bicentennial | (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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biennial | (noun) (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season | - |
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centennial | (noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centenary |
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ceremonial | (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
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colonial | (noun) a resident of a colony | - |
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colonialism | (noun) exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country | - |
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colonialist | (noun) a believer in colonialism | - |
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congeniality | (noun) a congenial disposition | - |
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(noun) compatibility between persons | Synonyms: congenialness |
congenialness | (noun) compatibility between persons | Synonyms: congeniality |
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denial | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, demurrer |
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(noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | Synonyms: abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
(noun) the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) | - |
(noun) the act of asserting that something alleged is not true | Synonyms: disaffirmation |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts | - |
finial | (noun) an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis | - |
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geniality | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie |
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menial | (noun) a domestic servant | - |
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neocolonialism | (noun) control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures | - |
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perennial | (noun) (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more | - |
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quatercentennial | (noun) the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quatercentenary |
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quincentennial | (noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: quincentenary |
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semicentennial | (noun) the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: semicentenary |
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sesquicentennial | (noun) the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
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tercentennial | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentenary, triennial |
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testimonial | (noun) something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable | Synonyms: good word, recommendation |
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(noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem | Synonyms: tribute |
(noun) something that serves as evidence | Synonyms: testimony |
triennial | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentenary, tercentennial |
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uncongeniality | (noun) a disposition not to be congenial | - |
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(noun) The quality of not being pleasing; of being disagreeable. | - |