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argot
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n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang,
cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
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cargo
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n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading,
freight, load, loading, payload, shipment,
consignment]
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embargo
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n 1: a government order imposing a trade barrier [syn:
embargo, trade embargo, trade stoppage]
v 1: ban the publication of (documents), as for security or
copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"
2: prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"
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escargot
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n 1: edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a
sauce of melted butter and garlic [syn: escargot,
snail]
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imago
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n 1: (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a
parent) formed in childhood
2: an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
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largo
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adv 1: slowly and broadly
adj 1: very slow in tempo and broad in manner
n 1: (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in
a slow and dignified manner
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supercargo
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n 1: an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and
its sale and purchase
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virago
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n 1: a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
2: a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: amazon, virago]
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au
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n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au,
atomic number 79]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;
equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun
(approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]
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chicago
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n 1: largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that
extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake
Michigan [syn: Chicago, Windy City]
2: a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and
king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a
separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in
his hand and successively higher cards are played until the
sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in
the layout wins all the chips on that card [syn: Michigan,
Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops]
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farrago
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n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends,
oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash,
mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry,
omnium-gatherum]
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argo
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n 1: formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere
between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided
into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela
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fargo
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n 1: largest city in North Dakota; located in eastern North
Dakota on the Red river
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aux
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margaux
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zhivago
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margo
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margot
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sargo
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spargo
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vargo
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botargo
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camargo
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mccargo
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disembargo
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bargo
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