Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)
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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSilicosis
A lung disease caused by breathing in dust containing silica, typical among miners and stonecutters.
Sinuous
Having many curves and turns; lithe and winding.
Sober-minded
Having a calm, sensible, and rational disposition; free from exaggeration or extreme emotion.
Sociability
The tendency to associate with others and enjoy human companionship; friendliness and affability.
Socialism
A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Solemnity
The state or quality of being serious and dignified.
Solvency
The state of having enough money to pay all one's debts.
Somber
Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.
Spimming
The act of sending unsolicited commercial or malicious messages via instant messaging services.
Spinning jenny
An early multi-spool spinning wheel invented in 1764 that dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker being able to work multiple spools at once.
Spooler
A computer program or process that manages the transmission of data to a peripheral device, such as a printer, by temporarily storing it on a disk or in memory.
Spoonerism
A spoken slip in which the corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes of two words are switched.