bacchant | (noun) (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus | - |
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(noun) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus | Synonyms: bacchanal |
(noun) someone who engages in drinking bouts | Synonyms: bacchanal, drunken reveler, drunken reveller |
bacchante | (noun) (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus | - |
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bacchantic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler | - |
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chant | (noun) a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone | - |
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(verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: cantillate, intonate, intone |
(verb) utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically | Synonyms: intone, tone |
chantarelle | (noun) widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | Synonyms: Cantharellus cibarius, chanterelle |
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chanted | (adjective) sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone | - |
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chanter | (noun) reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played | Synonyms: melody pipe |
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chanterelle | (noun) widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | Synonyms: Cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle |
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chantey | (noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | Synonyms: chanty, sea chantey, shanty |
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chanting | (noun) the act of singing in a monotonous tone | Synonyms: intonation |
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chantlike | (adjective) uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting | Synonyms: intoned, singsong |
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chantry | (noun) a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor | - |
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(noun) an endowment for the singing of Masses | - |
chanty | (noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | Synonyms: chantey, sea chantey, shanty |
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coryphantha | (noun) a cactus of the genus Coryphantha | - |
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couchant | (adjective) lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward | - |
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disenchant | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disillusion |
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disenchanted | (adjective) freed from enchantment | - |
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disenchanting | (adjective) freeing from illusion or false belief | Synonyms: disillusioning |
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disenchantment | (noun) freeing from false belief or illusions | Synonyms: disillusion, disillusionment |
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elephant | (noun) five-toed pachyderm | - |
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(noun) the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 | - |
elephantiasis | (noun) hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis | - |
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elephantine | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: gargantuan, giant, jumbo |
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enchant | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
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(verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance |
enchanted | (adjective) influenced as by charms or incantations | - |
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enchanter | (noun) a sorcerer or magician | - |
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enchanting | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating |
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enchantingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: bewitchingly, captivatingly, enthrallingly |
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enchantingness | (noun) Quality of having the ability to enchant; being charming, delightful. | - |
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enchantment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: bewitchment |
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(noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enthrallment, fascination |
(noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | Synonyms: spell, trance |
enchantress | (noun) a female sorcerer or magician | Synonyms: witch |
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(noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, femme fatale, siren, temptress |
merchant | (noun) a businessperson engaged in retail trade | Synonyms: merchandiser |
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merchantability | (noun) the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold | - |
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merchantable | (adjective) fit to be offered for sale | Synonyms: marketable, sellable, vendable, vendible |
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merchantman | (noun) a cargo ship | Synonyms: bottom, freighter, merchant ship |
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penchant | (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: predilection, preference, taste |
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phantasm | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
phantasma | (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, shadow |
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(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantom, specter, spectre |
phantasmagoria | (noun) a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream) | - |
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phantasmagoric | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic |
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phantasmagorical | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, surreal, surrealistic |
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phantasmal | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral, spiritual |
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phantasy | (noun) imagination unrestricted by reality | Synonyms: fantasy |
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(noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fancy, fantasy, illusion |
(noun) fiction with a large amount of imagination in it | Synonyms: fantasy |
phantom | (adjective) something apparently sensed but having no physical reality | - |
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(noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, shadow |
(noun) a ghostly appearing figure | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre |
plainchant | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | Synonyms: plainsong |
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shantung | (noun) a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation) | - |
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shanty | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, hutch, shack |
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(noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | Synonyms: chantey, chanty, sea chantey |
shantytown | (noun) a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties | - |
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strophanthin | (noun) a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison | - |
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strophanthus | (noun) any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds | - |
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sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, toady |
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sycophantic | (adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, toadyish |
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(adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, toadyish |
trenchant | (adjective) clearly or sharply defined to the mind | Synonyms: clear-cut, distinct |
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(adjective) characterized by or full of force and vigor | Synonyms: hard-hitting |
(adjective) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | Synonyms: searching |
trenchantly | (adverb) in a vigorous and effective manner | - |
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triumphant | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal |
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(adjective) experiencing triumph | Synonyms: victorious |
triumphantly | (adverb) in a triumphant manner | - |
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trochanter | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | - |
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unmerchantable | (adjective) not fit for sale | Synonyms: unmarketable, unvendible |
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