Ferris
Carnival wheel namesake
Ferris is a surname, most notably associated with George Ferris, the engineer who designed the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
The name appears in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the 1986 film about a charismatic teenager skipping school.
As a given name, Ferris remains uncommon.
Pleased entertainment state
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- rideJourney atop something
- Coney IslandBrooklyn's seaside amusement neighborhood
gondola · observation · skyline · rotation · spoke · hub · midway · ticket
Hereditary family identifier
- CameronScottish personal name
- truantUnauthorized school no-show
- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
- paradeCeremonial public procession
Bueller · Matthew Broderick · Ferrari · principal · day off · Sloane · Rooney · iconic
Memory-safe systems language
- programmingWriting software instructions
- MozillaBrowser nonprofit, privacy-focused
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
systems · cargo · crate · ownership · borrowing · concurrency · performance · low-level
amusement
Pleased entertainment state
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- rideJourney atop something
Coney Island · gondola · observation · skyline · rotation · spoke · hub · midway · ticket · panorama
surname
Hereditary family identifier
Bueller · Matthew Broderick · parade · Ferrari · principal · day off · Sloane · Rooney · iconic · 1980s
Rust
Memory-safe systems language
- programmingWriting software instructions
- MozillaBrowser nonprofit, privacy-focused
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
crab · systems · cargo · crate · ownership · borrowing · concurrency · performance · low-level · open-source
Ferrishall monitor
Student enforcing school rules
teacher's pet · conformist · goody two-shoes · square · straight arrow
Ferrisworrywart
Habitual fretter, informal
neurotic · pessimist · killjoy · stick-in-the-mud · wet blanket
- Ferris wheelVertical rotating passenger circle
- Ferris BuellerFamous movie skipper
- ferrous metalsMetals containing iron
Ferris wheel, ferrous, ferric, ferrite, ferromagnetic, ferromagnetism, Ferris wheels