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Nijl eigennam {m} | Nile(river) |
nijlgans substantief | Egyptian goose(Alopochen aegyptiacus) |
nijlpaard substantief {n} | hippopotamus(large African mammal) |
oprijlaan substantief {m} | drive [drives](driveway) |
partijleider substantief {m} | party leader(person who leads a political party) |
partijlijn substantief {f} | party line(official policy) |
pijl substantief {m} | arrow [arrows](projectile) bolt [bolts](short, stout, blunt-headed arrow) |
pijl en boog substantief | bow and arrow(weapon) |
pijler substantief | pillar [pillars](large post, often used as supporting architecture) |
pijler substantief {m} | pier [piers](structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) |
pijlkoker substantief {m} | quiver [quivers](arrow container) |
pijlstaart substantief | northern pintail(Anas acuta) |
pijlstormvogel substantief {m} | shearwater [shearwaters](seabird) |
pijlwortel substantief {m} | arrowroot(Maranta arundinacea) |
schrijlings bijwoord | astride(with one’s legs on either side) |
schrijlings zitten op werkwoord | straddle [straddled, straddling, straddles](to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something) |
somwijlen bijwoord | sometimes(on certain occasions, but not always) |
stijl substantief {?} | stud(vertical post) |
stijl substantief {m} | look [looks](physical appearance) style [styles](stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower) |
stijlfiguur substantief {m} | figure of speech(rhetorical figure) |
stijlleer substantief {m} {f} | stylistics [stylistics](study of literary style) |
stijlloos bijvoeglijk naamwoord | frumpy [frumpier, frumpiest](dowdy, unfashionable) |
stijlniveau substantief {m} | register [registers](linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) |
stijlregister substantief {n} | register [registers](linguistics: style of a language used in a particular context) |
stijlvol bijvoeglijk naamwoord | stylish(having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress) |
strijdbijl substantief {m} | battle axe(ancient military weapon) |
te lang doorbijlopen werkwoord | overrun [overran, overrun, overrunning, overruns](to continue for too long, see also: run over) run over(to continue for too long, see also: overrun) |
terwijl substantief | whereas(clause) |
terwijl voegwoord | as(at the same time that) whereas(but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) while(during the same time that) |
valbijl substantief {f} | guillotine [guillotines](machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) |
vijl substantief | float [floats](tool similar to a rasp) |
vijl substantief {f} | file [files](cutting or smoothing tool) |
vijlen werkwoord | file [filed, filing, files](smooth with a file) |
vijlsel substantief {n} | filing [filings](particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving) |
voorbijlopen werkwoord | overrun [overran, overrun, overrunning, overruns](to run past, exceed) |