amiss | (adjective) not functioning properly | Synonyms: awry, haywire, wrong |
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(adverb) away from the correct or expected course | Synonyms: awry |
(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner | - |
(adverb) in an imperfect or faulty way | Synonyms: imperfectly |
beamish | (adjective) smiling with happiness or optimism | Synonyms: smiling, twinkly |
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bigamist | (noun) someone who marries one person while already legally married to another | - |
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camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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camisole | (noun) a short negligee | - |
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(noun) a short sleeveless undergarment for women | Synonyms: underbodice |
ceramist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, potter, thrower |
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dynamise | (verb) make (a drug) effective | Synonyms: dynamize |
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(verb) make more dynamic | Synonyms: dynamize |
dynamism | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: oomph, pizzaz, pizzazz, zing |
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(noun) active strength of body or mind | Synonyms: heartiness, vigor, vigour |
(noun) any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy | - |
famish | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: hunger, starve |
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(verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: starve |
(verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: starve |
famished | (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: esurient, ravenous, sharp-set, starved |
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famishment | (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: starvation |
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macadamise | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamize, tarmac |
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misogamist | (noun) a person who hates marriage | - |
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monogamist | (noun) someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) | Synonyms: monogynist |
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polygamist | (noun) someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | - |
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samisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: shamisen |
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shamisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: samisen |
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squeamish | (adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | Synonyms: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy |
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squeamishly | (adverb) in a squeamish manner | - |
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squeamishness | (noun) the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked | - |
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(noun) a mild state of nausea | Synonyms: qualm, queasiness |
tiramisu | (noun) an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate | - |
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