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Armageddon
(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
armoni
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
armonik
Pertaining to harmony.
armonika
A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
armut
A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
armut şarabı
A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider.
Arnavut
Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]
Arnavutça
Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]
Arnavutluk
A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]
aroma
A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
aromaterapi
(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.
aromatik
(organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.
arp
(music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.
arpa
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
arpacık
(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
arpalama
(veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
arş
(also, Lancashire) The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
arsa
An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]
arsenik
A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
arsenik trioksit
Arsenic trioxide.
arşi
form of government or rule
arşidük
(historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
arşiduka
(historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
arşidüşes
A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
Arşimet
(astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.
arşiv
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
arşivci
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
arşivlemek
(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.
arşın
An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.
arsız
Impudent, insolent.
art niyet
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
arta kalan
(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
artakalan
Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
artakalmak
(mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
artalan süreci
(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
artan
Raised up, amplified.
artbirikim
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
artçı
(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.
artçı deprem
(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
artçı sarsıntı
(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
artçı şok
(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
artefakt
An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
Artemis
(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)
arter
(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
artikülasyon
(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
artı
Being positive rather than negative or zero.
artığın
The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
artık
(US, CA) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
artık yemek
Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
artıklık
The state of being redundant
artım
The action of increasing or becoming greater.
artırmak
To augment or make something greater.
artış
An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
artma
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
artmak
(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
artrit
Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.
arttırmak
(transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
Aruba
An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.
arya
(music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
aryunt
(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
Arz
The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
arzu
Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
arzu etmek
(transitive, archaic) To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
arzu hissi
(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
arzuhalci
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
arzulamak
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
arzulu
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
(metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
asa
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
asabi
Displaying or feeling anger.
asabiye
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.
aşağı
Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
aşağı derecede olan
Of low rank, standard or quality.
aşağı yukarı
Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
aşağılama
The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
aşağılamak
(transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
aşağılanmış
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]
aşağılayıcı
Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
aşağılık
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile. [from mid 14th c.]
aşağılık kimse
(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
aşağlayıcı
Insulting, ridiculing.
asal
(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
aşama
(physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
asamble
(computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
asansör
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
asayiş
(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
asbest
(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.
aşçı
(cooking) A person who prepares food.
aşçı şapkası
(specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs
aşçılık
(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
asemptomatik
(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.
asetizm
The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
aseton
(organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.
asfalt
(loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.
Ásgard
(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods.
asgari
The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
asgarīye indirmek
(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
aşhane
(chiefly, US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
asi
Not obedient.
asidiklik
The quality or state of being acid.
asidite
Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
aşikâre
In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
Aşil
(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.
asil yerli
Native to the place where found; indigenous.
asilzade
(countable) An aristocrat.
asimetri
Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
asimetrik
Not symmetric.
asimilasyon
The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
asimile etmek
(transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
aşina
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]
asist
(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
asistan
Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
asitli
Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
aşı
(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
aşı yapmak
(transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
aşık
Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
aşık kemiği
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
asık suratlı
Tasting or smelling rancid.
aşıkmak
(intransitive) To do things quickly.
asıl
The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
asıl hani
Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
asıl mesele
(originally, US, colloquial, also, attributively) The core or essence of something; the gist.
asıl sayı
Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
asıl yerli
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
aşılabilir
Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
aşılama
Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
aşılamak
(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.
aşılamaz
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable
aşılanma
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
asılı durmak
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
asılı olmak
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
asılmak
(transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.
asılsız
Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
aşındırıcı
Causing heat and irritation.
aşınmak
(colloquial) Worn out or broken.
aşınmış
Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
asır
A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
aşırı
That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
aşırı cinsel arzu gösteren kadın
A woman with an excessive libido.
aşırı doz
An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
aşırı pahalı
Priced higher than its real worth.
aşırı titiz
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
aşırı yükleme
(computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
aşırı yüklemek
(transitive, object-oriented) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
aşırılık
Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
aşırmak
(intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
aşırtı
(legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
aşk
(uncountable) Strong affection.
aşk etmek
(transitive) To give a slap to.
aşk ısırığı
(originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]

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