ammo | (noun) projectiles to be fired from a gun | Synonyms: ammunition |
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camo | (noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camouflage |
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centesimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile | - |
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centimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain | - |
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culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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demo | (noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demonstration |
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duomo | (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: cathedral |
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dynamo | (noun) generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature | - |
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fortissimo | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly | - |
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generalissimo | (noun) the officer who holds the supreme command | Synonyms: commander-in-chief, commander in chief |
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gismo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, widget |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
gizmo | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, widget |
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(noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
homo | (noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | Synonyms: human, human being, man |
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(noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homophile, homosexual |
limo | (noun) large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | Synonyms: limousine |
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machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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mamo | (noun) black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct | - |
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memo | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memoranda, memorandum |
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mo | (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, moment, second |
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pianissimo | (noun) (music) low loudness | Synonyms: piano |
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primo | (noun) the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | - |
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promo | (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
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schmo | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmuck, shmo, shmuck |
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shmo | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmo, schmuck, shmuck |
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sumo | (noun) a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground | - |
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supremo | (noun) the most important person in an organization | - |
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tremendismo | (noun) post-war Spanish literary style marked by a tendency to emphasize violence and grotesque imagery. | - |
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