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bölüşme
Something shared; a point in common.
bölüştürme
(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
bomba
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
bombacı
A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
bombalama
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
bombalamak
(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
bombardıman
The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
bombardıman uçağı
(aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
Bombay
(dated) The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.
bombus
Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
bön
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
Bonaventura
A surname transferred from the given name.
bonbon
(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
bonfile
The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
böng
A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
bönlük
The state of being clueless.
bonsai
(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.
bonsay
(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.
bonservis
A written recommendation of someone's worth or character
bonus
Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
Boole değişkeni
(logic, computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
Boole'ca
(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
Boole'sal
(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
borç
The state or condition of being encumbered.
borç vermek
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
borçlanma
The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
borçlu
Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
borçlu olmak
(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.
Borçluluk
(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
borçsuz
(of property) Not subject to any claims.
borda
(nautical) The side of a ship.
bordalamak
(transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
Bordeaux
The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Bordo
The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
bordo şarabı
(chiefly, UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
Borneo
A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
bornoz
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.
borş
A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.
borsa
A place for conducting trading.
borsacı
(finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client).
boru
A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10th c.]
boru hattı
A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
borudişli
The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]
boruzan
A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
boş
(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
boş iş
(idiomatic) A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.
boş konuşmak
(ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
boş yapmak
(intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.
boş yere
Not needed or necessary.
boşa çıkarmak
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
boşa geçirmek
(transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. [from late 18th c.]
boşa harcamak
(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
boşa harcanan para
(uncountable, business) Wasted money.
boşa koymak
(transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
boşa vakit harcamak
To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
boşalma
(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.
boşaltım
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
boşaltmak
(transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.
boşamak
(transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
boşboğaz
Tending to talk a lot.
boşluk
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
Bosna Sarayı
The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
Boşnak
Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
Boşnakça
(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnalı
Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
Bosnasaray
The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
boşta
Not occupied; empty.
boşta çalışmak
(intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
boşta gezen
Not employed on a task; idle
bostan
A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
bostan korkuluğu
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s]
boşuna
(idiomatic) Without success or a result; ending in failure.
boşverci
Careless.
bot
(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
botanik
(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
Botsvana
The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.
botulizm
(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
bovling
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
boy
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
boya
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
boya fırçası
A thin brush for applying paint.
boyacı
Someone who decorates.
boyalı
Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.
boyama
an illustration or artwork using paint
boyamak
(transitive) To give something color.
boyar
(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
boyartop
(countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.
boydak
Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
boykot
The act of boycotting.
boylam
(geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
böyle
In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
böylece
(manner) In this way or manner.
böylesine
(degree) Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
boynunu vurma
An instance of a person being beheaded.
boynunu vurmak
(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
boynuz
Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
boynuzlamak
(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.
boynuzlu
A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
boyun
(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
boyun askısı
(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.
boyun eğen
Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
boyunbağı
A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
boyunca
From one side of (an opening) to the other.
boyut
(science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence.
boz
Of a brownish grey colour.
bozaran
The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
bozay
The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
bozgun
A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
bozguna uğratmak
(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
bozkır
The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. [from 1671]
bozlama
The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
bozlamak
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
bozmak
(transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
bozon
(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.
bozuk
Non-functional; not functioning properly.
bozulayazmış
(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
bozulma
The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement.
bozulmak
(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
bozulmuş
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
branda
(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.
Bratislava
The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.
Brejnev
A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бре́жнєв (Bréžnjev)
Breton
Of, from or relating to the region of Brittany, France.
Bretonca
(uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.
Bretonya
An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]
Brezilya
A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
Brezilyalı
A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.
Brezilyalı, Brezilya
Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.
briç
(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
brifing
A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.
brifingler
A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.
brik
(watercraft) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
Brisbane
A large city, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
Bristol
A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
Britanya
England, Scotland and Wales in combination.
briyoş
(countable, and, uncountable) A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
brokoli
A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
bromür
(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
bronşit
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
bronz
(uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.
bronzlaşmak
(transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
broş
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
broşet
A small skewer or spit on which small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables are roasted or broiled.
broşür
A small or thin book.
Bröton
(uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.
brovni
(usually, countable, baking, originally, US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. [from 1897]
browni
(usually, countable, baking, originally, US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. [from 1897]
brownie
(usually, countable, baking, originally, US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. [from 1897]
Brunei
A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
Bruney
A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.

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