registratore a due coordinate | registratore x-y | tracciatore grafico


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plumb__Verb__1
written_rep: plumb
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: appiombare
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plural__Noun__1
written_rep: plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plurale
sense_list:
(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something. | (grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/plutino__Noun__1
written_rep: plutino
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plutino
sense_list:
(astronomy) Any planetoid in the Kuiper belt whose orbit, like that of Pluto, has a resonance of 3:2 with that of Neptune.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pneumatics__Noun__1
written_rep: pneumatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pneumatica
sense_list:
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases | (theology, obsolete) The study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.


lexentry: eng/pneumococcus__Noun__1
written_rep: pneumococcus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pneumococco
sense_list:
A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases


lexentry: eng/pneumonia__Noun__1
written_rep: pneumonia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polmonite
sense_list:
An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.


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


lexentry: eng/pnictogen__Noun__1
written_rep: pnictogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pnicogeno
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pocket__Noun__1
written_rep: pocket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tasca
sense_list:
(clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. | (by extension) A person's financial resources.


lexentry: eng/pocket__Noun__1
written_rep: pocket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: buca
sense_list:
(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/poetic_justice__Noun__1
written_rep: poetic justice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: giustizia poetica
sense_list:
(by extension, generally) The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner.


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


lexentry: eng/poetry__Noun__1
written_rep: poetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poesia
sense_list:
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm. | A poet's literary production. | (figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.


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


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


lexentry: eng/point-blank__Adjective__1
written_rep: point-blank
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: a bruciapelo
sense_list:
(ballistics) The distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm. | Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt; outright.


lexentry: eng/point-to-point__Adjective__1
written_rep: point-to-point
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto a punto
sense_list:
(electronics) Being or relating to a method of manually constructing electronic circuits prior to automation and printed circuit boards, where components were individually mounted on the chassis prior to soldering.


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
written_rep: point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto
sense_list:
(mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.] | A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. [from 14th c.] | (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.] | A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. [from 14th c.] | (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.] | A distinguishing quality or characteristic. [from 15th c.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/point_blank__Adverb__1
written_rep: point blank
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a bruciapelo
sense_list:
Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target). | (idiomatic) Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/point_of_view__Noun__1
written_rep: point of view
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto di vista
sense_list:
A position from which something is perceived; outlook; standpoint. | An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs.


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


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


lexentry: eng/pointer__Noun__1
written_rep: pointer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacchetta
sense_list:
A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow. | Anything that points or is used for pointing.


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


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


lexentry: eng/points_classification__Noun__1
written_rep: points classification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classifica a punti
sense_list:
A competition held as part of a cycling stage race in which the riders are awarded points depending on how high they finish in each of the separate stages. The leader in the competition wears a special points jersey.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polar_night__Noun__1
written_rep: polar night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: notte polare
sense_list:
A period of darkness that occurs in winter in polar regions north from the Arctic Circle and south from the Antarctic Circle, and during which the sun stays below the horizon.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polarizability__Noun__1
written_rep: polarizability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polarizzabilità
sense_list:
(physics) The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.


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


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


lexentry: eng/polaron__Noun__1
written_rep: polaron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polarone
sense_list:
(physics) The object (a quasiparticle) that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.


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


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__1
written_rep: pole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: asta
sense_list:
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__2
written_rep: pole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: polo
sense_list:
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south). | (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. | (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polearm__Noun__1
written_rep: polearm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arma da getto | arma da lancio | arma in asta | lanciatoie
sense_list:
A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/police_station__Noun__1
written_rep: police station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: commissariato | stazione di polizia
sense_list:
(police) A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.


lexentry: eng/policy__Noun__1
written_rep: policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politica
sense_list:
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. [from 15th c.] | Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. [from 15th c.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/polite_society__Noun__1
written_rep: polite society
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bel mondo
sense_list:
The elite or upper crust of society. | That portion of society that is especially concerned with etiquette, proper behavior, and politeness.


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


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


lexentry: eng/political_opposition__Noun__1
written_rep: political opposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: opposizione
sense_list:
A recognized political party or group of parties in multiparty political systems that is present in Parliament or some other legislative body and does not control the floor (usually due to being in the minority).


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pollution__Noun__1
written_rep: pollution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: polluzione
sense_list:
(now, archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission. [from 14th c.]


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


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


lexentry: eng/polonaise__Noun__1
written_rep: polonaise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polacca
sense_list:
(dance) A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo. | (music genre) Music for this dance.


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


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


lexentry: eng/polyamine_oxidase__Noun__1
written_rep: polyamine oxidase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poliaminossidasi
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a polyamine, but especially of acetylspermine to acetylspermidine and aminopropanal


lexentry: eng/polyaminopolycarboxylic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido poliamminopolicarbossilico
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of polycarboxylic acids that have a backbone containing several amino groups; they form chelation complexes with metals; the most common example is ethylenediaminetetracetic acid


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polycystic_ovary_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: polycystic ovary syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sindrome dell'ovaio policistico
sense_list:
(medicine) A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin.


lexentry: eng/polycythemia__Noun__1
written_rep: polycythemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: policitemia
sense_list:
(disease) A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polyglot__Adjective__1
written_rep: polyglot
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poliglotta
sense_list:
Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual. | Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.


