säppi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bile noun A bitter yellowish-green fluid made by the liver and released into the intestine to help digest fat.
- bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- latch noun A simple fastening for a door or gate, worked by a bar or lever.
- spleen noun An organ in the upper left abdomen that filters blood, recycles old red blood cells, and supports the immune system.
- splenetic adj Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
Senses
säppi is used for these senses in English:
- bile A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
- bolt A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- centaury Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
- gall bladder (anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum.
- latch A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
- splenetic (biology) Related to the spleen.
bile — full definition
- noun A bitter yellowish-green fluid made by the liver and released into the intestine to help digest fat.
- noun Bitterness or irritability of temper.
bolt — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
- noun A flash of lightning.
- verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
- verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.