adorability | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorableness |
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adorable | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: endearing, lovely |
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adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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adorably | (adverb) in an adorable manner | Synonyms: endearingly |
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adoration | (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: idolisation, idolization |
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(noun) the worship given to God alone | Synonyms: latria |
(noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration | Synonyms: worship |
adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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adored | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: idolised, idolized, worshipped |
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adorer | (noun) someone who admires a young woman | Synonyms: admirer |
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adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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(adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
adoringly | (adverb) with adoration | - |
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adorn | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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(verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: clothe, invest |
(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace |
adorned | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: decorated |
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adornment | (noun) the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting | - |
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(noun) a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness | - |
ambassador | (noun) a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | Synonyms: embassador |
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(noun) an informal representative | - |
ambassadorial | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors | - |
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ambassadorship | (noun) the post of ambassador | - |
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ardor | (noun) intense feeling of love | Synonyms: ardour |
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(noun) a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) | Synonyms: ardour, elan, zeal |
(noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
battledore | (noun) an ancient racket game | Synonyms: battledore and shuttlecock |
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(noun) a light long-handled racket used by badminton players | Synonyms: badminton racket, badminton racquet |
candor | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness |
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(noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candour, fair-mindedness, fairness |
chador | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chadar, chaddar, chuddar |
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commodore | (noun) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral | - |
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condor | (noun) the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere | - |
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conquistador | (noun) an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) | - |
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corridor | (noun) an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it | - |
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cuspidor | (noun) a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) | Synonyms: spittoon |
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deodorant | (noun) a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors | Synonyms: deodourant |
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deodorise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorize, deodourise |
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deodorize | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodourise |
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dorbeetle | (noun) Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound | - |
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doric | (adjective) of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture | - |
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dork | (noun) a dull stupid fatuous person | Synonyms: jerk |
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dorm | (noun) a college or university building containing living quarters for students | Synonyms: dormitory, hall, residence hall, student residence |
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dormancy | (noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: quiescence, quiescency, sleeping |
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(noun) a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction | Synonyms: quiescence, quiescency |
dormant | (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct | Synonyms: inactive |
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(adjective) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | Synonyms: hibernating, torpid |
(adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: abeyant |
(adjective) lying with head on paws as if sleeping | Synonyms: sleeping |
dormer | (noun) a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window | Synonyms: dormer window |
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dormie | (adjective) in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played | Synonyms: dormy |
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dormitory | (noun) a college or university building containing living quarters for students | Synonyms: dorm, hall, residence hall, student residence |
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(noun) a large sleeping room containing several beds | Synonyms: dorm room, dormitory room |
dormouse | (noun) small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
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dormy | (adjective) in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played | Synonyms: dormie |
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dorsal | (adjective) belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part | - |
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(adjective) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: abaxial |
dorsally | (adverb) in a dorsal location or direction | - |
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dorsiflexion | (noun) the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part) | - |
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dorsoventral | (adjective) extending from the back to the belly | - |
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dorsoventrally | (adverb) in a dorsoventral direction | - |
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dorsum | (noun) the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part) | - |
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(noun) the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine | Synonyms: back |
dory | (noun) marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters | - |
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(noun) pike-like freshwater perches | Synonyms: jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleye, walleyed pike |
(noun) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | Synonyms: dinghy, rowboat |
eldorado | (noun) an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers | Synonyms: El Dorado |
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embassador | (noun) a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | Synonyms: ambassador |
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endorphin | (noun) a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties | - |
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endorse | (verb) sign as evidence of legal transfer | Synonyms: indorse |
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(verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
(verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: certify, indorse |
(verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, indorse, second |
endorsement | (noun) the act of endorsing | Synonyms: indorsement |
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(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
(noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: blurb, indorsement |
(noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: indorsement, second, secondment |
(noun) a signature that validates something | Synonyms: indorsement |
endorser | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: indorser, ratifier, subscriber |
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(noun) a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security | Synonyms: indorser |
fedora | (noun) a hat made of felt with a creased crown | Synonyms: felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby |
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indorse | (verb) sign as evidence of legal transfer | Synonyms: endorse |
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(verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, endorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
(verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: certify, endorse |
(verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, endorse, second |
indorsement | (noun) the act of endorsing | Synonyms: endorsement |
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(noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, sanction, warrant |
(noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: blurb, endorsement |
(noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, second, secondment |
(noun) a signature that validates something | Synonyms: endorsement |
indorser | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, ratifier, subscriber |
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(noun) a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security | Synonyms: endorser |
inodorous | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: odorless, odourless |
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komondor | (noun) Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog | - |
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malodor | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink |
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malodorous | (adjective) having an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: ill-smelling, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling |
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malodorousness | (noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | Synonyms: fetidness, foulness, rankness, stinkiness |
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maquiladora | (noun) an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border | - |
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matador | (noun) the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull | - |
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newsvendor | (noun) someone who sells newspapers | Synonyms: newsagent, newsdealer, newsstand operator |
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odor | (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system | Synonyms: aroma, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell |
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(noun) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form | Synonyms: odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell |
odoriferous | (adjective) having a natural fragrance | Synonyms: odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweet |
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(adjective) emitting an odor | Synonyms: odorous |
odorize | (verb) cause to smell or be smelly | Synonyms: odourise, scent |
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odorless | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: inodorous, odourless |
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odorous | (adjective) having odor or a characteristic odor | - |
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(adjective) having a natural fragrance | Synonyms: odoriferous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweet |
(adjective) emitting an odor | Synonyms: odoriferous |
oxidoreductase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction | - |
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oxidoreduction | (noun) a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction | Synonyms: oxidation-reduction, redox |
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picador | (noun) the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low | - |
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pseudorubella | (noun) a viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days | Synonyms: exanthema subitum, roseola infantilis, roseola infantum |
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splendor | (noun) a quality that outshines the usual | Synonyms: brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendour |
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(noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendour |
stevedore | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper |
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streptodornase | (noun) an enzyme produced by some hemolytic strains of streptococcus that dissolves fibrinous secretions from infections; used medicinally (often in combination with streptokinase) | - |
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stridor | (noun) a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or larynx | - |
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sudor | (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: perspiration, sweat |
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sudorific | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: diaphoretic |
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(noun) a medicine that causes or increases sweating | Synonyms: sudatory |
suksdorfia | (noun) any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles | - |
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toreador | (noun) someone who fights bulls | Synonyms: bullfighter |
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unadorned | (adjective) not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: undecorated |
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vendor | (noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money | Synonyms: marketer, seller, trafficker, vender |
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