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21 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) ελικοειδής2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) σπειροειδής2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) ελικοειδής κίνηση,συνεχής αύξηση2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) σπείρα,κουλούρα3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) ανέρχομαι ελικοειδώς/με συνεχή επιτάχυνση- spirally -
22 stone
[stəun] 1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) πέτρα2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) πέτρα3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) πέτρα4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) πετράδι5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) κουκούτσι6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) μονάδα βάρους7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) πέτρα2. verb1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) πετροβολώ,λιθοβολώ2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) ξεκουκουτσιάζω•- stony- stonily
- stoniness
- stone-cold
- stone-dead
- stone-deaf
- stoneware
- stonework
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23 tortoise
['to:təs](a kind of four-footed, slow-moving reptile covered with a hard shell.) χελώνα -
24 winkle
I ['wiŋkl] verb(to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) βγάζω, αποσπώII ['wiŋkl] noun((also periwinkle ['peri-]) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) λιτορίνη (θαλασσινό σαλιγκάρι) -
25 woodlouse
plural - woodlice; noun (a tiny creature with a jointed shell, found under stones etc.) ξυλόψειρα -
26 Snail
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Snail
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