A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.

(weightlifting) The act of lifting the barbell from the floor to a resting position across the front of the shoulders (the clean phase), pausing, and thrusting the barbell over the head to a stationary position in one movement (the jerk phase). The normal technique for both parts of this act involves propelling the barbell upwards, quickly lowering the torso, and then straightening the legs.

A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).

Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.

First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.

(historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.

Alternative form of gyrkin

A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers. / The tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

(Abrahamic religions) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations. / (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.