Nederlands | Engels |
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spits substantief {m} | prong [prongs](thin, pointed, projecting part) |
Spitsbergen eigennam {n} | Spitsbergen(island) Svalbard(islands north east of Greenland) |
Spitsbergen en Jan Mayen eigennam | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands(two distinct dependencies of Norway) |
spitsmuis substantief {f} | shrew [shrews](mouselike animal) |
spitsroede substantief | switch [switches](thin rod used as a whip) |
spitsroeden substantief {Pl} | gauntlet [gauntlets](two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal) |
spitsroeden lopen substantief {n} | running the gauntlet(physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass) |
spitssnuitdolfijn substantief {m} | beaked whale(whales in the family Ziphiidae) |
spitstechnologie substantief {f} | high technology(specialized technological application) |
spitsuur substantief {n} | rush hour(times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) |
spitsvondig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | perspicacious(showing keen insight) |
spitten werkwoord | fork over(turn over soil with a gardening fork) |
springspitsmuis substantief {f} | elephant shrew(Any member of the order Macroscelidea) |
staatskapitalisme substantief {n} | state capitalism(form of capitalism) |
toespitsen werkwoord | taper [tapered, tapering, tapers](to make thinner or narrower at one end) |
torenspits substantief {m} {f} | spire [spires](tapering architectural structure) |
uitspitten werkwoord | quarry [quarried, quarried, quarrying, quarries](extract by long, tedious searching) |
veldhospitaal substantief | field hospital(medical unit) |
wapiti substantief {m} | Nelson's elk(wapiti subspecies) wapiti [wapiti](the American elk) |
wapitihert substantief {n} | wapiti [wapiti](the American elk) |
zonnebloempit substantief | sunflower seed(seed of a sunflower) |