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(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.

(intransitive) To stare angrily.

(intransitive) To look or stare with anger. [from late 15th c.]

Concerning all parts of the world.

The process of becoming a more interconnected world.

Throughout the world.

A spherical model of Earth or other planet.

(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

That glows or glow.

A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]

Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.

(carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

(ambitransitive) To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

(ambitransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

A rodent or other animal that gnaws.

Injury or wear caused by friction.

The egg of a louse.

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.

(mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining.

(religion) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.

(religion) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.

(colloquial) To eat with noisy enjoyment. [with on]

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

(uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

(board game) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.

(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.

Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

(rather formal in, _, US, Canada) A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

Used to wish someone a good journey.

Goodwill; benevolent regard.

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

(countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.

(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

(by extension) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.

An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession

That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.

(figuratively, pejorative) A person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain wealth.

(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.

Someone who plays golf.

Someone who plays golf.

(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

(musical instruments) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.

A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

A transliteration of the Russian surname Горбачёв (Gorbačóv).

(Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

A en given name.

An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th c.]

A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.

(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.

Do-it-yourself.

(reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

gøre (som der bliver sagt)

(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).

(transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)

gøre en ansigtsløftning

To perform a facelift upon.

(ambitransitive) To finish.

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]

gøre fortvivlet

To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

(transitive) To attempt to attract; to invite by attractions; to allure.

(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).

(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.

(transitive) To impersonate or depict.

(idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.

(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.

(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

gøre skade på

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

gøre til dronning

(transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

gøre til en fast masse

(usually, transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).

gøre til slave

(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

gøre ulykkelig

To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

(transitive) To perform; to execute.

(nautical, now, rare, historical) A jackcrosstree. [from 19th c.]

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

(cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation system”).

Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

(countable) Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

(chiefly, uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.

(mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.

Forming adjectives pertaining to writing (of a type specified by the first element).

An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.

The quality or state of being grey.

Something written, drawn or otherwise recorded.

grammofonautomat

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]

Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).

Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.

(used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.

(weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.

(uncountable) The wood of a spruce.

Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.

(demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)

(rock) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.

(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.

(countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.

The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.

A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.

Without paying; free.

The act of congratulating.

To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

Deliberately impassive or expressionless.

(intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.Excavator

A person employed to dig graves.

(intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

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