This page gathers the 194 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Metonymically” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 2 of 2: from “logit” to “ziff”.
- logit noun A logistic regression, which applies such a mathematical function.
- los jibbities noun The LGBTQ community; queer people collectively.
- maidenhead noun Virginity.
- maidenhood noun A woman's virginity or maidenhead.
- manual noun A vehicle with a manual transmission.
- marginal cost noun Synonym of break-even point.
- mitzvah noun A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.
- monopoly noun The market thus controlled.
- nation noun A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
- newspaper noun The news organization that produces such a publication.
- NFL noun American football.
- niggerskin noun A black person.
- object head noun A fictional character, typically humanoid or anthropomorphic, with an object for a head.
- Orontean adj Syrian.
- perspiration noun Synonym of hard work.
- pink slip noun A notice of termination of employment.
- pint noun A pint of milk.
- pipe noun The character |.
- plastic noun Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- plate noun Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- pocket protector noun A white-collar technical worker such as a scientist or engineer, especially in military and space applications; a nerd or someone with a…
- pound noun The people who work for the pound.
- power noun The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
- price tag noun The price at which something is offered for sale.
- print newspaper noun Newspapers which are or were produced solely or primarily in printed form.
- printing press noun Synonym of printing house (“an institutional or commercial publisher”).
- public relations noun The favorability of the public image of a person or organization.
- pulpit noun Activity associated with or usually performed from a church pulpit; preaching, sermons, religious teaching.
- pulse noun The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
- puss noun Sex with a woman.
- racks noun publication, distribution (of a magazine)
- raven noun preceded by the: Viking military power.
- read verb To read a work or works written by the named author.
- red ball noun First-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball". Mainly used to play tests.
- red tape noun Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.
- Reno divorce noun An easily-obtained divorce; a divorce with relatively few prerequisites, such as a short period of residency in the jurisdiction.
- rhinitis noun cold; common cold.
- ribbon noun An apparatus program with a ribbon.
- room noun The people in a room.
- root canal noun A surgical operation on a root canal (endodontic therapy), typically filling it with gutta-percha.
- rope noun An apparatus program with a rope.
- safe pair of hands noun A player who has this ability.
- screw cap noun The style of closure that has such a cap; a container that has such a cap.
- season noun A year, but with emphasis on the most important part of the year in context, such as the months when plants or animals grow and reproduce.
- semiconductor noun Ellipsis of semiconductor device.
- sequestration noun A budget cut resulting from a separation of funding mechanisms.
- serge noun A garment made of this fabric.
- seropositivity noun Seropositivity prevalence rate: synonym of seroprevalence.
- shale noun The shale oil and shale gas segment of the oil and gas industry.
- silk noun A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
- sleep noun A night.
- slipjoint noun A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.
- social services noun The government employees collectively running such a program.
- sock and buskin noun The comedy and tragedy masks.
- soil mechanics noun The mechanical behavior and performance of a soil.
- stable noun All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- stage noun The profession of an actor.
- stakebody noun A truck, trailer, or wagon with such a body.
- straight-six noun A vehicle with such an engine.
- string noun A stringed instrument.
- suit noun A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
- super soaker noun One who can ejaculate intensively.
- swastika noun Nazi rule.
- swing-wing noun An aircraft that has such wings.
- switch noun A Glock pistol equipped with a Glock switch.
- table noun A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- tabling noun Representing a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- tank park noun The tank inventory of a country or army.
- three-on-the-tree noun A vehicle with such a transmission.
- tin noun Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
- tinfoil hat noun A conspiracy theorist.
- tingkat noun Home-cooked meals from a home delivery and catering service.
- tongue noun A language.
- transistor noun A transistor radio.
- trash noun A container into which things are discarded.
- treasure chest noun A treasury, especially a state or royal treasury.
- Trianon noun The Treaty of Trianon, a peace treaty signed in the Grand Trianon on 4 June 1920, which formally ended World War I between most of the…
- U-shaped adj Characterized by traits whose graphing produces curves with that shape.
- ultrasound noun Ultrasonography.
- URL noun A domain name.
- V-shaped adj Characterized by traits whose graphing produces curves with that shape.
- V-twin noun A vehicle with such an engine; (especially), a motorcycle with such an engine.
- V8 noun A vehicle with such an engine.
- vape noun An electronic cigarette.
- violin noun A violinist in an orchestra or group.
- virus noun A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
- W-shaped adj Characterized by traits whose graphing produces curves with that shape.
- wave verb To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to…
- wheels noun An automobile or other vehicle; a set of wheels.
- white ball noun limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket
- world noun A majority of people.
- worship noun The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- Y2K noun Millennium bug.
- ziff noun Someone with a beard, especially an old man.