A masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime. / The chief dish at a dinner.

(music) a major third in the final tonic chord of a minor-key passage, a device mostly used in Baroque, although occasionally in Classical music, and then adopted much later on in neoclassicism.

A stock of meat reduced to a glaze. Used in culinary for sauce making.

plural of cheval de frise

For want of something better; for lack of an alternative; as a makeshift.

Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo

Commotion / Event marked by excitement / Bump in a racetrack

Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo

Alternative form of auto da fe

Alternative spelling of lah-di-dah.