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hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | morder a línguaverb |
Houston (Texan city) proper noun [UK: ˈhjuː.stn̩] [US: ˈhjuː.stn̩] | Houstonproper noun |
hyperbaton (grammar) noun | hipérbatonoun |
inkstone (stone mortar) noun [UK: ˈɪŋkstəʊn] [US: ˈɪŋkstoʊn] | pedra de tintanoun |
intonation [intonations] (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking) noun [UK: ˌɪn.tə.ˈneɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌɪn.tə.ˈneɪʃ.n̩] | entonaçãonoun |
intonational (pertaining to intonation) adjective | entoacionaladjective |
intracratonic (within a craton) adjective | intracratónicoadjective intracratônicoadjective |
isotone (Any of a number of nuclides of different elements) noun | isótononoun |
isotonic (having the same osmotic pressure) adjective [UK: ˌaɪ.səʊ.ˈtɒ.nɪk] [US: ˌaɪso.ʊ.ˈtɒ.nɪk] | isotônicoadjective isotónicoadjective |
Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Jewish autonomous oblast in Russia) proper noun [UK: ˈdʒuːɪʃ ɔː.ˈtɒ.nə.məs ˈɑː.blæst] [US: ˈdʒuː.ˌɪʃ ɒ.ˈtɑː.nə.məs ˈɑː.blæst] | Oblast Autônomo Judaicoproper noun |
ketone [ketones] (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group) noun [UK: ˈkiː.təʊn] [US: ˈkiːtoʊn] | cetonanoun |
keystone [keystones] (the top stone of an arch) noun [UK: ˈkiː.stəʊn] [US: ˈkiːˌstoʊn] | pedra angularnoun |
kidney stone [kidney stones] (calculus in the kidney) noun [UK: ˈkɪd.ni stəʊn] [US: ˈkɪd.ni ˈstoʊn] | cálculo renalnoun nefrólitonoun pedranoun pedra de rimnoun |
kill two birds with one stone (solve two problems at once) verb [UK: kɪl ˈtuː bɜːdz wɪð wʌn stəʊn] [US: ˈkɪl ˈtuː ˈbɝːdz wɪθ wʌn ˈstoʊn] | |
kilonewton (one thousand newtons) noun | quilonewtonnoun |
Kingston (capital of Jamaica) proper noun [UK: ˈkɪŋ.stən] [US: ˈkɪŋ.stən] | Kingstonproper noun |
klepton (species that needs input from another taxon to reproduce) noun | cléptonnoun |
krypton (a chemical element) noun [UK: ˈkrɪp.tɒn] [US: ˈkrɪptan] | críptonnoun criptônionoun |
kryptonite (weakness) noun | kryptonitanoun |
lepton [leptons] (elementary particle) noun [UK: lˈeptən] [US: lˈeptən] | leptãonoun léptonnoun |
leptonic (of or pertaining to leptons) adjective [UK: lep.ˈtɑː.nɪk] [US: lep.ˈtɑː.nɪk] | leptônicoadjective leptónicoadjective |
let him who is without sin cast the first stone (only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment on others) phrase | |
limestone [limestones] (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) noun [UK: ˈlaɪm.stəʊn] [US: ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn] | calcárionoun |
limestone [limestones] (made of or with limestone) noun [UK: ˈlaɪm.stəʊn] [US: ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn] | calcárianoun |
limited atonement (Calvinist doctrine) noun | expiação limitadanoun expiação particularnoun |
metonym (word that names an object from a single characteristic of it) noun | metônimonoun |
metonymy [metonymies] (figure of speech) noun [UK: mə.ˈtɒ.nə.mi] [US: mə.ˈtɒ.nə.mi] | metonímianoun |
metric ton (unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms) noun [UK: ˈme.trɪk tʌn] [US: ˈme.trɪk ˈtən] | tonelada métricanoun |
microphytoplanktonic (relating to microphytoplankton) adjective | microfitoplanctônicoadjective |
milestone [milestones] (important event) noun [UK: ˈmaɪl.stəʊn] [US: ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn] | marconoun |
milestone [milestones] (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals) noun [UK: ˈmaɪl.stəʊn] [US: ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn] | marco miliarnoun |