catnip | (noun) hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats | Synonyms: catmint, Nepeta cataria |
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conniption | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: fit, scene, tantrum |
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genip | (noun) round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes | Synonyms: Spanish lime |
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(noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
genipa | (noun) any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind | - |
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genipap | (noun) a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind | Synonyms: genipap fruit |
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guttersnipe | (noun) a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas | Synonyms: street urchin |
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jacksnipe | (noun) American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting | Synonyms: Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper |
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(noun) a small short-billed Old World snipe | Synonyms: half snipe, Limnocryptes minima |
juniper | (noun) wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
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(noun) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | Synonyms: Genista raetam, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam, retem |
(noun) coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
kniphofia | (noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, flameflower, tritoma |
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manipulability | (noun) the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands | - |
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manipulation | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: use |
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(noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: handling |
manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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manipulator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: operator |
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(noun) a person who handles things manually | - |
nip | (noun) a small sharp bite or snip | Synonyms: pinch |
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(noun) a tart spicy quality | Synonyms: piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest |
(noun) the property of being moderately cold | Synonyms: chilliness, coolness |
(noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, flavour, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
(noun) a small drink of liquor | Synonyms: shot |
nipa | (noun) made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm | - |
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nipper | (noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: chela, claw, pincer |
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(noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
nipple | (noun) a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier | - |
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(noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, pap, teat, tit |
omnipotence | (noun) the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power | - |
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omnipresence | (noun) the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) | Synonyms: ubiquitousness, ubiquity |
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parsnip | (noun) whitish edible root; eaten cooked | - |
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(noun) a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root | Synonyms: Pastinaca sativa |
(noun) the whitish root of cultivated parsnip | - |
pinniped | (noun) aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers | Synonyms: pinnatiped, pinniped mammal |
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plenipotentiary | (noun) a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government | - |
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pogonip | (noun) a dense winter fog containing ice particles | Synonyms: ice fog |
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snip | (noun) the act of clipping or snipping | Synonyms: clip, clipping |
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(noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snippet, snipping |
snipe | (noun) a gunshot from a concealed location | - |
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(noun) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks | - |
snipefish | (noun) small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth | Synonyms: bellows fish |
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sniper | (noun) a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place | - |
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snippet | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snipping |
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snipping | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snippet |
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snips | (noun) (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | Synonyms: tinsnips |
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tinsnips | (noun) (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | Synonyms: snips |
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turnip | (noun) root of any of several members of the mustard family | - |
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(noun) widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica rapa, white turnip |
venipuncture | (noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye | - |
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