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| alternative medicine |
any medical treatment or therapy, such as homeopathy and acupuncture, that is considered nontraditional and is generally not taught in conventional medical schools. |
| anticonventional |
combined form of conventional. |
| autogiro |
an aircraft that is pulled forward by a conventional propeller and held up in the air by a large horizontal rotor mounted on top of the fuselage. |
| Babbitt |
the title character and protagonist of Sinclair Lewis's early twentieth-century novel, who is smug, conventional, and resolutely middle-class. [1/2 definitions] |
| Beat Generation |
(sometimes l.c.) used to characterize some members of the generation that reached maturity in the late 1950s, esp. in the United States, who were alienated from conventional society and who promoted experimentation in artistic and literary forms. |
| beatnik |
a person whose values, self-expression, and dress reflect a rejection of conventional norms of thought and behavior; hippie. [1/2 definitions] |
| boilerplate |
hackneyed language that expresses the conventional thinking or feelings on a subject. [1/5 definitions] |
| bombproof |
impervious to damage or destruction by conventional bombs. |
| cable television |
a form of television in which the sound and picture signals from distant stations are received by a master antenna and then delivered by electrical cable. Cable television typically provides clear reception, access to a large number of channels, and a relatively wide range of programming, whereas conventional television is limited to the reception of signals from local stations. |
| cactus |
a thick-stemmed, often prickly plant without conventional leaves that grows in hot, dry areas of America. |
| conventionality |
the quality or state of being conventional. [3 definitions] |
| conventionalize |
to make conventional. [2 definitions] |
| cordate |
resembling the conventional symbol for the heart in shape, as certain leaves. |
| dear |
(cap.) used as a conventional greeting that opens a letter. [1/9 definitions] |
| demimonde |
a group that exists outside or on the edges of conventional society. |
| firebreak |
in military strategy, the uncertain transitional period or situation between the use of conventional and the use of nuclear weapons. [1/2 definitions] |
| firestorm |
an intense, widespread fire, caused by heavy conventional bombing or by an atomic explosion. [1/2 definitions] |
| forget oneself |
to fail to act in a conventional, dignified, or self-controlled manner. |
| formula |
a conventional model for doing something. [1/5 definitions] |
| gamut |
the complete conventional sequence of musical notes. [1/2 definitions] |
| grace |
(usu. cap.) a conventional title used in speaking to a duke, duchess, or archbishop, and formerly to a king or queen (usu. prec. by "His," "Her," or "Your"). [1/10 definitions] |
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