fisherman | (n) someone whose occupation is catching fish, Syn. fisher |
fisherman's bend | (n) a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring |
fisherman's knot | (n) a knot for tying the ends of two lines together, Syn. truelove knot, true lover's knot |
fisherman's lure | (n) (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers, Syn. fish lure |
herman | (n) United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987), Syn. Woody Herman, Woodrow Charles Herman |
hermannia | (n) genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers, Syn. genus Hermannia |
sherman | (n) United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891), Syn. William Tecumseh Sherman |
sherman | (n) American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793), Syn. Roger Sherman |
sherman | (n) a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14, 036 feet high), Syn. Mount Sherman |
sherman | (n) a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border |
washerman | (n) operates industrial washing machine, Syn. laundryman |
weatherman | (n) predicts the weather, Syn. weather forecaster |
arminius | (n) Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609), Syn. Jacob Harmensen, Jacobus Arminius, Jakob Hermandszoon |
arminius | (n) German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19), Syn. Hermann, Armin |
dreiser | (n) United States novelist (1871-1945), Syn. Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser |
fischer | (n) German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919), Syn. Emil Hermann Fischer |
ford | (n) English writer and editor (1873-1939), Syn. Ford Hermann Hueffer, Ford Madox Ford |
frye | (n) Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991), Syn. Herman Northrop Frye, Northrop Frye |
glutton | (n) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess, Syn. gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman |
goring | (n) German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946), Syn. Hermann Goring, Goering, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring |
helmholtz | (n) German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894), Syn. Hermann von Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz |
hesse | (n) Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962), Syn. Hermann Hesse |
hollerith | (n) United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929), Syn. Herman Hollerith |
honey bell | (n) African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs, Syn. honeybells, Mahernia verticillata, Hermannia verticillata |
melville | (n) United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891), Syn. Herman Melville |
minkowski | (n) German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909), Syn. Hermann Minkowski |
muller | (n) Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965), Syn. Paul Hermann Muller |
muller | (n) United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967), Syn. Hermann Joseph Muller |
nernst | (n) German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941), Syn. Walther Hermann Nernst |
ruth | (n) United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948), Syn. George Herman Ruth, Babe Ruth, Sultan of Swat |
saxe | (n) a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750), Syn. Hermann Maurice Saxe, Marshal Saxe, comte de Saxe |
snellen | (n) Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908), Syn. Hermann Snellen |
wouk | (n) United States writer (born in 1915), Syn. Herman Wouk |
Athermancy | n. [ See Athermanous. ] Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Athermanous | a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + qermai`nein to heat, qe`rma heat: cf. F. athermane. ] (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Diathermaneity | { } n. [ See Diathermanous. ] The property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous. Melloni. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Diathermancy |
Diathermanism | n. The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Diathermanous | a. [ Gr. &unr_; to warm through; dia` through + &unr_; to warm, &unr_; warm. ] Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to athermanous. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Electro-thermancy | n. That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fisherman | n.; pl. Fishermen 1. One whose occupation is to catch fish. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Naut.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Thermantidote | n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + E. antidote. ] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [ India ] Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Washerman | n.; pl. Washermen A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others. [ 1913 Webster ] |
渔民 | [yú mín, ㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ, 渔 民 / 漁 民] fisherman; fisher folk #9,539 [Add to Longdo] |
渔 | [yú, ㄩˊ, 渔 / 漁] fisherman; to fish #10,183 [Add to Longdo] |
渔夫 | [yú fū, ㄩˊ ㄈㄨ, 渔 夫 / 漁 夫] fisherman #33,163 [Add to Longdo] |
赫尔曼 | [Hè ěr màn, ㄏㄜˋ ㄦˇ ㄇㄢˋ, 赫 尔 曼 / 赫 爾 曼] Herman or Hermann (name) #101,392 [Add to Longdo] |
鹬蚌相争 | [yù bàng xiāng zhēng, ㄩˋ ㄅㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄥ, 鹬 蚌 相 争 / 鷸 蚌 相 爭] lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, 成语 saw); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party #116,794 [Add to Longdo] |
鱼夫 | [yú fū, ㄩˊ ㄈㄨ, 鱼 夫 / 魚 夫] fisher; fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 | [yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì, ㄩˋ ㄅㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄥ ㄩˊ ㄨㄥ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ, 鹬 蚌 相 争 渔 翁 得 利 / 鷸 蚌 相 爭 漁 翁 得 利] lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, 成语 saw); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party [Add to Longdo] |
海人;海士;蜑 | [あま, ama] (n) (1) (esp. 海人, 海士) (See 海女) male diver; (2) (esp. 海人, 蜑) fisherman #9,875 [Add to Longdo] |
漁師 | [りょうし, ryoushi] (n, adj-no) (sens) fisherman; (P) #15,194 [Add to Longdo] |
エルマン | [eruman] (n) Herman [Add to Longdo] |
フィッシャーマン | [fissha-man] (n) fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
フィッシャーマンズセーター;フィッシャーマンセーター | [fissha-manzuse-ta-; fissha-manse-ta-] (n) fisherman's sweater [Add to Longdo] |
鵜飼い;鵜飼 | [うかい;うがい, ukai ; ugai] (n) (1) cormorant fishing; (2) cormorant fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
鵜匠 | [うしょう;うじょう, ushou ; ujou] (n) cormorant fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
漁り;漁 | [すなどり, sunadori] (n, vs) (1) fishing; collecting shells; (2) fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
漁業者 | [ぎょぎょうしゃ, gyogyousha] (n) fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
漁船員 | [ぎょせんいん, gyosen'in] (n) fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
漁船乗組員 | [ぎょせんのりくみいん, gyosennorikumiin] (n) fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
漁夫 | [ぎょふ, gyofu] (n) (sens) fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
釣り手 | [つりて, tsurite] (n) fisherman; angler; hanging strap [Add to Longdo] |
入漁者 | [にゅうぎょしゃ, nyuugyosha] (n) fishing-lot fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
白水郎 | [はくすいろう, hakusuirou] (n) (arch) (See 海人・あま・2) fisherman [Add to Longdo] |
網元 | [あみもと, amimoto] (n) head of fisherman's group or union [Add to Longdo] |
網打ち | [あみうち, amiuchi] (n) (1) net fishing; (2) fisherman's throw (resembling the casting of a fishing net) (sumo) [Add to Longdo] |