Italian to English Dictionary (Dizionario Italiano-Inglese)

Ruinous

Disastrous or destructive, causing great physical or financial damage.

Ruminant

An hoofed herbivorous mammal that digests its food in two steps, first by swallowing and then by regurgitating the semi-digested food to chew it again.

Ruminate

To think deeply about something; to contemplate or meditate on a complex topic over an extended period.

Rumination

Deep or considered thought about something, or the action of chewing the cud.

Scold

To remonstrate with or rebuke someone angrily and at length.

Series-resonance

A phenomenon in an electrical circuit containing resistance, inductance, and capacitance connected in series, occurring when the applied frequency causes the inductive and capacitive reactances to be equal in magnitude but opposite in phase, resulting in minimum impedance and maximum current.

Shut-in

A person who is unable to leave their home because of illness, age, or disability.

Solo-stop

An organ stop or instrument register that produces a distinct tone quality specifically designed for playing solo melodies.

Spanker

A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost mast of a vessel.

Take down a peg

To humble someone; to cause someone to lose their conceit or overinflated sense of self-importance.

Threesome

A group or party of three people.

Throw yourself on someone's mercy

To place oneself completely at the discretion and compassion of another person, especially someone who has power or authority over one's fate.