allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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arboriculture | (noun) the tending of and caring for trees | Synonyms: tree farming |
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arboriculturist | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: forester, tree farmer |
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floriculture | (noun) the cultivation of flowering plants | Synonyms: flower gardening |
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historicalness | (noun) significance owing to its history | - |
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(noun) the state of having in fact existed in the past | - |
historicism | (noun) a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history | - |
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licorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: liquorice |
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(noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice |
liquorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: licorice |
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(noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice |
lorica | (noun) a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) | - |
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paregoric | (noun) medicine used to treat diarrhea | Synonyms: camphorated tincture of opium |
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rhetoric | (noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | - |
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(noun) using language effectively to please or persuade | - |
(noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness |
(noun) loud and confused and empty talk | Synonyms: empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver |
rhetorician | (noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration | Synonyms: orator, public speaker, speechifier, speechmaker |
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uxoricide | (noun) the murder of a wife by her husband | - |
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(noun) a husband who murders his wife | - |