English words for 'At the height of prosperity.'
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noun
- a state of economic prosperity
- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
- (sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- (computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.
- A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
- A rapid expansion or increase.
verb
- grow vigorously
- hit with great force
- make a deep hollow sound
- be the case that thunder is being heard
- make a resonant sound, like artillery
- (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- (of a Eurasian bittern) To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
- (of a vehicle) To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- (computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
- (intransitive) To cause a sonic boom.
- (transitive, slang) To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
- (transitive) To make (something) boom.
- (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
intj
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the organic process of bearing flowers
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- a powdery deposit on a surface
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- the best time of youth
- The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- A natural protective coating on an eggshell.
- The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
- (Philippines, fandom slang, usually in the plural) A fan of Filipino girl group BINI.
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- (video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
- Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
- (countable, uncountable) An algal bloom.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- (collective) Flowers.
- (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
- (collective) A group of ladybugs.
- (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
- The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
- A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
- (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
- Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
verb
- produce or yield flowers
- (cooking) To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using them.
- (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
- (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- (cooking) To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the taste.
- (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
- (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
- (intransitive, cooking, of chocolate) To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- The state or season of producing such flowers.
- The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- any red eruption of the skin
- the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- a powdery deposit on a surface
- (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
- (botany) The production of flowers.
- (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
- (figurative) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
- (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- (uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
- A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- The best examples or representatives of a group.
- The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
- (rare, especially crosswording) Something that flows, such as a river.
- A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
- (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
- A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
- (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- (uncountable, usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) Credit, recognition.
- The best state of things; the prime.
- A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
adj
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
adv
verb
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the most extreme possible amount or value
- the highest point (of something)
- a V shape
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
- (clothing, UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
- (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
- (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- Alternative form of peag (“wampum”).
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) Something of exceptional quality.
verb
- to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
- (transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
- (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
- Misspelling of pique.
- (transitive, signal processing) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- (gender-critical slang) Ellipsis of peak trans.
- (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
adj
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
- (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- (backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
- (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
- (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
- (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
- (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
adj
- used of the first or originating agent
- being at the best stage of development
- first in rank or degree
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
- of superior grade
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
verb
- fill with priming liquid
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
- (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
- (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To prepare; to make ready.
- (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
adj
- Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
- marked by peace and prosperity
- Made of, or relating to, gold.
- (UK, slang, predicative) Fine, without problems.
- Relating to the elderly or retired.
- Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
- Advantageous or very favourable.
- Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
- Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
- supremely favored
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- suggestive of gold
- presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
- made from or covered with gold
noun
verb
verb
- To be prosperous; to flourish.
- To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
- To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
- To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
- To play a trump in a card game.
- to express great joy
- prove superior
- dwell on with satisfaction
- be ecstatic with joy
noun
- (historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander.
- A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
- A state of joy or exultation at success.
- A card trick in which the cards are shuffled with half face-up and half face-down, then laid out so that only the observer's chosen card is facing upward.
- A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
- A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
- A card game, also called trump.
- the exultation of victory
- a successful ending of a struggle or contest
noun
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- Good luck.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- A large amount of money.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
verb
noun
- a state of prosperity or fame
- an attainment that is successful
- an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
- a person with a record of successes
- One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
- The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
- (business) Financial profitability.
- The achievement of one's aim or goal.
adj
noun
- a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
- The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
- A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
- (poetic) A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
noun
- (countable) A toast to prosperity.
- Physical condition.
- The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
- (video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
- A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
- a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
- the general condition of body and mind
noun
- great wealth
- something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
- a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
- a deep yellow color
- coins made of gold
- (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
- (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
adj
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- made from or covered with gold
- (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
- Having the colour of gold.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.
- Made of gold.
- Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.
- (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
adv
symbol
verb
adj
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Fertile; productive.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
noun
adj
- Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
- Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
- Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
- Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
- Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
- Of a person: lively, vivacious.
- Of light: brilliant, intense.
- Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
- (music) Of a note: slightly sharp.
- In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
- Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
- Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
- Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
- Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
- Glorious; illustrious.
- Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
- Of a scent or taste: having an agreeable balance of sweet and sour, often with associations of coolness, freshness, and sometimes aromaticity.
- (metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
- Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
- Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- (music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
- Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
- not made dim or less bright
- made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- likely to turn out well in the future
- clear and sharp and ringing
- having lots of light either natural or artificial
- splendid
- characterized by quickness and ease in learning
- having strong or striking color
- emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- characterized by happiness or gladness
adv
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
- A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
- (painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
- (transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
noun
- abundant wealth
- the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
- the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
- a strong deep vividness of hue
- the quality of having high intrinsic value
- splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- the property of being extremely abundant
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.
