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furoya
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  Value Position Position 2 2 Accepted meanings 15270 2 Obtained votes 125 2 Votes by meaning 0.01 7 Inquiries 447784 3 Queries by meaning 29 7 Feed + Pdf

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megápolis
  17

City of very large size, also called megalopolises. From Greek 956; 949; 947; 945; 962; or 956; 949; 947; 945; 955; 951; (megas or megalé "big, big" ) 960; 959; 955; 953; 962; (polys "city" ) . See mega, metropolis, metropolis.

  
talasofilia
  42

As a paraphilia it would be a bit weird, so it must be because of the hobby or pleasure of being at sea. It comes from the Greek 952; 945; 955; 945; 963; 963; 949; 965; 969; ( thalasseo "sea" ) 966; 953; 955; 953; 945; ( "love, affective inclination") . See thalasse.

  
craneosinostosis
  10

The skull of newborns do not have all the seams attached, to allow for a time the growth of the brain. When these seams close prematurely the baby suffers from craniosynostosis; Greek 954; 961; 945; 957; 953; 959; 957; ( kranion "skull, skull" ) 963; 965; 957; ( syn "jointly") 959; 963; 964; 949; 959; 957; ( osteon "bone" ) .

  
ánfora
  52

Container taller than wide, usually for carrying liquids, with the characteristic of having two handles. It comes to us from Latin and is formed by the two ("two of two, both") feros ( "carry, carry" ) ), although they are voices he took from the Greek where 945 existed; 956; 966; 959; 961; 949; 965; 962; ( amforeus "amphora, with both handles" ).

  
necroturismo
  8

Cooler name for sepulchral tourism, although it is more accurate if it covers sites where there were massacres or famous deaths, but not graves. It consists of the Greek voice 957; 949; 954; 961; 959; 962; ( "dead, cadaver" nekros) tourism.

  
cateto
  55

1o_ In a right triangle is each side that forms its right angle. From Latin cathetus who takes it from The Greek 954; 945; 952; 949; 964; 959; 962; ( "perpendicular, plumb" kathetes). 2o_ Rustic, sloping, cowered. It can be a phonetic variation of paleto.

  
logofilia
  41

If I were a paraphilia, it would be very rare. It is rather a way of calling the hobby for studying words, for their knowledge. From Greek 955; 959; 947; 959; 962; ( logos, "study, treatise, knowledge") 966; 953; 955; 953; 945; ( philia, "love, affective inclination") .

  
poliplejia
  13

It would be a way to call multiple paralysis. It consists of the Greek voices 960; 959; 955; 965; ( poly "many" ) 960; 955; 951; 958; 953; 945; ( plexise "crippling blow" ) .

  
hipoestesia
  16

Low sensitivity to stimuli, almost always for pathological reasons. From Greek 965; 960; 959; ( hypo "low" ) 945; 953; 963; 952; 951; 963; 953; 962; ( aisthesis "feeling" ) .

  
presos políticos o políticos presos
  18

If you try to be a pun, as you retruecano makes little sense. Obviously: prisoner and politician can be used as a noun and as an adjective each.

  
vaso de precipitado
  30

It is a cylindrical container, flat-based, taller than a petri dish dish, used in chemical laboratories. It is used not only to obtain a precipitate in liquids, but as a container in general. See glass.

  
caja automática
  16

Mechanical transmission system in engines, especially vehicles, which automatically regulates the ratio of speeds on the fly. View manual box .

  
caja de cambio
  11

It is used more "gearbox" , and is the mechanical assembly with speed reducers for motors that allows to make the selection manually. It is usually used in vehicles, where in addition to various speeds can include a reverse. View automatic box .

  
conector de adición
  13

In grammar is the type of connector with copulative or additive function, such as "y" or "e". See disjunctor .

  
don melón de la huerta
  21

Don Melon de la Huerta is the central character of the so-called "Book of Good Love" written by Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita, as a fictional autobiography.

  
flor de pájaro
  29

Common name for the Strelitzia plant, by the characteristic shape of its flower, similar to a bird. It is native to Africa.

  
punto de equilibrio
  40

Equality mark on the faithful of a balance, figuratively is the situation in which stability is achieved. See point, balance.

  
la calabaza de halloween
  9

It is almost a reverse dictionary query for "Jack O'Lantern" and his legend, which is another version of the one who mocks the Devil and when he dies they do not want him even in Hell not in Paradise; so I'm going to skip that story. But I do comment that his lamp with an eternal ember was made of hollowed-out turnip, common vegetable in his native Ireland. Irish immigrants did not find abundance of turnips in North America, but pumpkins, so they followed their tradition of remembering Jack with a candle now inside this berry. As american cultural penetration was the one who popularized Halloween, we know the pumpkin version more than that of turnip.

  
oración exclamativa
  39

Type of vocative prayer, marked with emphasis. In grammar it is usually wrapped between exclamation points ( [b]. . . ! [/b] ) , also points out the exclaiming character accentuating his adverb.

  
ay dios!
  16

Exclamation to which lacks an opening of admiration and a comma. ( For operational reasons we must apologise for the lack in capital letters. )

  




       


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