(n) United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975), Syn. Jimmy Hoffa, James Riddle Hoffa

hoffman

(n) United States sculptor (1887-1966), Syn. Malvina Hoffman

hoffman

(n) versatile United States film actor (born in 1937), Syn. Dustin Hoffman

hoffmann

(n) Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956), Syn. Josef Hoffmann

hoffmann

(n) German chemist (1818-1892), Syn. August Wilhelm von Hoffmann

hoffmann

(n) United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937), Syn. Roald Hoffmann

hoffmann

(n) German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822), Syn. Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann

hoffmannsthal

(n) German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929), Syn. Hugo von Hoffmannsthal

kirchhoff

(n) German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887), Syn. G. R. Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

kirchhoff's laws

(n) (physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero

kniphofia

(n) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers, Syn. tritoma, flameflower, flame-flower, flame flower

meyerhof

(n) United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951), Syn. Otto Meyerhof, Otto Fritz Meyerhof

nothofagus

(n) beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech, Syn. genus Nothofagus

shofar

(n) an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions, Syn. shophar

werdnig-hoffman disease

(n) autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood

black beech

(n) New Zealand forest tree, Syn. Nothofagus solanderi

coigue

(n) Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching, Syn. Nothofagus dombeyi

hard beech

(n) tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood, Syn. Nothofagus truncata

myrtle beech

(n) large evergreen tree of Tasmania, Syn. Nothofagus cuninghamii

poker plant

(n) clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers, Syn. Kniphofia uvaria

rauli beech

(n) large Chilean timber tree yielding coarse lumber, Syn. Nothofagus procera

red-hot poker

(n) widely cultivated hybrid poker plant, Syn. Kniphofia praecox

roble beech

(n) tall deciduous South American tree, Syn. Nothofagus obliqua

silver beech

(n) New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark, Syn. Nothofagus menziesii

thrombocytopenic purpura

(n) purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors, Syn. purpura hemorrhagica, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Werlhof's disease

two-toed sloth

(n) a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot, Syn. unau, unai, Choloepus hoffmanni

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fraunhofer lines

pos>prop. n. pl.. (Physics.) The lines of the spectrum; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoful

a. [ AS. hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety. ] Careful; wary. [ Obs. ] Stapleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lithofellic

a. [ Litho- + L. fel, fellis, gall. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lithofracteur

‖n. [ F., fr. li`qos stone + L. frangere, fractum, to break. ] An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothofagus

prop. n. A genus of beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa; the southern beech.
Syn. -- genus Nothofagus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

umhofo

n. (Zool.) An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus or Rhinoceros simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros. [ 1913 Webster ]

Van't Hoff's law

[ After J. H. van't Hoff, Dutch physical chemist. ] (Phys. Chem.) The generalization that: when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions the endothermic is promoted by raising the temperature, the exothermic by lowering it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

霍夫曼

[霍夫曼, Huò fū màn] Hofmann or Hoffman (name); August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist; Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor #48369

祁连山脉

[祁连山脉 / 祁連山脈, qí lián shān mài] the QiLian or Richthofen range dividing QingHai and Gansu provinces #193561

里希特霍芬

[里希特霍芬, Lǐ xī tè huò fēn] Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路, See Also: 絲綢之路, 丝绸之路 #225855

李希霍芬

[李希霍芬, Lǐ xī huò fēn] Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路, See Also: 絲綢之路, 丝绸之路 #321858

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

赤木

[あかぎ, akagi] (n) (1) (uk) bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); (2) (See 黒木) barked tree; (3) red tree #17007

ほふく前進;匍匐前進

[ほふくぜんしん, hofukuzenshin] (n, vs) (See 匍匐) crawling along

キルヒホッフ

[kiruhihoffu] (n) Kirchhoff; (P)

キルヒホッフの法則

[キルヒホッフのほうそく, kiruhihoffu nohousoku] (n) Kirchhoff's law

ショーファー

[sho-fa-] (n) shofar

トリトマ

[toritoma] (n) red-hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria) (lat

フラウンホーファー線

[フラウンホーファーせん, furaunho-fa-sen] (n) Fraunhofer lines

ブーショッファン;ブーッショファン

[bu-shoffan ; bu-sshofan] (n) boue chauffante (self-heating mud-pack for cosmetic purposes) (fre

ホフマン方式

[ホフマンほうしき, hofuman houshiki] (n) Hoffmann method

一所不住

[いっしょふじゅう, isshofujuu] (n) (1) vagrant; (2) transient lifestyle

形態機能的;形態・機能的

[けいたいきのう, keitaikinou] (adj-na) morphofunctional

形態機能的変化;形態・機能的変化

[けいたいきのうてきへんか, keitaikinoutekihenka] (n) morphofunctional modifications

住所不明

[じゅうしょふめい, juushofumei] (adj-no, n) address unknown

書風

[しょふう, shofuu] (n) style of handwriting or calligraphy

場所塞ぎ

[ばしょふさぎ, bashofusagi] (n) obstruction

情緒不安定

[じょうちょふあんてい, jouchofuantei] (n) emotional instability

屠る

[ほふる, hofuru] (v5r, vt) to slaughter; to massacre; to defeat; to butcher

日本蝮

[にほんまむし;ニホンマムシ, nihonmamushi ; nihonmamushi] (n) (uk) (See 蝮) Japanese copperhead (Gloydius blomhoffii); mamushi pit-viper

