Definitions
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- n. Alternative capitalization of Chianti
Examples
“You don't really see what he does or what he did, but his nonchalant description of eating liver with a chianti is more chilling than seeing Buffalo Bill shot to death, in my opinion.”
“I think some people get scared away by the name chianti not knowing how nice the sangiovese grape can be.”
“Over the course of a few hours and a bottle of chianti, the room was treated to her performances of the climactic scenes of Violetta in "La Traviata," Mimi in "La Bohème," and the title role in "Madama Butterfly.”
“We ate at a Pizza Express near Dublin recently (it's called "Milano" over there) where two thin-crusts, a bottle of chianti and a jug of tap cost €73.”
“As terrifying as Moriarty is, I think even he would draw the line at eating human liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”
If Sherlock Holmes Isn’t The World’s Greatest Detective, Then Who Is? » MTV Movies Blog
“If you want a red wine-based sauce, just add 400ml of chianti or other red wine, at the stage shown.”
“(And, since I had had most of a bottle of a very nice Italian chianti, my own memory likely skips over them, too.)”
“We tasted four reds (cabernet sauvignon, chianti, merlot, pinot noir) and two whites (chardonnay, pinot grigio) and found more than 20 CR Best Buys.”
Consumer Reports: Winning wings and pizzas with pizzazz for Super Bowl Sunday
“But needs must: we will have to muddle by on prosecco, chianti and Jagermeister, possibly all in one marvellously potent cocktail.”
The Guardian: OK, if the French play up, the croissant gets it | Alex Clark
“In Tuscany, everything is political – and nothing more so than the intrusion of international varieties alongside sangiovese in chianti classico.”
The Guardian: Wine: The mysterious world of chianti classico
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chianti’.
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Color Words for Shoes
Vendors can get oddly creative.
amaranth, brindle, iguana, slate black, madder brown, bison, pinecone, seal brown, forest night, burnt orange, monument, beet red and 399 more...
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Tip-Top Toponymic
Place names that have entered general speech. Toponyms that interest me in other ways are on Place Names Of Distinction
hamburger, wiener, finlandisation, vernissage, hackney, venetians, bohemian, anti-macassar, berliner, cravat, calico, serendipity and 113 more...
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Rose varieties
Rosarians have names for thousands of varieties of roses.
holy toledo, gourmet popcorn, apple jack, barbara bush, burning desire, hot tamale, tradescant, sweet surrender, sweet chariot, pinocchio, oyster pearl, olympiad and 309 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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foodie list - drink me
absinthe, beer, carafe, claret, coffee, cream, wine, sherry, sarsaparilla, rum, decant, java and 20 more...
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food and wine
bellini, lambrusco, frangelico, asti, prosecco, rosato, bianco, rosso, limoncello, amore, béchamel, chianti and 66 more...
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four
another list of good words, yo.
plasma, enology, cayenne, mare's tail, rosehip, hideous, rojak, vigilante, arsenic, scandal, mutiny, espionage and 88 more...
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happy hour
martini, bellini, mimosa, beer, seabreeze, cosmopolitan, manhattan, gin, bourbon, rum, tequila, amaretto and 71 more...
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fahye's Words
cadence, solipsism, aesthete, elegance, palindrome, sibilant, divigation, zenith, maelstrom, illogic, gestalt, tangle and 46 more...
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In Vino Veritas
Wine-related words.
sommelier, claret, rioja, beaujolais, chianti, viognier, chablis, sauvignon blanc, oenophile
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