alien |
someone who lives in a country who is not a citizen of that country. [1/5 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 government official who lives in a foreign city. A consul looks after the interests of his or her nation's citizens who live or travel there. |
convert |
to change (money) into foreign currency of equal value. [1/5 definitions] |
cough |
to release air noisily from the lungs. A cough results from illness or from breathing in foreign matter. [1/4 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. |