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


lexentry: eng/polygynous__Adjective__1
written_rep: polygynous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poligino
sense_list:
(botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian. | Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polymerization__Noun__1
written_rep: polymerization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polimerizzazione
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The chemical process, normally with the aid of a catalyst, to form a polymer by bonding together multiple identical units (monomers).


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


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: polymorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polimorfismo
sense_list:
The ability to assume different forms or shapes. | (biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents. | (object-oriented programming) The feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions. | (crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism. | (genetics) The regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population; also, variability of amino acid sequences within a gene's protein.


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


lexentry: eng/polynomial_ring__Noun__1
written_rep: polynomial ring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anello dei polinomi
sense_list:
(algebra) A ring (which is also a commutative algebra), denoted K[X], formed from the set of polynomials (usually of one variable, in a given set, X), with coefficients in a given ring (often a field), K.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polypeptide__Noun__1
written_rep: polypeptide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polipeptide
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any polymer of (same or different) amino acids joined via peptide bonds. | (biochemistry) Any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein. | (protein) A small protein containing up to 100 amino acids; see also oligopeptide.


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


lexentry: eng/polyposis__Noun__1
written_rep: polyposis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poliposi
sense_list:
(pathology) A hereditary disease characterised by numerous polyps that erupt in various parts of the body, especially the colon


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/polysemy__Noun__1
written_rep: polysemy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polisemia
sense_list:
(semantics) The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple similar ones.


lexentry: eng/polysynody__Noun__1
written_rep: polysynody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polisinodia
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, historical) A form of government administered by several councils rather than individual ministers; specifically that of Regency France from 1715-1718.


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


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


lexentry: eng/polytonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: polytonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politonico
sense_list:
Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.


lexentry: eng/polytope__Noun__1
written_rep: polytope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politopo
sense_list:
(geometry) A finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes (a geometric shape with flat sides, existing in any number of dimensions); the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...".


lexentry: eng/polytrauma__Noun__1
written_rep: polytrauma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politrauma
sense_list:
(emergency medicine) The condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pontificate__Verb__1
written_rep: pontificate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pontificare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass. | (intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct. | (intransitive) To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/pop-up__Noun__1
written_rep: pop-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: effimera
sense_list:
(baseball) A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly. | A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc. | A business that opens for a brief temporary period only, such as a temporary restaurant.


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


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


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
written_rep: pop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ficcare
sense_list:
(intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.


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


lexentry: eng/pope__Noun__1
written_rep: pope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: papa | pontefice
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, _, &, _, generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/popular__Adjective__1
written_rep: popular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: popolare
sense_list:
Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public. [from 16th c.] | Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired. [from 17th c.]


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


lexentry: eng/popularise__Verb__1
written_rep: popularise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: volgarizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical or scientific material for a general audience.


lexentry: eng/popularity__Noun__1
written_rep: popularity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: popolarità
sense_list:
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large


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


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
written_rep: population
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: popolazione
sense_list:
(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area. | (statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/porcelain__Noun__1
written_rep: porcelain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: porcellana
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
written_rep: port
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: porto
sense_list:
A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/portable_toilet__Noun__1
written_rep: portable toilet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bagno chimico
sense_list:
A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
written_rep: portfolio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: portafoglio
sense_list:
(politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s] | (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
written_rep: portfolio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: portfolio
sense_list:
(business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets.


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


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


lexentry: eng/portrait__Noun__1
written_rep: portrait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ritratto
sense_list:
(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. | (countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc. | (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.


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


lexentry: eng/poseur__Noun__1
written_rep: poseur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esibizionista
sense_list:
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.


lexentry: eng/posh__Adjective__1
written_rep: posh
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: snobistico
sense_list:
(usually, offensive, especially, in, _, Ireland, Scotland) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.


lexentry: eng/position__Noun__1
written_rep: position
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posizione
sense_list:
A place or location. | A status or rank. | An opinion, stand, or stance. | A posture. | (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.


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


lexentry: eng/positive__Adjective__1
written_rep: positive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: positivo
sense_list:
(law) Formally laid down. [from the 14th c.] | (mathematics) Of number, greater than zero. [from the 18th c.] | Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better. | (physics) Having more protons than electrons. | (grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive. | Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis. | (photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values. | Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged. | Optimistic. [from the 20th c.]


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/possess__Verb__1
written_rep: possess
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: possedere
sense_list:
Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).


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


lexentry: eng/possessive__Adjective__1
written_rep: possessive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: possessivo
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to ownership or possession. | (grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc. | Unwilling to yield possession of.


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/post-transition_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: post-transition metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metalli di post-transizione
sense_list:
(chemistry) A poor metal, usually including gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, and bismuth, also known as B-subgroup metals, other metals, and p-block metals.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


lexentry: eng/postage__Noun__1
written_rep: postage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affrancatura
sense_list:
The charge for posting an item. | The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.


lexentry: eng/postage_stamp__Noun__1
written_rep: postage stamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: francobollo | marca da bollo
sense_list:
A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.


lexentry: eng/postcard__Noun__1
written_rep: postcard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartolina | cartolina postale
sense_list:
(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard, one side displays a picture or photograph.


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


