Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology The son of Telamon of Salamis and a warrior of great stature and prowess who fought against Troy.
- n. Greek Mythology The son of Ileus of Locris and a warrior of small stature and arrogant character who fought against Troy.
Wiktionary
- n. computing A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
- n. Greek mythology either of two heroes of the Trojan War
- n. sports Ajax Amsterdam
- n. poker slang An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad
Etymologies
- Phonetic similarity to ace jack. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In our site root we create a new folder AJAX and a file called ajax_framework.js where we will add in the next lessons all the javascript functions to use Ajax functionalities with our site.”
“Anyways, a day will come when flash/ajax/younameit will become user friendly enough for everybody to use, right now, flash is development hell compared to the ease of html, most dynamic websites can be converted to use Ajax but even then – why bother going through the extra expense and extended development cycle for a first run of a site.”
“AJAX -- A police officer was swarmed by youths when he came to the rescue of a security guard under attack at an Ajax plaza Tuesday.”
“AJAX -- A 19-year-old Ajax man faces several charges after a laser was pointed at the Durham Regional Police helicopter.”
“AJAX -- Police are trying to identify a man who approached and grabbed a child near the Ajax lakeshore on Good Friday.”
“AJAX - There will be lots of construction surrounding the Ajax”
“AJAX -- A 14-year-old boy has been charged in an attack that left an Ajax teen with stab wounds.”
“AJAX, Ont. - A 19-year-old man from Ajax, Ont., faces several charges after allegedly pointing a hand-held laser beam at an aircraft.”
“AJAX - Ajax residents Neely Arsenault and Melissa Keeler may not be elite athletes, but they're still being rewarded for their hard work … and more »”
“AJAX - Ajax resident Dr. Jeremy Barchman will be putting his body through the ultimate test when he runs the 26.2 mile Bank of America Chicago Marathon for”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Ajax’.
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LIT - Greco-Latin gods and heroes
Ganymede, Io, Olympia, Callisto, Hera, Kronos, Despoina, Hyades, Dyaus, Rhadamanthus, Semele, Leto and 198 more...
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TECH - web application frameworks
object-oriented p..., ALGOL, validation, Erlang, markup language, Python, hibernate, framework, Apache, template, mapper, Java and 310 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...Odysseus, sea, Athene, goddess, land, Achaean, wind, wave, Ithaca, lead, Poseidon, mortal and 732 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
abduct, abducting, abductor, Achaea, Achaean, Achilles, advise, Aegean, Aegean Sea, Aegina, aegis, Aeneas and 713 more...
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Genericised Trademarks and Trademark ...
Brand names and/ or trademarks that are now used instead or alongside similar products' names.
Pacer, Texta, Thermos, Escalator, Zipper, Aspirin, Kleenex, Cellophane, Yo-yo, Trampoline, Petrol, Vaseline and 68 more...
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Words you were amazed to hear in a song
Amazed… or awestruck.
You might want to leave a comment with title and artist somewhere. Thanks.fuligin, lictor, slither, heinous, stigma, penance, conciliation, Urth, lino, acquiesce, halo halo, bo peep and 62 more...
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Trademarks
"A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another and to indi...
Academy Award, Ace bandage, Acrilan, Addressograph, Alar, Alcian blue, Alclad, Aldis lamp, Ampakine, Amtrak, Amytal, Angostura bitters and 661 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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