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81 period
['piəriəd] 1. noun1) (any length of time: a period of three days; a period of waiting.) tími, skeið, tímabil2) (a stage in the Earth's development, an artist's development, in history etc: the Pleistocene period; the modern period.) tímabil3) (the punctuation mark (.), put at the end of a sentence; a full stop.) punktur2. adjective(of furniture, costumes etc) of or from the same or appropriate time in history; antique or very old: period costumes; His house is full of period furniture (=antique furniture). frá tilteknu tímabili- periodic- periodically
- periodical 3. adjective(see periodic.) -
82 petroleum
[pə'trəuliəm]noun (oil in its raw, unrefined form, which is found in natural wells below the earth's surface and from which petrol, paraffin etc are obtained.) jarð-/hráolía -
83 physical
['fizikəl]1) (of the body: Playing football is one form of physical fitness.) líkamlegur2) (of things that can be seen or felt: the physical world.) áþreifanlegur, efnislegur3) (of the laws of nature: It's a physical impossibility for a man to fly like a bird.) samkvæmur náttúrulögmálum4) (relating to the natural features of the surface of the Earth: physical geography.) eðlisrænn5) (relating to physics: physical chemistry.) eðlisfræðilegur•- physical education -
84 pile up
(to make or become a pile; to accumulate: He piled up the earth at the end of the garden; The rubbish piled up in the kitchen.) hrúga; hlaðast upp -
85 planet
['plænit](any of the bodies (eg the Earth) which move round the Sun or round another star: Mars and Jupiter are planets, but the Moon is not.) pláneta, reikistjarna -
86 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plógur2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) plægja2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) sigla áfram með erfiðismunum; plægja (í gegnum)3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) klessa -
87 rake
[reik] 1. noun1) (a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc.) hrífa2) (any similar tool: a croupier's rake in a casino.) hrífa, skafa3) (the act of raking: to give the soil a rake.) raka2. verb1) (to smooth or gather with a rake: I'll rake these grass-cuttings up later.) raka (saman)2) ((often with out) to remove the ashes from (a fire) with a poker etc.) skara3) (to fire guns at (a target) from one end of it to the other: The soldiers raked the entire village with machine-gun fire.) láta dynja á•- rake up -
88 re-enter
[ri:'entə](to enter again: The spaceship will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere tomorrow.) koma aftur inn (í)- re-entry -
89 revolution
[revə'lu:ʃən] 1. noun1) ((the act of making) a successful, violent attempt to change or remove a government etc: the American Revolution.) bylting2) (a complete change in ideas, methods etc: There's been a complete revolution in the way things are done in this office.) umbylting3) (a complete circle or turn round a central point, axis etc (eg as made by a record turning on a record-player, or the Earth moving on its axis or round the Sun).) snúningur•2. noun(a person who takes part in, or is in favour of, (a) revolution.) byltingarmaður- revolutionise -
90 rock
I [rok] noun1) ((a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth: The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.) klettur, bjarg2) (a large stone: The climber was killed by a falling rock.) steinn, grjót3) (a type of hard sweet made in sticks: a stick of Edinburgh rock.) brjóstsykursstöng•- rockery- rocky
- rockiness
- rock-bottom
- rock-garden
- rock-plant
- on the rocks II [rok] verb1) (to (cause to) swing gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: The mother rocked the cradle; This cradle rocks.) rugga, vagga2) (to swing (a baby) gently in one's arms to comfort it or make it sleep.) vagga, róa3) (to shake or move violently: The earthquake rocked the building.) skaka(st)•- rocker- rocky
- rockiness
- rocking-chair
- rocking-horse
- off one's rocker III [rok]((also rock music) music or songs with a strong, heavy beat and usually a simple melody: She likes rock; ( also adjective) a rock band.) rokk -
91 rockery
plural - rockeries; noun (a heap of rocks in a garden with earth between them in which small plants are grown.) steinbeð -
92 rotate
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93 salt
[so:lt] 1. noun1) ((also common salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning: The soup needs more salt.) salt2) (any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid.) salt3) (a sailor, especially an experienced one: an old salt.) reyndur sjómaður2. adjective(containing, tasting of, preserved in salt: salt water; salt pork.) salt-, saltaður3. verb(to put salt on or in: Have you salted the potatoes?) salta- salted- saltness
- salty
- saltiness
- bath salts
- the salt of the earth
- take something with a grain/pinch of salt
- take with a grain/pinch of salt -
94 saturate
['sæ əreit]1) (to make very wet: Saturate the earth round the plants.) gegnvæta2) (to fill completely: The market has been saturated with paintings like that.) metta• -
95 science fiction
( abbreviation sci-fi) (stories dealing with future times on Earth or in space.) vísindaskáldskapur -
96 scum
1) (dirty foam that forms on the surface of a liquid: The pond was covered with (a) scum.) skán, skæni2) (bad, worthless people: People of that sort are the scum of the earth.) úrþvætti -
97 sea
[si:] 1. noun1) ((often with the) the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface: I enjoy swimming in the sea; over land and sea; The sea is very deep here; ( also adjective) A whale is a type of large sea animal.) sjór, haf2) (a particular area of sea: the Baltic Sea; These fish are found in tropical seas.) haf3) (a particular state of the sea: mountainous seas.) haf•- seawards- seaward
- seaboard
- sea breeze
- seafaring
- seafood 2. adjectiveseafood restaurants.) fiskmetis-, sjávarfangs-- seafront- sea-going
- seagull
- sea level
- sea-lion
- seaman
- seaport
- seashell
- seashore
- seasick
- seasickness
- seaside
- seaweed
- seaworthy
- seaworthiness
- at sea
- go to sea
- put to sea -
98 seam
[si:m] 1. noun1) (the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces of cloth etc.) saumur2) (the line where two things meet or join: Water was coming in through the seams of the boat.) samskeyti3) (a thin line or layer of coal etc in the earth: a coal seam.) jarðlag2. verb(to sew a seam in: I've pinned the skirt together but I haven't seamed it yet.) sauma saman- the seamy side of life
- the seamy side -
99 sky
(the part of space above the earth, in which the sun, moon etc can be seen; the heavens: The sky was blue and cloudless; We had grey skies and rain throughout our holiday; The skies were grey all week.) himinn, himinhvelfing- sky-blue- sky-diving
- sky-diver
- sky-high
- skyjack
- skyjacker
- skylight
- skyline - the sky's the limit -
100 soil
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