Finnish–English dictionary

lihavointi

(typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.

lihavoitu

(typography, of, _, typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

lihdata

(transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead.

lihoa

(figurative) Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.

lihominen

The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock.

lihota

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

lihottaa

To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up. [from late 16th c.]

lihottaminen

The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock.

lihottava

That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.

lihotusporsas

A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter.

lihta

(textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp. [from 15th c.]

liiallinen

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.

liiallisesti

In excess.

liiallisuus

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

liian

To an excessive degree.

liian itsevarma

Too confident.

liian leveä väli

(typography, archaic) A space between two words that is too wide.

liian tuttavallinen

Intimate or friendly.

liidellä

(intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.

liidi

(marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.

liiga

A group or association of cooperating members.

liihotella

To move about rapidly and nimbly.

liihottaa

(intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.

liika

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

liika-

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

liikaa

In excess.

liikahappoisuus

(pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.

liikahdella

(intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.

liikahdus

A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.

liikahtaa

(intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.

liikakansoitus

(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.

liikalihava

Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

liikalihavuus

(pathology) The state of being obese.

liikanimi

(formal, _, or, _, dated) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.

liikasanainen

(linguistics) Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words.

liikauttaa

(transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.

liikaväestö

(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.

liikavarvas

A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.

liike

A way of motion or functioning.

liike-elämä

(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.

liike-energia

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

liikearvo

(accounting) The value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities, deriving from factors such as consumer loyalty to the brand.

liikehuoneisto

A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:

liikekannallepano

The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

liikekumppani

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

liikemies

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

liikenainen

A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution.

liikenne

Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.

liikenneruuhka

An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

liikennesuma

(road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.

liikenneympyrä

(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

liikennöitsijä

(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.

liiketapahtuma

The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

liiketoimet

Business transactions.

liiketoimi

A deal or business agreement.

liiketoiminta

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

liikevaihto

(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.

liikevoima

The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.

liikka

Physical education class (PE class).

liikkeellä

(idiomatic) Actively traveling; busy; moving often.

liikkeellelaskija

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

liikkeellelasku

The act of issuing, or giving out.

liikkeenjohdollinen

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.

liikkeenjohto

(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.

liikkeeseenlaskeminen

(finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.

liikkeeseenlasku

The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

liikki

(nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.

liikkua

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

liikkua edestakaisin

(intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.

liikkua ristiin rastiin

(transitive) To move back and forth over or through.

liikkua varovaisesti

(intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

liikkua vinossa

(intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.

liikkua vinosti

(intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.

liikkuja

Someone who or something that moves.

liikkumaton

Still or motionless.

liikkumatta

Not moving.

liikkumattomuus

The quality of not moving.

liikkumavara

A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.

liikkumiskyky

(uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.

liikkumiskykyyn liittyvä

Of or relating to locomotion.

liikkumiskyvytön

Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.

liikkuva

Possessing the quality or ability of motion.

liikkuva kalusto

A group of vessels or vehicles.

liikunta

(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.

liikuntakykyinen

(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

liikuntakyvytön

Subject to immobilization.

liikuntakyvyttömyys

The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved.

liikuntasali

(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.

liikutella

(transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

liikuteltava

Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.

liikuteltavat portaat

(aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.

liikuttaa

(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

liikuttaa edestakaisin

(ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.

liikuttaa vinoon

(also, figuratively) To cause (something) to move obliquely.

liikuttaja

Something that actuates something else.

liikuttaminen

The act of affecting or acting upon.

liikuttava

Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.

liikuttunut

Emotionally moved; touched.

liikutus

The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.

liila

Having a pale purple colour.

liima

a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion

liimata

(transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

liimata postimerkki

(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.

liimata tahnalla

(transitive) To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

liimautuminen

A close physical union of two objects.

liina

(obsolete) Flax, linen.

liinavaate

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

liioitella

(transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.

liioiteltu

(architecture, arts) Grotesque, incongruous.

liioitteleva

Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.

liioittelu

The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

liipaisin

(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.

liipata

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

liipotin

(watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.

liippakivi

A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

liira

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

liirata

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

liirtää

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

liirto

An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.

liirumlaarum

(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.

Liisa

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

liiskata

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

liisteri

(skiing) A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.

liitää

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

liitäjä

One who glides.

liitäminen

A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.

liitännäinen

Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. [from 1550s]

liitäntä

(chemistry) The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand.

liitäntäjohto

(uncountable, chiefly, UK, Irish) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.

liite

Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

liitely

The act of soaring.

liiteri

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.

liitin

A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

liito

A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.

liitohaukka

Elanus caeruleus, a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

liitokiekko

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.

liitokiekkoilu

(sports, uncountable) frisbee: the sport involving Frisbees.

liitokone

Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.

liitos

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

liitoskohta

The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

liitospala

(woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

liittää

(archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.

liittää kylkiäiseksi

(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.

liittää vesijohtoon

To attach to a water supply and drain.

liittää viemäriin

To attach to a water supply and drain.

liittää yhteen

To physically assemble (or reassemble) from fragments or pieces.

liittäminen

(uncountable) The act of associating.

liitti

Used to form the names of rocks and minerals.

liitto

A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

liittokunta

(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.