Finnish–English dictionary

tuhopolttaja

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

tuhopoltto

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

tuhota

To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]

tuhota maan tasalle

To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.

tuhota miinalla

(transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

tuhota puskutraktorilla

To destroy with a bulldozer.

tuhottu

Ruined, ravaged.

tuhoutua

(transitive) To destroy completely.

tuhoutumaton

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.

tuhoutuminen

The state of being annihilated.

tuhria

To obscure by blurring; to smear.

tuhru

A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.

tuhti

Promoting strength; nourishing.

tuhto

(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.

tuijottaa

To gaze especially passionately at something.

tuijottaa vihaisesti

(intransitive) To stare angrily.

tuijotus

A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

tuikata

(transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.

tuike

A faint light; a dim glow.

tuikkia

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

tuima

Very bad or intense.

tuisku

(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.

tuiskuttaa

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.

tujaus

A single serving of espresso.

tuju

(of drink or drugs) Strong.

tukahduttaa

(transitive, figurative) To discourage, depress.

tukahduttaminen

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

tukahduttava

Weighing heavily on the spirit; being quite intense, excessive or overwhelming.

tukahdutus

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

tukahtua

(intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.

tukala

Hard to deal with, complicated.

tukanleikkuu

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.

tukari

One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

tukea

(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.]

tukea antava

Providing support.

tukea rahallisesti

(transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.

tukehduttaa

(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.

tukehtua

(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

tukehtuminen

An acute lack of oxygen.

tukehtumiskuolema

Death due to lack of oxygen.

tukematon

Without confirmation from a credible source, without verifying support

tukeminen

The state of abutting.

tukeva

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

tukevasti

In a solid or firm manner.

Tukholma

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.

tuki

Something that abuts, or on which something abuts. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

tuki-

Of or relating to a subsidy.

tukiaiset

(informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.

tukialue

(figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.

tukialus

A person or object that carries someone or something else.

tukihenkilö

A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.

tukija

A person who endorses

tukijalka

One who is dependable.

tukikaari

(architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.

tukikeppi

A thin pole for supporting bean vines.

tukikerros

Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.

tukikohta

A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.

tukimies

(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.

tukiopetus

(Ireland, United Kingdom, ) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

tukioppilas

One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

tukipilari

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

tukipiste

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

tukipuu

(carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.

tukipylväs

One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.

tukipyörä

A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power through its own axle, but forms part of a gear train, supports a moving belt, etc.

tukiranka

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

tukka

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

tukkanauha

(now, _, rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

tukkeuma

Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally

tukkeutua

(intransitive) To become clogged.

tukkeutunut

Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.

tukki

Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.

tukkia

(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

tukkimiehen kirjanpito

(by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

tukkiminen

(surgery) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating.

tukko

Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.

tukku

(informal) A large amount, especially of money.

tukkukauppa

(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

tukkukauppias

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

tukos

Something that prevents something from passing.

tukossa

Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.

tuksutus

A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.

tukuttain

In bulk or large quantity.

Tula

A city, the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia, 165 km south of Moscow.

Tulan alue

An oblast in western Russia.

tuleen

Burning, lit, on fire.

tuleennuttaa

(transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe

tuleentua

(transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe

tuleentunut

(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.

tulehdus

An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.

tulehdus-

Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.

tulehduserite

(symptom, uncountable) Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.

tulehdusneste

(symptom, uncountable) Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.

tulehduttaa

(transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

tulehtua

(intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

tulehtunut

Resulting from or affected by inflammation.

tuleminen

The act of arriving; an arrival.

tuleminen tarkoituksettomaksi

The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.

tulen peittävä suojus

A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.

tulenarka

Inflammable or easily ignited.

tulenkestävä

Not affected by great heat.

tulenpalava

Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.

tulessa

On fire; in a blaze. [Early 19th century.]

tuleva

(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

tulevaisuudenkuva

Expectation for the future.

tulevaisuudennäkymä

The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

tulevaisuudennäkymät

Expectation for the future.

tulevaisuudessa

(dated) In time to come; in some future time or state.

tulevaisuus

Having to do with or occurring in the future.

tuli

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

tuliase

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

tulihelvetti

A place or situation resembling Hell.

tulikärpänen

(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.

tulikivi

(biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.

tuliko selväksi?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

tulikoe

(figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

tulikuuma

(informal, hyperbole) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.

tuliliemi

(informal) High-proof alcoholic beverage, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).

tulilintu

(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor

tulilude

Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

tulimmainen

(archaic) Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.

tulimyrsky

A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.

tulinen

(of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

tulipallo

An extremely bright meteor.

tulipalo

A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

tuliperäinen

(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

tulipesä

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

tulipesän pohja

A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.

tulipunainen

Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

tulisesti

In a fierce manner.

tulisielu

(informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.

tulisieluisuus

(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.

tulistettu

(physics) heated above the critical point

tulistettu vesi

High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.

tulisuus

(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

tulitauko

In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).

tulitaukolinja

A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.

tulitikku

A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

tulitikkurasia

A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.

tulitikkuvihko

A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.

tulittaa

To bombard with cannons.

tulittaa 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.

tulitus

Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.

tulitusnappi

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

tulivuori

Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes

tuliylläkkö

An attack launched from a concealed position.

tulkata

To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.

tulkinnanvarainen

Open to multiple interpretations.

tulkinta

The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.

tulkita

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).