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noun
noun
- a strong liking
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
verb
prep_phrase
adj
verb
- To like; to think highly of.
- To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- To berate, scold.
- To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- To have position (in a certain class).
- To deserve; to be worth.
- To have value or standing.
- To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- To consider or regard.
- To ratify.
noun
- A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- Speed.
noun
- a positive feeling of liking
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the courage to carry on
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
noun
- Favor.
- A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
- A defective or inadequate item or individual.
- A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.
adj
- Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
- Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
- Smart; cheeky, vocal.
verb
noun
- A liking for a person; a fancy.
- Shoeshine.
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
- Sunshine.
- The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
verb
- To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
- To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- To be immediately apparent.
- To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- To reflect light.
- To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
- To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
noun
- Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
verb
adj
intj
verb
- To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
- To burst (something) with a popping sound.
- To give birth.
- To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
- To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
- To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
- To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- To pawn (something) (to raise money).
- To hit (something or someone).
- To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
- To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
- To perform the popping style of dance.
- To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
- To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
- To make a short trip or visit.
- To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
- To arrest.
noun
- Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
- A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
- A bird, the European redwing.
- A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
- A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
- A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
- An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
- The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
- One's father.
- A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
- Pop music.
- A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
- The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
adj
- Popular.
- Important or significant.
- Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
- Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- Enthusiastic (about).
- Fat.
- Adult; (of a child) older.
- Populous.
- Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- Of great size, large.
- Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
- Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
adv
- In a large amount or to a large extent.
- On a large scale, expansively.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- In a boasting manner.
- Hard.
- In a loud manner.
noun
adj
intj
noun
verb
- be fond of
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
- want to have
adj
adj
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
- having the same or similar characteristics
noun
noun
- that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
- (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- the act of inclining; bending forward
noun
- A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.
- Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
- A pleasant taste.
- Enjoyment; pleasure.
- A quality or characteristic tinge.
- A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
- In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
verb
noun
verb
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- To be spent or used up.
- To belong (somewhere).
- To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- To make the (specified) sound.
- To fit.
- To urinate or defecate.
- To tend (toward a result).
- To be lost.
- To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- I woke up just before the clock went.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- Let's go halves on this.
- Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- I went at him with a knife.
- To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- To attend.
- To be sold.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- Synonyms: become, turn, change into
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To sound; to make a noise.
- To leave; to move away.
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
- To attack.
- To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
- To date.
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- Synonyms: function, work, operate
- To break down or decay.
- To be accepted.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To be valid.
- To have a certain record.
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To be out.
- To resort (to).
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- To yield or weigh.
- Those babies go five tons apiece.
- To be discarded or disposed of.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- Anything goes around here.
- Why don’t you go with us?
- Let's go this way for a while.
- To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- To fight or attack.
- How long can you go without water?
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- Expressing encouragement or approval.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To die.
- To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To travel or pass along.
- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
adj
noun
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- An act; the working or operation.
- A period of activity.
- Synonym: green light
- A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
- The act of going.
verb
noun
adj
- Attracting the liking of others.
- A supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence.
- Designed in a sensitive or appropriate way.
- Relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration.
- Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action.
- Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves.
- Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
- Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
noun
adj
- Favorable.
- Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
- Mild, gentle, forgiving
- Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
- Affectionate.
noun
- A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
- Equivalent means used as response to an action.
- A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
- Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
- Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
adj
adj
noun
adj
- pleasing to the mind or feeling
- having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
- pleasing to the ear
- pleasing to the senses
- having a natural fragrance
- not soured or preserved
- with sweetening added
adj
- having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
- (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
- not containing or composed of salt water
noun
- a dish served as the last course of a meal
- a food rich in sugar
- the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
- the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
adv
adj
adj
- capable of pleasing
- agreeable or pleasing
- having the normally expected amount
- deserving of esteem and respect
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- of moral excellence
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- financially safe
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- resulting favorably
- exerting force or influence
- appealing to the mind
- in excellent physical condition
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- not forged
- not left to spoil
- generally admired
noun
- benefit
- moral excellence or admirableness
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
adj
verb
adj
- Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
- Common among the general public; generally accepted.
- Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
- Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
- Concerning the people; public.
- Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
noun
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