fluke | (n) a barb on a harpoon or arrow |
fluke | (n) flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor, Syn. flue |
fluke | (n) either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean |
fluke | (n) parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host, Syn. trematode, trematode worm |
liver fluke | (n) flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans, Syn. Fasciola hepatica |
luke | (n) (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel, Syn. St. Luke, Saint Luke |
luke | (n) one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life, Syn. Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke |
lukewarm | (adj) moderately warm, Syn. tepid |
lukewarmly | (adv) in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner, Syn. tepidly |
lukewarmness | (n) a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin, Syn. tepidity, tepidness |
chancy | (adj) subject to accident or chance or change, Syn. iffy, flukey, fluky |
good luck | (n) a stroke of luck, Syn. fluke, good fortune |
halfhearted | (adj) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm, Syn. half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm |
schistosome | (n) flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals, Syn. blood fluke |
tepidness | (n) lack of passion, force or animation, Syn. lukewarmness |
Fluke | n. [ Cf. AS. flōc a kind of flatfish, Icel. flōki a kind of halibut. ] 1. (Zool.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [ Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. RHUD [ PJC ] 3. (Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fluke | n. [ Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly. ] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [ Cant, Eng. ] A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fluke | v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Fluked p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking ] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Flukeworm | n. (Zool.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Luke | a. [ Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew. ] Moderately warm; not hot; tepid; lukewarm. -- Luke"ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens. [1913 Webster] |
Lukewarm | a. [ See Luke. ] 1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. “ Lukewarm blood.” Spenser. “ Lukewarm patriots.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden. -- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mamaluke | n. Same as Mameluke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mameluke | n. [ F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. mamlūk a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses. ] One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811. [ 1913 Webster ] |
温 | [wēn, ㄨㄣ, 温 / 溫] warm; lukewarm; to review; surname Wen #3,705 [Add to Longdo] |
蛭 | [zhì, ㄓˋ, 蛭] fluke; leech; hirudinea #22,648 [Add to Longdo] |
路加 | [Lù jiā, ㄌㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚ, 路 加] Luke; St Luke the evangelist #199,804 [Add to Longdo] |
幸进 | [xìng jìn, ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ, 幸 进 / 幸 進] to get through by luck; to be promoted by a fluke [Add to Longdo] |
符类福音 | [fú lèi fú yīn, ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄣ, 符 类 福 音 / 符 類 福 音] synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology) [Add to Longdo] |
路加福音 | [Lù jiā fú yīn, ㄌㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄣ, 路 加 福 音] Gospel according to St Luke [Add to Longdo] |
いい加減(P);好い加減;好加減(io) | [いいかげん, iikagen] (adj-na) (1) (uk) irresponsible; perfunctory; careless; (2) lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague; (3) (See いい加減にする) reasonable; moderate (usu. in suggestions or orders); (adv) (4) considerably; quite; rather; pretty; (P) #15,879 [Add to Longdo] |
ぬるま湯;微温湯 | [ぬるまゆ;ぬるゆ(微温湯);びおんとう(微温湯), nurumayu ; nuruyu ( bion yu ); biontou ( bion yu )] (n) tepid water; lukewarm water [Add to Longdo] |
フロック(P);フルーク | [furokku (P); furu-ku] (n) (1) fluke; (2) (フロック only) frock; (3) (フロック only) flock; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
ルカによる福音書 | [ルカによるふくいんしょ, ruka niyorufukuinsho] (n) the Gospel according to Luke (book of the Bible) [Add to Longdo] |
ルカ伝 | [ルカでん, ruka den] (n) (See ルカ福音書) Gospel of Luke (book of the Bible) [Add to Longdo] |
ルカ福音書 | [ルカふくいんしょ, ruka fukuinsho] (n) Gospel of Luke (book of the Bible) [Add to Longdo] |
横川吸虫 | [よこがわきゅうちゅう, yokogawakyuuchuu] (n) Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke) [Add to Longdo] |
温い(P);緩い;微温い | [ぬるい(P);ぬくい(温い), nurui (P); nukui ( nukui )] (adj-i) (1) (温い, 微温い only) (uk) (ぬくい is primarily used in Western Japan) lukewarm; tepid; (2) (ぬるい only) (uk) (See 緩い・ゆるい・1) lenient; (3) (ぬくい only) (uk) (arch) (See 温) slow; stupid; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
温む | [ぬるむ, nurumu] (v5m, vi) to become lukewarm; to become tepid [Add to Longdo] |
怪我の功名 | [けがのこうみょう, keganokoumyou] (exp) fortunate error; lucky break; fluke [Add to Longdo] |
肝吸虫 | [かんきゅうちゅう, kankyuuchuu] (n) Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis); Oriental liver fluke [Add to Longdo] |
肝蛭 | [かんてつ, kantetsu] (n) sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) [Add to Longdo] |
吸虫 | [きゅうちゅう, kyuuchuu] (n) trematode (i.e. a fluke) [Add to Longdo] |
吸虫類 | [きゅうちゅうるい, kyuuchuurui] (n) trematodes (i.e. flukes) [Add to Longdo] |
住血吸虫 | [じゅうけつきゅうちゅう, juuketsukyuuchuu] (n) blood fluke (any fluke of family Schistosomatidae); schistosome [Add to Longdo] |
生ぬるい(P);生温い | [なまぬるい, namanurui] (adj-i) lukewarm; halfhearted; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
生暖かい | [なまあたたかい, namaatatakai] (adj-i) lukewarm; tepid [Add to Longdo] |
聖路加 | [せいろか, seiroka] (n) Saint Luke's (Tokyo Hospital) [Add to Longdo] |
聖路加病院 | [せいろかびょういん, seirokabyouin] (n) St Luke Hospital [Add to Longdo] |
日本住血吸虫 | [にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuu] (n) Oriental blood fluke (Schistosoma japonicum) [Add to Longdo] |
日本住血吸虫症 | [にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうしょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuushou] (n) (See 日本住血吸虫) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) [Add to Longdo] |
日本住血吸虫病 | [にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuubyou] (n) (obsc) (See 日本住血吸虫症) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum) [Add to Longdo] |
肺吸虫 | [はいきゅうちゅう, haikyuuchuu] (n) lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani) [Add to Longdo] |
肺臓ジストマ | [はいぞうジストマ, haizou jisutoma] (n) (obsc) (See 肺吸虫) lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani) [Add to Longdo] |
微温 | [びおん, bion] (n, adj-no) lukewarmness; tepidity [Add to Longdo] |
福音史家 | [ふくいんしか, fukuinshika] (n) evangelist (i.e. Matthew, Mark, Luke or John) [Add to Longdo] |
紛れ | [まぐれ, magure] (n) fluke; chance; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
紛れ当たり | [まぐれあたり, magureatari] (n) lucky shot; fluke [Add to Longdo] |
冷然 | [れいぜん, reizen] (n, adj-t, adv-to) indifference; coolness; lukewarmness; cold-heartedness [Add to Longdo] |
路加 | [るか, ruka] (n) St Luke [Add to Longdo] |