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şevkini kırmak
(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
sevkitabii
A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
sevkiyat
A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
şevkli
Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
sevkülceyş
(uncountable) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
sevmek
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
şey
(chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
seyahat
(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
seyahat etme
The act of one who travels; a journey.
seyahat etmek
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
seyahat yolu
A route or proposed route of a journey.
seyahatname
An account or record of a journey.
şeyh
The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
seyir defteri
(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.
seyirci
A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.]
seyis
A person who looks after horses.
şeyl
(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
şeyler
(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
seyrekleşme
A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.
seyreklik
A measure of the scarcity of an object.
seyrelme
A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.
seyretmek
(intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
seyrüsefer
Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
Seyşel Adaları
An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.
Seyşeller
An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.
Şeytan
(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
şeytanca
Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
şeytani
Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
seyyah
Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]
seyyar
Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]
seyyare
(now, historical, or, astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.]
Sezar
An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
sezgi
Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
sezgili
Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
sezgisel
Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
sezi
A sense of evil to come.
sezinleme
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
seziş
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
sezon
(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
sfenks
(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Shikoku
The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.
si
Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).
Şia
(with article, collective) The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.
şiar
(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
siber saldırı
An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.
siberuzay
A world of information accessed through the Internet.
şibidak
(automotive) A fixed or operable opening in a vehicle roof (car or truck) which allows fresh air and/or light to enter the passenger compartment. A sunroof may include a transparent or opaque panel and may be manually operated or power driven.
Sibirya
The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.
sibop
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
Sicilya
The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.
Sicilyaca
The language of Sicily.
Sicilyalı
Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy.
şiddet
(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
şiddetli
Fierce, intense, vehement.
şiddetli acı
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
sidik
Urine. [from 15th c.]
sidik yolu
(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
Sidney
(uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
şifa
An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
şifahen
Spoken as opposed to written.
şifalı ot
(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
sifilis
(disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
şifon
A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
şifonyer
(US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
şifre
Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
şifreleme
(transitive) To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
şifrelemek
To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
şifrelenmiş
Being in code; having been encrypted.
şifreli
Involving use of a code or cipher.
siftinmek
(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.
sigar
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
sigara
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
sigara içmek
(transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
sigara tablası
A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
sigara tiryakisi
A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
siğil
(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
sigorta
A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
sigorta etmek
(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
sigortacılık
The business of providing insurance.
sihir
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.]
sihir numarası
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
sihirbaz
(chiefly, fantasy) A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
sihirbaz numarası
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
sihirbazlık numarası
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
sihirli
Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.]
Şiilik
(with article, collective) The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.
şiir
A literary piece written in verse.
şiirsel
Relating to poetry.
sik
(slang, sometimes, _, childish) The penis.
Şikago
A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
şikan
(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]
şikayet
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
şikâyet etme
A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
şikayetçi
Unhappy; dissatisfied
sikişmek
(vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
sikke
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
sikloalkan
(organic compound) Any saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
siklohegzan
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C6H12, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.
siklohekzan
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C6H12, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.
siklops
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
sikmek
(slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
Şikoku
The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.
silah
(usually used in the plural) A weapon.
silah sesi
(countable) The act of discharging a firearm.
silahlanmak
(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
silahlı çatışma
A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
silahsızlanma
The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
silahsızlanmak
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
silgi
(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
Şili
A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.
silikon
(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.
Şilili
A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.
sililik
(Christianity) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim. [from 14th c.]
silindir
Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
silisyum
(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
silki
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
sille
(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
sille atmak
(transitive) To give a slap to.
silmek
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
silsile
(figurative) Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.
silsilename
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
şilte
A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.
silüet
An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]
şimdi
Indicates a signal to begin.
şimdiki
(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]
şimdiye kadar
(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
şimendifer
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
simge
(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
simge durumuna küçült
(computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
simgecilik
Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]
simil
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.
simpatik
(neuroanatomy, neurology, relational) Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves.
simsar
A mediator between a buyer and seller.
şimşek
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
şimşir
(countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
simule etmek, benzetmek
To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
Simurg
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
simyacı
One who practices alchemy.
sin
(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
sinagog
(countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.
sincap
Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.
sindirici
Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming.
sindirim
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
sindirmek
(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
sinek
(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
sinek kuşu
Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
sineklik
A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
sinema
(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house
sinema salonu
(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

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