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chum [chums] (a roommate) noun [UK: tʃʌm] [US: ˈtʃəm] | compagno di stanzanoun vicino di stanzanoun |
chump (a gullible person) noun [UK: tʃʌmp] [US: ˈtʃəmp] | credulonenoun stupidonoun |
chump (an unintelligent person) noun [UK: tʃʌmp] [US: ˈtʃəmp] | allocconoun balordonoun fessonoun grullonoun ottusonoun |
crime against humanity (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) noun | crimine contro l'umanitànoun |
dehumanization (the act or process of dehumanizing) noun [UK: ˌdi.ˌhju.mə.nə.ˈze.ʃən] [US: ˌdi.ˌhju.mə.nə.ˈze.ʃən] | disumanizzazionenoun |
dehumanize [dehumanized, dehumanizing, dehumanizes] (to take away humanity) verb [UK: ˌdiː.ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz] [US: də.ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz] | disumanizzareverb |
dehumidification noun | deumidificazionenoun |
dehumidify [dehumidified, dehumidifying, dehumidifies] verb [UK: dˌiːhjuːmˈɪdɪfˌaɪ] [US: dˌiːhjuːmˈɪdᵻfˌaɪ] | deumidificareverb |
dehumidifier [dehumidifiers] (device for removing moisture from air) noun [UK: ˌdiː.hjuː.ˈmɪ.dɪ.faɪə(r)] [US: ˌdiː.hjuː.ˈmɪ.dɪ.faɪər] | deumidificatorenoun |
eat humble pie (to admit one's faults) verb [UK: iːt ˈhʌm.bl̩ paɪ] [US: ˈiːt ˈhʌm.bl̩ ˈpaɪ] | |
exhumation [exhumations] (the act of digging up that which has been buried) noun [UK: ˌeks.hjuː.ˈmeɪʃ.n̩] [US: eks.ˌhju.ˈmeʃ.n̩] | esumazionenoun |
exhume [exhumed, exhuming, exhumes] (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter) verb [UK: eks.ˈhjuːm] [US: eks.ˈhjuːm] | esumareverb |
gallows humor (comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of a perfectly hopeless situation) noun [UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz ˈhjuː.mə(r)] [US: ˈɡæloʊz ˈhjuː.mər] | humor patibolarenoun risata verdenoun |
green thumb (skill) noun | pollice verdenoun |
in my humble opinion (used to introduce or qualify a statement) preposition [UK: ɪn maɪ ˈhʌm.bl̩ ə.ˈpɪ.nɪən] [US: ɪn ˈmaɪ ˈhʌm.bl̩ ə.ˈpɪ.njən] | a mio modesto parerepreposition |
inhuman (cruel and savage, not humane) adjective [UK: ɪn.ˈhjuː.mən] [US: ˌɪn.ˈhjuː.mən] | disumanoadjectiveTheir faces looked inhuman, covered with scarlet and black paint. = I loro volti sembravano disumani, ricoperti di vernice scarlatta e nera. inumanoadjective |
inhumation [inhumations] (The act of burial) noun [UK: ˌɪn.hjuː.ˈmeɪ.ʃən] [US: ˌɪn.hjuː.ˈmeɪ.ʃən] | inumazionenoun |
lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa) noun | poligono persicarianoun |
Nahum (book of the Bible) proper noun [UK: ˈnæ.həm] [US: ˈnæ.həm] | Naumproper noun |
posthumously (after death) adverb [UK: ˈpɒ.stjʊ.mə.sli] [US: ˈpɑːs.tʃʊ.mə.sli] | postumamenteadverb |
prehuman adjective [UK: priː.ˈhjuː.mən] [US: priː.ˈhjuː.mən] | preumanoadjective |
reexhumation (second exhumation) noun | riesumazionenoun |
rhumb [rhumbs] (one of the 32 points of the compass (compass points)) noun [UK: rʌm] [US: rʌm] | rombo di bussolanoun |
rhumb line (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) noun | lossodromicanoun |
rule of thumb (general guideline rather than a strict rule) noun [UK: ruːl əv ˈθʌm] [US: ˈruːl əv ˈθʌm] | a lume di nasonoun |
sense of humour (quality of an individual to find certain things funny) noun [UK: sens əv ˈhjuː.mə(r)] [US: ˈsens əv ˈhjuː.mər] | senso umoristiconoun |
shumai (a traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum) noun | shumainoun |
sorghum [sorghums] (cereal) noun [UK: ˈsɔː.ɡəm] [US: ˈsɔːr.ɡəm] | melicanoun meliganoun sorgonoun |
stick out like a sore thumb (be very noticeably different) verb | |
subhuman (less than human; lacking characteristics of a human) adjective [UK: ˌsʌb.ˈhjuː.mən] [US: ˌsʌb.ˈhjuː.mən] | subumanoadjective |