保父

[ほふ, hofu] (n) male carer, esp. in a nursery school

匍匐;蒲伏

[ほふく, hofuku] (n, vs) creeping; crawling; sneaking

蝮

[まむし;はみ(ok);くちばみ(ok);たじひ(ok);マムシ, mamushi ; hami (ok); kuchibami (ok); tajihi (ok); mamushi] (n) (uk) (See 鎖蛇) pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)

German-Thai: Longdo Dictionary Longdo Approved DE-TH

Bahnhof

(n) |der, pl. Bahnhöfe| สถานีรถไฟ, See Also: der Hauptbahnhof

Hauptbahnhof

(n) |der, pl. Hauptbahnhöfe| สถานีรถไฟใหญ่, สถานีรถไฟประจำเมือง

unhöflich

(adj, adv) ไม่สุภาพ, หยาบคาย, ไม่เคารพ, See Also: rüde, A. höflich, achtungsvoll, Syn. unbeachtet

Friedhof

(n) |der, pl. Friedhöfe| สุสาน, สถานที่ฝังศพ เช่น Anfang jedes Frühling kaufen die Leute schöne Blumen um den Friedhof zu dekorieren. เมื่อเริ่มต้นฤดูใบไม้ผลิ คนจะซื้อดอกไม้สวยๆ เพื่อไปตกแต่งสุสาน

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Abschaltautomatik { f }

automatic switchoff

Atrium { n }; Vorhof des Herzens [ anat. ]

atrium

Autobusbahnhof { m } | Autobusbahnhöfe { pl }

bus terminal | bus terminals

Autofriedhof { m }

car dump

Bahnhof { m }

railway station; railroad station [ Am. ]

Bahnhof { m } | Bahnhöfe { pl }

station; train station | stations

Bahnhofsmission { f }

railway mission

Bauernhof { m }; Hof { m }; Bauerngut { n } | Bauernhöfe { pl }; Höfe { pl }; Bauerngüter { pl } | ab Hof

farm | farms | direct from the farm

Bauernhof { m }

farmstead

Ferien auf dem Bauernhof

agrotourism

Besitztum { n }; Grundbesitz { m }; Gutshof { m } | Besitztümer { pl }; Grundbesitze { pl }; Gutshöfe { pl }

estate | estates

Bischof { m } | Bischöfe { pl }

bishop | bishops

Bischofsstab { m }

pastoral staff

Bundesgerichtshof { m }

Federal Supreme Court [ Am. ]

Bundesgerichtshof { m } für Bundesbezirke

U.S. District Court [ Am. ]

Bundesrechnungshof { m }

the Federal Audit Office

Busbahnhof { m }

bus station

Durchgangsbahnhof { m }

through station

Echofunktion { f }

echo feature

Erzbischof { m } | Erzbischöfe { pl }

archbishop | archbishops

Europäischer Gerichtshof

European Court of Justice

Europäischer Rechnungshof

European Court of Auditors

Fall { m }; Sache { f }; Prozess { m } | Fälle { pl } | ein schwieriger Fall | auf jeden Fall | auf jeden Fall | auf jeden Fall; auf alle Fälle | auf keinen Fall | auf keinen Fall | auf keinen Fall | auf gar keinen Fall | dieser spezielle Fall | für alle Fälle | für solche Fälle | hoffnungsloser Fall | schlimmster Fall; ungünstigster Fall | im Falle | im vorliegenden Fall | in diesem Fall | in vielen Fällen | zu Fall bringen | zu Fall bringen | auf alle Fälle | auf alle Fälle | einer der wenigen Fälle

Friedhof { m } | Friedhöfe { pl }

cemetery | cemeteries

Friedhof { m }

graveyard

Gasthof { m }; Wirtshaus { n } | Gasthöfe { pl }; Wirtshäuser { pl }

inn | inns

Gehege { n }; Hühnerhof { m }

run

Gericht { n }; Gerichtshof { m }

court

Gerichtshof { m } | Gerichtshöfe { pl }

court of justice | courts of justice

(unverhoffter) Glücksfall { m }; unerwartetes Geschenk

windfall

Güterbahnhof { m }

freight depot

Güterbahnhof { m }

goods station

Gut { n }; Gutshof { m }; Rittergut { n } | Güter { pl }

manor | manors

Hauptbahnhof { m }

main-station

Haushofmeister { m }

steward

Haushofmeisteramt { n }; Verwalteramt { n }

stewardship

Hinterhof { m }

backyard

Hirtenstab { m }; Bischofsstab { m }

crook

Hochofen { m }

blast furnace

Hochofenmöllerung { f }

blast furnace burdening

Hofmeister { m }

bearleader

Hof { m }; Hofraum { m }

courtyard

Hof { m }

halo

Hof { m } | Höfe { pl }

yard | yards

Hof { m }; Gericht { n }; Spielplatz { m } | Höfe { pl } | den Hof machen

court | courts | to court

Hofdame { f } | Hofdamen { pl }

court lady | court ladies

Hoffnung { f } (auf) | Hoffnungen { pl } | eine schwache Hoffnung | eine Hoffnung zerstören | sich mit eitlen Hoffnungen tragen | sich Hoffnungen hingeben | unrealistische Hoffnung

jdm. die Hoffnung nehmen

to frustrate

Hoffnungslosigkeit { f }

desperateness

Hoffnungslosigkeit { f }

hopelessness

Japanese-German: JDDICT Dictionary JDDICT JP-DE Dictionary

侍医

[じい, jii] Leibarzt, Hofarzt

僧正

[そうじょう, soujou] hoher_buddistischer_Priester, Bischof

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