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All Swedish words, A–Z

In a superficial manner; shallowly.

(sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.

(soccer) A player who plays on the left or right side of defence.

The outer edge of something.

Clothing (such as a raincoat) worn over one's clothes when outdoors.

Supplemental or added to something.

(also, figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.

An item of clothing normally worn outdoors as the outermost layer of clothing.

A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

farthest outside; as far from the center or inside as possible.

(architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.

(transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

An act of, or the process of, uttering.

Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

Something which gives the appearance of something.

The modern variety of Chinese, which includes Cantonese and Taishanese.

(informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.

Growing thickly.

A en given name borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.

The capital and largest city of Croatia.

(historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997.

A en given name, English vernacular form of Zacharias, Zachariah and Zechariah.

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

A province of the Netherlands.

(Greek god) The god of the West Wind.

(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.

(aviation) A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.

The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.

(Greek god) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

Of or belonging to the Roma people.

(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

(countable) A single atom of this element.

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

(astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region.

(astronomy) The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year.

(computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.

(countable) A park where live animals are exhibited.

One who studies zoology.

The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Of, or relating to, animals.

zoologisk konservator

One who practices taxidermy, the stuffing of animals.

To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.

(ice hockey) A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.

(British, Ireland, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.

The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.

A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance.

(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.]

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