| alien |
one who is considered foreign to a particular group or family; outsider. [1/6 definitions] |
| anaphylaxis |
extreme allergic reaction to a substance, typically a foreign protein or drug, following a previous exposure to the same substance. |
| antiforeign |
combined form of foreign. |
| au pair |
(French) a girl or woman who works for a family, usu. in a foreign country, in exchange for room and board. [1/2 definitions] |
| auxiliary |
(pl.) foreign troops assisting those of a nation at war. [1/7 definitions] |
| banana republic |
(informal) a small, often politically unstable Central American country with a one-crop economy that is controlled by foreign capital (used as a derogatory label). |
| big stick |
political or military power, displayed or implied to intimidate or gain cooperation from potential adversaries, esp. as a foreign policy. |
| blink |
to remove a foreign body from the eyes by winking. [1/10 definitions] |
| calque |
a word adopted into one language from another through the translation of each root or morpheme of the foreign word. |
| change |
of money, to break down into smaller denominations, or convert into foreign currency. [1/18 definitions] |
| chargé d'affaires |
a foreign service official who takes charge of diplomatic business whenever an ambassador or minister is temporarily absent. [1/2 definitions] |
| Chinatown |
any neighborhood or region inhabited by Chinese in a foreign city. |
| clean |
free from impurities or foreign particles. [1/12 definitions] |
| consul |
a national government official assigned to live in a foreign city in order to give assistance and protection to his or her nation's citizens who live or travel there, and to promote his or her country's commercial interests. [1/2 definitions] |
| convert |
to change (money) into foreign currency of equal value. [1/5 definitions] |
| cough |
to release air noisily and spasmodically from the lungs as a result of illness or foreign matter in the respiratory system. [1/6 definitions] |
| diplomatic immunity |
exemption from local laws, granted to diplomatic personnel and their dependents while in a foreign country. |
| dollar diplomacy |
the use of a country's economic power and influence to promote its foreign policies. [1/2 definitions] |
| dump |
to market a great quantity of (goods) at a reduced price in another country, so as to undercut foreign competition. [1/10 definitions] |
| electroporation |
in genetics, a method of introducing foreign DNA into a cell by means of an electric pulse that makes the cell membrane more permeable. |
| embolus |
a foreign body, such as an air bubble or a blood clot, in the bloodstream. |