- (countable) The result or product of being rich.
- (uncountable) The state of having many examples or cases; abundance; profusion.
- (ecology) The number of types in a community.
noun
- (figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
- A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".
- (motor racing) The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.
- (mining, US) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
- The deepest part of a tooth's root.
- (attributive, ecology) The top of the food chain.
- A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
- (astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
- (botany) The growing point of a shoot.
- A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
- The lowest part of the human heart.
- The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
- (geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
- (physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
- A conical priest cap.
- the highest point (of something)
- the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
verb
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give a benediction to
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
intj
noun
- Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
- Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
- (politics, uncountable, often capitalized) A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
- An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
- (Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
- (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- A large quantity; many.
- the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
noun
- the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
- property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value
- an abundance of material possessions and resources
- the quality of profuse abundance
- (uncountable, economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
- (countable) A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
noun
- (countable, by extension) A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
- (Christianity, specifically) Heaven or paradise.
- (figuratively) Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
- (uncountable, Christianity) The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
- the next world
- the end of time
noun
- An economic recovery.
- A rebound.
- (Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
- (medicine, slang) A patient who returns with the same complaint.
- (marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
noun
- Substantial wealth.
- An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
- plural of mean
- (uncountable) Financial resources; wealth.
- an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
- considerable capital (wealth or income)
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
verb
noun
- A geographical area that is gradually becoming prosperous due to investment.
- (urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.
- the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)
adj
- having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
- marked by refinement in taste and manners
- Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
- Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
- Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
verb
noun
- (literary) Welfare, prosperity.
- A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
- Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
- (by extension) Boon, benefit.
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
verb
adj
- Financially well off; wealthy.
- (of time) Entire, complete.
- (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
- Hearty; filling.
- (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
- Large in size, quantity, or value.
- (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- Of a single color throughout.
- Sound; not weak.
- (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
- Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- Strong or unyielding.
- United.
- (of rain) Continuous and heavy.
- Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
- financially dependable
- of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
- uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
- providing abundant nourishment
- acting together as a single undiversified whole
- characterized by good substantial quality
- meriting respect or esteem
- of one substance or character throughout
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- of the same color throughout
- of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
- having length, breadth and thickness
- impenetrable for the eye
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- entirely of one substance with no holes inside
adv
noun
- (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
- (informal) A favor.
- An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
- matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
- a three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume
noun
- a state of economic prosperity
- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
- (sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- (computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.
- A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
- A rapid expansion or increase.
verb
- grow vigorously
- hit with great force
- make a deep hollow sound
- be the case that thunder is being heard
- make a resonant sound, like artillery
- (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- (of a Eurasian bittern) To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
- (of a vehicle) To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- (computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
- (intransitive) To cause a sonic boom.
- (transitive, slang) To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
- (transitive) To make (something) boom.
- (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
intj
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the organic process of bearing flowers
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- a powdery deposit on a surface
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- the best time of youth
- The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- A natural protective coating on an eggshell.
- The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
- (Philippines, fandom slang, usually in the plural) A fan of Filipino girl group BINI.
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- (video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
- Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
- (countable, uncountable) An algal bloom.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- (collective) Flowers.
- (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
- (collective) A group of ladybugs.
- (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
- The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
- A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
- (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
- Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
verb
- produce or yield flowers
- (cooking) To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using them.
- (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
- (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- (cooking) To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the taste.
- (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
- (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
- (intransitive, cooking, of chocolate) To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- The state or season of producing such flowers.
- The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- any red eruption of the skin
- the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- a powdery deposit on a surface
- (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
- (botany) The production of flowers.
- (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
- (figurative) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
- (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- (uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
- A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- The best examples or representatives of a group.
- The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
- (rare, especially crosswording) Something that flows, such as a river.
- A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
- (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
- A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
- (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- (uncountable, usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) Credit, recognition.
- The best state of things; the prime.
- A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
adj
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
adv
verb
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the most extreme possible amount or value
- the highest point (of something)
- a V shape
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
- (clothing, UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
- (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
- (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- Alternative form of peag (“wampum”).
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) Something of exceptional quality.
verb
- to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
- (transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
- (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
- Misspelling of pique.
- (transitive, signal processing) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- (gender-critical slang) Ellipsis of peak trans.
- (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
adj
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
- (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- (backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
- (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
- (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
- (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
- (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
adj
- used of the first or originating agent
- being at the best stage of development
- first in rank or degree
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
- of superior grade
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
verb
- fill with priming liquid
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
- (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
- (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To prepare; to make ready.
- (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
noun
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- Good luck.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- A large amount of money.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
verb
noun
- a state of prosperity or fame
- an attainment that is successful
- an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
- a person with a record of successes
- One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
- The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
- (business) Financial profitability.
