iyengar n.— «Iyengar: Poses are typically performed slowly and held longer than in other schools of yoga, so close attention can be paid to precise muscular and skeletal alignment. Iyengar practitioners can use props or guides, such as...
gay sprawl n.— «Gay papers face other challenges that are largely unique, such as contending with what some people call gay sprawl. With the increasing acceptance of gays and lesbians into mainstream American culture, a growing number of...
spalon n.— «The Day Spa Association has set guidelines designed to educate consumers about what they should expect from a day spa. “These guidelines clearly explain the difference between a true day spa and ‘spalons’, a term used to...
whipsaw v.— «For example, Ford plans to close 16 plants by 2008. Whether or not the company keeps a plant open often depends on whether a union local will accept concessions, and the company routinely pits workers at one plant against...
sea-gull v.— «The rest were monumentally unremarkable and it could well be held that the back row contributed to the demise of their front five by seagulling around the fringes of the scrum, instead of staying down and shoving hard...
wraparound adj.— «He has also developed what he calls wraparound service, wherein Brooklyn Union owns the gas-fueled heating and cooling facilities in large installations and sells their outpupt.» —“‘We Had To Get More...