| 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 | - |
| amaretto | (noun) an Italian almond liqueur | - |
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| cavetto | (noun) a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section | - |
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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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| ditto | (noun) a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated | Synonyms: ditto mark |
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| falsetto | (noun) a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register | - |
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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 | - |
| grotto | (noun) a small cave (usually with attractive features) | Synonyms: grot |
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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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| 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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| palmetto | (noun) any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves | - |
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| 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 |
| prosciutto | (noun) Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin | - |
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| risotto | (noun) rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese | Synonyms: Italian rice |
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| stiletto | (noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade | - |
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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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