- The achievement of one's aim or goal.
noun
- (countable) A toast to prosperity.
- Physical condition.
- The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
- (video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
- A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
- a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
- the general condition of body and mind
noun
- great wealth
- something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
- a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
- a deep yellow color
- coins made of gold
- (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
- (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
adj
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- made from or covered with gold
- (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
- Having the colour of gold.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.
- Made of gold.
- Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.
- (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
adv
symbol
verb
noun
noun
- abundant wealth
- the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
- the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
- a strong deep vividness of hue
- the quality of having high intrinsic value
- splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- the property of being extremely abundant
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.
- (countable) The result or product of being rich.
- (uncountable) The state of having many examples or cases; abundance; profusion.
- (ecology) The number of types in a community.
noun
- (figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
- A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".
- (motor racing) The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.
- (mining, US) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
- The deepest part of a tooth's root.
- (attributive, ecology) The top of the food chain.
- A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
- (astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
- (botany) The growing point of a shoot.
- A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
- The lowest part of the human heart.
- The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
- (geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
- (physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
- A conical priest cap.
- the highest point (of something)
- the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
noun
- Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
- Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
- (politics, uncountable, often capitalized) A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
- An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
- (Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
- (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- A large quantity; many.
- the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
noun
- the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
- property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value
- an abundance of material possessions and resources
- the quality of profuse abundance
- (uncountable, economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
- (countable) A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
noun
- (countable, by extension) A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
- (Christianity, specifically) Heaven or paradise.
- (figuratively) Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
- (uncountable, Christianity) The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
- the next world
- the end of time
noun
- An economic recovery.
- A rebound.
- (Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
- (medicine, slang) A patient who returns with the same complaint.
- (marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
noun
- Substantial wealth.
- An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
- plural of mean
- (uncountable) Financial resources; wealth.
- an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
- considerable capital (wealth or income)
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
verb
noun
- A geographical area that is gradually becoming prosperous due to investment.
- (urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.
- the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)
noun
- (literary) Welfare, prosperity.
- A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
- Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
- (by extension) Boon, benefit.
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
verb
verb
- To be prosperous; to flourish.
- To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
- To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
- To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
- To play a trump in a card game.
- to express great joy
- prove superior
- dwell on with satisfaction
- be ecstatic with joy
noun
- (historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander.
- A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
- A state of joy or exultation at success.
- A card trick in which the cards are shuffled with half face-up and half face-down, then laid out so that only the observer's chosen card is facing upward.
- A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
- A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
- A card game, also called trump.
- the exultation of victory
- a successful ending of a struggle or contest
verb
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give a benediction to
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
intj
adj
- Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
- marked by peace and prosperity
- Made of, or relating to, gold.
- (UK, slang, predicative) Fine, without problems.
- Relating to the elderly or retired.
- Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
- Advantageous or very favourable.
- Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
- Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
- supremely favored
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- suggestive of gold
- presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
- made from or covered with gold
noun
verb
adj
noun
- a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
- The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
- A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
- (poetic) A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
adj
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Fertile; productive.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
adj
- Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
- Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
- Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
- Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
- Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
- Of a person: lively, vivacious.
- Of light: brilliant, intense.
- Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
- (music) Of a note: slightly sharp.
- In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
- Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
- Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
- Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
- Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
- Glorious; illustrious.
- Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
- Of a scent or taste: having an agreeable balance of sweet and sour, often with associations of coolness, freshness, and sometimes aromaticity.
- (metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
- Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
- Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- (music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
- Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
- not made dim or less bright
- made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- likely to turn out well in the future
- clear and sharp and ringing
- having lots of light either natural or artificial
- splendid
- characterized by quickness and ease in learning
- having strong or striking color
- emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- characterized by happiness or gladness
adv
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
- A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
- (painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
- (transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
adj
- having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
- marked by refinement in taste and manners
- Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
- Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
- Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
verb
adj
- Financially well off; wealthy.
- (of time) Entire, complete.
- (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
- Hearty; filling.
- (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
- Large in size, quantity, or value.
- (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
- Of a single color throughout.
- Sound; not weak.
- (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
- Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
- Strong or unyielding.
- United.
- (of rain) Continuous and heavy.
- Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
- financially dependable
- of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
- uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
- providing abundant nourishment
- acting together as a single undiversified whole
- characterized by good substantial quality
- meriting respect or esteem
- of one substance or character throughout
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- of the same color throughout
- of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
- having length, breadth and thickness
- impenetrable for the eye
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- entirely of one substance with no holes inside
adv
noun
- (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
- (informal) A favor.
- An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
- (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
- matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
- a three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume