allegretto | (adjective) (of tempo) faster than allegro | - |
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(noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
(noun) a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | - |
(adverb) in a moderately quick tempo | - |
amaretto | (noun) an Italian almond liqueur | - |
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blotto | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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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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(verb) repeat an action or statement | - |
falsetto | (adjective) artificially high; above the normal voice range | - |
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(noun) a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register | - |
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 | (adjective) (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo | - |
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(noun) (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio | - |
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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