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oikeudettomasti
In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
oikeuksien puolustaja
(in combination) One who supports the rights of a specified group.
oikeus
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
oikeus [[maa-alue]]eseen
(legal) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15th c.]
oikeus alivuokrata
(chiefly, US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
oikeus vahingonkorvaukseen
(legal) The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
oikeusaktivisti
(in combination) One who supports the rights of a specified group.
oikeusalue
Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. [from 16th c.]
oikeusasema
(legal) The legal condition of a person or thing.
oikeusasiamies
An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
oikeushenkilö
(legal) An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.
oikeusjuttu
(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
oikeuskelpoisuus
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
oikeuslääketieteellinen
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
oikeuslääketieteellinen kuolemansyyn selvittäminen
A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
oikeuslaitos
That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
oikeussali
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
oikeustalo
A public building housing courts of law.
oikeustapaus
(legal) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
oikeustiede
(legal) The theoretical study of law.
oikeustoimikelvottomuus
(countable, law) Lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
oikeusturva
(law) A legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of their liberty for a given reason.
oikeutettu
That can be justified.
oikeutetusti
According to what is right, or what one is legally or morally entitled to; justly, properly, rightfully.
oikeuttaa
To give power or authority (to do something).
oikeuttaminen
(countable) An act of authorizing.
oikeutus
(countable) An act of authorizing.
oikku
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
oikolukea
(transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
oikopäätä
At once; without delay. [from 16th c.]
oikopolku
A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow.
oikoreitti
A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
oikosulkea
(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
oikosulku
(technology) An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.
oikosulkupala
(electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
oikotie
A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
oikukas
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
oikullinen
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
oikullisuus
A disposition to be impulsive.
oikutteleva
Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.
oikuttelija
An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
oikuttelu
A disposition to be impulsive.
Oili
A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).
oinas
Someone with an Aries star sign.
öinen
(of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night.
oire
(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
oireellinen
(pathology) Showing symptoms.
oireeton
(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.
oireisto
Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.
oireita lievittävä
(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.
oireyhtymä
(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
öitä!
Ellipsis of good night.
oitis
Immediately; now; right away.
oivallinen
(informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
oivallisesti
In a manner that demonstrates excellence; very well.
oivallus
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
oivaltaa
(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
oivaltaminen
Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
oivaltava
Possessing insight; percipient. [from 20th c.]
oja
A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
ojennettu
Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
ojennus
The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
ojentaa
To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.
ojentaminen
The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
ojittaa
(transitive) To supply with a gutter or gutters.
ojolla
Extended or stretched out.
ojollaan
Extended or stretched out.
ojossa
Extended or stretched out.
OK
All right, acceptable, permitted.
oka
Any of species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers.
okainen
(literally) Having thorns or spines.
okarennokki
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.
okei
All right, acceptable, permitted.
okra
Having a yellow-orange colour.
okrahauta
(archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
okran kota
The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
okrankeltainen
Having a yellow-orange colour.
oksa
A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
oksa joulukoristeena
(informal, or, Britain, regional) Sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations; also (generally) , any Christmas decorations.
oksanhaara
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
oksankanta
The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
oksankohta
The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
oksantynkä
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
oksas
(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
oksastaa
(transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
oksennus
(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang) Vomit. [from 1950.]
oksennuspallo
Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
oksentaa
(slang) To vomit.
oksentaminen
(pathology) The act or process of vomiting.
oksettaa
Having an urge to vomit.
oksettava
(pharmaceutical effect) Causing nausea and vomiting.
oksia
(transitive) To cut the limbs from.
oksidi
(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
oksikodoni
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive, semisynthetic opioid (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in effect and structure; C18H21NO4.
oksitosiini
(hormone) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
oksymoron
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
oktaavi
(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
oktantti
(nautical) An instrument for measuring angles, particularly of elevation.
oktetti
Describing a group or set with eight elements.
okulaari
The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.
Olavi
A en given name.
ole hyvä
(idiomatic) Do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself; go for it!
oleellinen
Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
oleellisuus
The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.
oleilla
(dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.
oleilu
The action of the verb loiter.
olemassa
(informal, predicative, _, only, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.
olemassa oleva
existing; having life or being, current; occurring now
olemassaolo
(law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
olematon
(not comparable) Not existing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
olemattomuus
(philosophy) The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing.
oleminen
Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
olemistapa
(philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence
olemus
The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
olen pahoillani
Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
olennainen
Necessary, essential for life or some process.
olennainen ainesosa
A fundamental ingredient.
olennaisesti
In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
olennaisuus
The state or quality of being fundamental.
olento
A living creature.
oleskeleminen
(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
oleskella
(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
oleskelu
(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]
oleskelutila
(now, rare) A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
oletetaan
(impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
oletettava
Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.
oletettavasti
presumably; as one may assume
oletettu
Supposed but doubtful.
olettaa
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
olettama
A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
olettamus
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
oletus
(logic) An axiom.
oletusarvojen palautus
(also, figurative) The act of resetting to the initial state.
olevainen
Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)
olfaktorinen
(relational) Concerning the sense of smell.
olibaanihartsi
A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
oligarkia
Those who make up an oligarchic government.
oligarkit
Those who make up an oligarchic government.
oligarkki
A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
oliivi
The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
oliivinvihreä
Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
oliivipuu
The wood of the olive tree.
olinpaikka
A place or location.
olio
A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
Oliver
A en given name.
Olivia
A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
oljenkeltainen
Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
oljenkorsi
(by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
oljenvaalea
Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
oljesta tehty
Made of straw.

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