| free school |
a school that is an alternative to the traditional public and private schools, with a flexible approach to teaching. |
| from scratch |
in baking or cooking, combining basic individual ingredients and using traditional methods, as opposed to using store-bought prepared ingredients which allow for reducing steps in the baking or cooking process. [1/2 definitions] |
| hanbok |
traditional Korean clothing, esp. a garment consisting of a short, long-sleeved jacket and a very high-waisted flowing skirt. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. [1/2 definitions] |
| igloo |
a hut, shaped like a dome and made of blocks of ice or hard snow. Igloos are a traditional type of home made by certain groups of people who live in the Arctic regions of the world. |
| jack-o'-lantern |
a traditional Halloween lamp made from a pumpkin by removing the pulp, carving a face through the shell, and placing a candle in the bottom. |
| japan |
an ornamental object that has been carved and lacquered in a traditional Japanese manner. [1/4 definitions] |
| khan1 |
a traditional title of respect given to officials or rulers in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, and other Asian countries. [1/2 definitions] |
| mariachi |
a street band in Mexico, its members often playing dance music and wearing traditional costumes. [1/3 definitions] |
| miss2 |
(cap.) the traditional title of an unmarried woman, preceding the surname, and currently often replaced by "Ms.". [1/2 definitions] |
| modern art |
artistic production associated with a movement in art that began in the late 19th century and continued through the late 20th century, during which period an interest in realism and the use of traditional materials diminished and an interest in abstraction and experimentation with materials flourished. |
| moxa |
in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine, a preparation made from a type of wormwood plant that is applied to the skin either as a cauterizing agent or a counterirritant. |
| myth |
a story or group of stories that form part of the traditional knowledge of a society. Myths often use imaginative plots and characters to explain how the world began and why nature and people behave the way they do. [1/2 definitions] |
| nihilism |
a philosophy that holds that there is no objective basis for moral truths and therefore traditional values are meaningless. [1/3 definitions] |
| nontraditional |
not usual or traditional. |
| odori |
traditional Japanese dance, or a particular set of dance movements in the traditional style. |
| old-line |
traditional or reactionary in behavior or belief. [2 definitions] |
| old school |
those committed to traditional or established custom. [1/2 definitions] |
| plant medicine |
a traditional practice in which herbs and plant extracts are used to treat disease; herbal medicine. [1/3 definitions] |
| Punchinello |
the chief comic character in a traditional Italian puppet show who is the prototype of Punch, or a person resembling this character. |
| quantum bit |
a fundamental unit of information in quantum computing that is equivalent to the binary bit used in traditional computing; qubit. Whereas the binary bit can only exist in two states (0 or 1), the quantum bit can exist in three states (0, 1, or 0 and 1 simultaneously). |