| allegretto | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
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| (noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
| alto | (noun) the pitch range of the lowest female voice | - |
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| (noun) (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments | - |
| (noun) the lowest female singing voice | Synonyms: contralto |
| (noun) the highest adult male singing voice | Synonyms: countertenor |
| (noun) a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef | - |
| amaretto | (noun) an Italian almond liqueur | - |
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| antipasto | (noun) a course of appetizers in an Italian meal | - |
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| auto | (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: automobile, car, machine, motorcar |
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| bonito | (noun) any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas | - |
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| (noun) fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna | Synonyms: Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito |
| (noun) flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna | - |
| burrito | (noun) a flour tortilla folded around a filling | - |
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| caimito | (noun) evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum cainito, star apple |
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| canto | (noun) a major division of a long poem | - |
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| (noun) the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music | - |
| caracolito | (noun) large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families | Synonyms: Ruptiliocarpon caracolito |
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| castrato | (noun) a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
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| cavetto | (noun) a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section | - |
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| concerto | (noun) a composition for orchestra and a soloist | - |
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| conto | (noun) 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal | - |
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| contrafagotto | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrabassoon, double bassoon |
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| contralto | (noun) the lowest female singing voice | Synonyms: alto |
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| (noun) a woman singer having a contralto voice | - |
| ditto | (noun) a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated | Synonyms: ditto mark |
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| divertimento | (noun) a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form | Synonyms: serenade |
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| falsetto | (noun) a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register | - |
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| frijolito | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolillo, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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| ghetto | (noun) formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live | - |
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| (noun) a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions | - |
| (noun) any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping | - |
| graffito | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffiti |
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| grotto | (noun) a small cave (usually with attractive features) | Synonyms: grot |
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| gusto | (noun) vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | Synonyms: relish, zest, zestfulness |
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| impasto | (noun) painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible | - |
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| inamorato | (noun) a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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| junto | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, camarilla, faction |
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| koto | (noun) Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers | - |
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| larghetto | (noun) (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio | - |
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| lazaretto | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, pesthouse |
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| (noun) a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship | Synonyms: glory hole |
| libretto | (noun) the words of an opera or musical play | - |
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| lotto | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: beano, bingo, keno |
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| magneto | (noun) a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine | Synonyms: magnetoelectric machine |
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| manifesto | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: pronunciamento |
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| memento | (noun) a reminder of past events | Synonyms: souvenir |
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| mosquito | (noun) two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | - |
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| motto | (noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual | Synonyms: catchword, shibboleth, slogan |
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| mulatto | (noun) an offspring of a black and a white parent | - |
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| obbligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obligato |
| obligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obbligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obbligato |
| ostinato | (noun) a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition | - |
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| palmetto | (noun) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves | - |
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| panto | (noun) an abbreviation of pantomime | - |
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| pentimento | (noun) the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) | - |
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| pesto | (noun) a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil | - |
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| photo | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photograph, pic, picture |
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| pimento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimiento |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| pimiento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimento |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| pinto | (noun) a spotted or calico horse or pony | - |
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| pizzicato | (noun) a note or passage that is played pizzicato | - |
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| potato | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato |
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| (noun) annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | Synonyms: Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
| potto | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: kinkajou, Perodicticus potto |
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| (noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, kinkajou, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus |
| pronunciamento | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: manifesto |
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| prosciutto | (noun) Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin | - |
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| quarto | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves | Synonyms: 4to |
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| quattrocento | (noun) the 15th century in Italian art and literature | - |
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| rabato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rebato |
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| radiophoto | (noun) a photograph transmitted by radio waves | Synonyms: radiophotograph |
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| razbliuto | (noun) the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do | - |
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| rebato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rabato |
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| recto | (noun) right-hand page | - |
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| risotto | (noun) rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese | Synonyms: Italian rice |
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| rubato | (noun) a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat | - |
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| sgraffito | (noun) a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground | - |
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| spiccato | (noun) bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings | Synonyms: spiccato bowing |
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| stiletto | (noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade | - |
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| telephoto | (noun) a photograph made with a telephoto lens | Synonyms: telephotograph |
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| terzetto | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
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| tomato | (noun) mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable | - |
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| (noun) native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties | Synonyms: love apple, Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant |
| veto | (noun) a vote that blocks a decision | - |
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| (noun) the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) | - |
| vibrato | (noun) (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch | - |
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