arioso | (noun) (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria | - |
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basso | (noun) the lowest adult male singing voice | Synonyms: bass, bass voice |
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(noun) an adult male singer with the lowest voice | Synonyms: bass |
calypso | (noun) rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf | Synonyms: Calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper |
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espresso | (noun) strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans | - |
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fatso | (noun) a rotund individual | Synonyms: butterball, fat person, fatty, roly-poly |
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gesso | (noun) gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) | - |
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incienso | (noun) fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine | Synonyms: brittle bush, brittlebush, Encelia farinosa |
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lasso | (noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals | Synonyms: lariat, reata, riata |
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mafioso | (noun) a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States | - |
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(noun) a member of the Sicilian Mafia | - |
miso | (noun) a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces | - |
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peso | (noun) the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Colombian peso |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Cuban peso |
(noun) the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Dominican peso |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Mexican peso |
(noun) the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Philippine peso |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Uruguayan peso |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos | Synonyms: Chilean peso |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos | Synonyms: Guinea-Bissau peso |
proviso | (noun) a stipulated condition | Synonyms: provision |
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sargasso | (noun) brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | Synonyms: gulfweed, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferum |
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so | (noun) the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization | Synonyms: soh, sol |
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torso | (noun) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs | Synonyms: body, trunk |
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verso | (noun) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | Synonyms: reverse |
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(noun) left-hand page | - |
virtuoso | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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(noun) a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry | - |