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81 add
[æd]1) ((often with to) to put (one thing) to or with (another): He added water to his whisky.) bæta við2) ((often with to, together, up) to find the total of (various numbers): Add these figures together; Add 124 to 356; He added up the figures.) leggja saman3) (to say something extra: He explained, and added that he was sorry.) bæta við4) ((with to) to increase: His illness had added to their difficulties.) auka•- addition- additional -
82 aground
adjective, adverb((of ships) (stuck) on the bed of the sea etc in shallow water: Our boat ran aground.) strandaður -
83 alternate
1. ['o:ltəneit] verb(to use, do etc by turns, repeatedly, one after the other: John alternates between teaching and studying; He tried to alternate red and yellow tulips along the path as he planted them.) skiptast á, hafa til skiptis2. [o:l'tə:nət] adjective1) (coming, happening etc in turns, one after the other: The water came in alternate bursts of hot and cold.) sem skiptist á2) (every second (day, week etc): My friend and I take the children to school on alternate days.) annar hver•- alternation -
84 ammonia
[ə'mouniə]1) (a strong-smelling gas made of hydrogen and nitrogen.) ammoníak2) (a solution of this gas in water, used for cleaning etc.) salmíaksspíritus -
85 antifreeze
['æntifri:z](a substance which is added to a liquid, usually water (eg in the radiator of a car engine), to prevent it from freezing.) frostlögur -
86 aquarium
[ə'kweəriəm]plurals - aquariums, aquaria; noun(a glass tank, or a building containing tanks, for keeping fish and other water animals.) fiskabúr; lagardÿrasafn/sædÿrasafn -
87 aquatic
[ə'kwætik](living, growing, or taking place in water: aquatic plants/sports.) vatns-, vatna-, lagar- -
88 arrowhead
1) (a water plant with leaves shaped like an arrowhead.) örvarblað2) (the tip of an arrow, shaped to a point.) örvaroddur -
89 backstroke
noun (in swimming, a stroke made when lying on one's back in the water: The child is good at backstroke.) baksund -
90 backwash
1) (a backward current eg that following a ship's passage through the water: the backwash of the steamer.) kjalsog2) (the unintentional results of an action, situation etc: The backwash of that firm's financial troubles affected several other firms.) eftirköst -
91 balance
['bæləns] 1. noun1) (a weighing instrument.) vog2) (a state of physical steadiness: The child was walking along the wall when he lost his balance and fell.) jafnvægi3) (state of mental or emotional steadiness: The balance of her mind was disturbed.) jafnvægi4) (the amount by which the two sides of a financial account (money spent and money received) differ: I have a balance (= amount remaining) of $100 in my bank account; a large bank balance.) reikningsjöfnuður, skuld eða inneign2. verb1) ((of two sides of a financial account) to make or be equal: I can't get these accounts to balance.) jafna reikning, gera upp2) (to make or keep steady: She balanced the jug of water on her head; The girl balanced on her toes.) (láta) halda jafnvægi•- in the balance
- off balance
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92 bath salts
(a usually perfumed mixture of certain salts added to bath water.) baðsalt -
93 bathe
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94 batter
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95 boat
[bəut] 1. noun1) (a small vessel for travelling over water: We'll cross the stream by boat.) bátur2) (a larger vessel for the same purpose; a ship: to cross the Atlantic in a passenger boat.) skip3) (a serving-dish shaped like a boat: a gravy-boat.) (sósu)skál2. verb(to sail about in a small boat for pleasure: They are boating on the river.) sigla, róa- boatman- in the same boat
- speedboat -
96 bob
[bob]past tense, past participle - bobbed; verb(to move (up and down): The cork was bobbing about in the water.) skjótast upp og niður (og/eða til hliðanna) -
97 boil over
(to boil and overflow: The pan of water boiled over and spilt on the floor.) sjóða upp úr -
98 boiler
noun (a vessel in which water is heated or steam is produced.) suðuketill; gufuketill -
99 brackish
['brækiʃ]((of water) tasting slightly of salt, often unpleasantly.) ísaltur; bragðvondur -
100 brine
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