| absentmindedness | (n) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored |
| catmint | (n) hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats, Syn. catnip, Nepeta cataria |
| gristmill | (n) a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) |
| postmillennial | (adj) of or relating to the period following the millennium |
| postmistress | (n) a woman postmaster |
| westminster | (n) a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, Syn. City of Westminster |
| westminster abbey | (n) a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery, Example: Westminster Abbey is the scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs; Distinguished English subjects are buried in Westminster Abbey |
| absent | (adj) lost in thought; showing preoccupation, Syn. abstracted, absentminded, scatty, Example: an absent stare; an absentminded professor; the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence |
| absently | (adv) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner, Syn. absentmindedly, inattentively, abstractedly, Example: he read the letter absently |
| flower-of-an-hour | (n) annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America, Syn. Hibiscus trionum, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan |
| goalkeeper | (n) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal, Syn. netminder, netkeeper, goalie, goaltender |
| Atmiatry | n. [ Gr. &unr_; vapor + &unr_; medical treatment, healing. ] Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Atmidometer | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, smoke, vapor + -meter; cf. F. atmidomètre. ] An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Catmint | { } n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (Nepeta Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Catnip |
| Erythrolitmin | n. [ Gr. 'eryqro`s red + E. litmus. ] (Chem.) Erythrolein. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gristmill | n. A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ketmie | ‖n. (Bot.) The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage. [ Written also ketmia. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Westminster Assembly | See under Assembly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| うっとり | [uttori] (adv, adv-to) (1) (See うっとりする) ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; (2) abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly; vacantly [Add to Longdo] |
| うっとりする;うっとりとする | [uttorisuru ; uttoritosuru] (exp, vs-i) (1) (See うっとりさせる) to be entranced; to be enraptured; to be transported; to be fascinated; (2) to be absentminded; to be miles away; to be in a world of one's own [Add to Longdo] |
| つくねんと | [tsukunento] (adv) (1) absentmindedly; vacantly; blankly; (2) by oneself; all alone [Add to Longdo] |
| ぼやっと;ボヤっと | [boyatto ; boya tto] (adv, vs) (on-mim) absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely [Add to Longdo] |
| ぼんやり | [bonyari] (adv, adv-to, vs) (1) (on-mim) (also written as 呆んやり) dimly; faintly; indistinctly; vaguely; (2) (on-mim) absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly; (3) (on-mim) idly; aimlessly; (n) (4) absence of mind; fool; blockhead; dunce; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| ぽかん(P);ポカン;ぱかん;パカン | [pokan (P); pokan ; pakan ; pakan] (adv-to) (1) (on-mim) vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly; (2) (on-mim) openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted; (3) (on-mim) with a whack; with a thump; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| もさっと | [mosatto] (adv, vs) absentmindedly [Add to Longdo] |
| ウェストミンスター憲章 | [ウェストミンスターけんしょう, uesutominsuta-kenshou] (n) Statute of Westminster (1931) [Add to Longdo] |
| ベトミン | [betomin] (n) Vietminh (Vietnamese Independence League organized to obtain freedom from French colonial rule) [Add to Longdo] |
| 我にも非ず | [われにもあらず, warenimoarazu] (adv) absentmindedly; in spite of oneself [Add to Longdo] |
| 空返事 | [そらへんじ, sorahenji] (n, vs) absentminded response [Add to Longdo] |
| 犬薄荷 | [いぬはっか;イヌハッカ, inuhakka ; inuhakka] (n) (uk) catnip (Nepeta cataria); catmint [Add to Longdo] |
| 放心 | [ほうしん, houshin] (n, vs) absentmindedness; peace of mind [Add to Longdo] |
| 放心状態 | [ほうしんじょうたい, houshinjoutai] (n, adj-no) being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing [Add to Longdo] |
