English words for 'In an oriental manner.'
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adj
- (loosely) Oriental.
- (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
- of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
- from the east; used especially of winds
- lying in or toward the east
- relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
- lying toward or situated in the east
adj
adv
noun
- The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
- the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city
- the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point
noun
adj
adv
name
noun
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
prep
verb
noun
- the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations
- (art, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
- An Eastern word, expression, or custom.
- (postcolonialism) A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies.
adj
- Relating to traditional Chinese.
- Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
- Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
- In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
- Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
- pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines
- consisting of or derived from tradition
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of traditional Chinese.
- (informal, uncountable, music) Ellipsis of traditional grip.
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).
- A person with traditional beliefs.
- (usually in the plural) Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.
noun
adj
- (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, an East Asian person or an East Asian style or culture.
- Resembling a chink sound.
- (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
- Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
verb
noun
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- mist; fog; roke
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
name
noun
noun
- (sometimes offensive) A whitewashed South Asian.
- (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).
- (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
- (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
- a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life
adj
verb
noun
noun
- An Asian Indian
- (Indian independence movement) A native Indian (plural often same as singular)
- (Dravidianism, South India, sometimes derogatory) A Hindustani in the sense of an Indian from north of the Deccan, a Hindustani-speaker or a bearer of that culture
- (Hindutva) A native Indian of whatever religion, as a person of Hindu culture
adj
name
prefix
noun
- A person belonging to or descended from the indigenous people of Manchuria.
- a member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
- the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu
- the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
adj
name
noun
adj
noun
adj
noun
noun
- the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations
- (art, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
- An Eastern word, expression, or custom.
- (postcolonialism) A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies.
noun
adj
- (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, an East Asian person or an East Asian style or culture.
- Resembling a chink sound.
- (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
- Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
noun
- (sometimes offensive) A whitewashed South Asian.
- (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).
- (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
- (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
- a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life
adj
verb
noun
noun
- An Asian Indian
- (Indian independence movement) A native Indian (plural often same as singular)
- (Dravidianism, South India, sometimes derogatory) A Hindustani in the sense of an Indian from north of the Deccan, a Hindustani-speaker or a bearer of that culture
- (Hindutva) A native Indian of whatever religion, as a person of Hindu culture
adj
name
noun
- A person belonging to or descended from the indigenous people of Manchuria.
- a member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
- the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu
- the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
adj
name
noun
adj
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A bad deal; a rip-off.
- (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- (rare) A castle or other fortification.
- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- (baseball, slang) A rookie.
- (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- mist; fog; roke
- (uncountable) A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
adj
- (loosely) Oriental.
- (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
- Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
- of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
- from the east; used especially of winds
- lying in or toward the east
- relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
- lying toward or situated in the east
adj
adv
noun
- The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
- the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city
- the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point
adj
adv
name
noun
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
prep
verb
adj
- Relating to traditional Chinese.
- Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
- Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
- In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
- Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
- pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines
- consisting of or derived from tradition
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of traditional Chinese.
- (informal, uncountable, music) Ellipsis of traditional grip.
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).
- A person with traditional beliefs.
- (usually in the plural) Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.