anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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catholicity | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: universality |
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catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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complicit | (adjective) involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong | - |
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complicity | (noun) guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense | - |
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cyclicity | (noun) the quality of recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: periodicity |
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delicious | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | Synonyms: delightful |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delectable, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy |
deliciously | (adverb) in a very pleasurable manner | Synonyms: pleasurably |
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(adverb) so as to produce a delightful taste | Synonyms: lusciously, scrumptiously |
deliciousness | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: delectability, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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duplicitous | (adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, Janus-faced, two-faced |
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duplicity | (noun) acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: double-dealing |
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(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: fraudulence |
elicit | (verb) derive by reason | - |
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(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, evoke, extract |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
elicitation | (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: evocation, induction |
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elicited | (adjective) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation | Synonyms: evoked |
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explicit | (adjective) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | Synonyms: expressed |
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(adjective) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term | Synonyms: denotative |
explicitly | (adverb) in an explicit manner | - |
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explicitness | (noun) clarity as a consequence of being explicit | - |
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felicitate | (verb) express congratulations | Synonyms: congratulate |
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felicitation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: congratulation |
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(noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: congratulation |
felicitous | (adjective) exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style | - |
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(adjective) marked by good fortune | Synonyms: happy |
felicitously | (adverb) in a felicitous manner | - |
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felicitousness | (noun) pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | Synonyms: felicity |
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felicity | (noun) pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | Synonyms: felicitousness |
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(noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | Synonyms: happiness |
filicide | (noun) the murder of your own son or daughter | - |
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(noun) a parent who murders his own son or daughter | - |
illicit | (adjective) contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention | - |
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(adjective) contrary to or forbidden by law | Synonyms: illegitimate, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful |
illicitly | (adverb) in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom | Synonyms: illegitimately |
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(adverb) in an illegal manner | Synonyms: illegally, lawlessly |
illicitness | (noun) the quality of not conforming strictly to law | - |
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implicit | (adjective) implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something | Synonyms: inexplicit |
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(adjective) being without doubt or reserve | Synonyms: unquestioning |
implicitly | (adverb) without ever expressing so clearly | - |
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(adverb) without doubting or questioning | - |
implicitness | (noun) inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect | - |
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inexplicit | (adjective) implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something | Synonyms: implicit |
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inexplicitness | (noun) unclearness by virtue of not being explicit | - |
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infelicitous | (adjective) not appropriate in application; defective | - |
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(adjective) marked by or producing unhappiness | Synonyms: unhappy |
infelicitously | (adverb) in an infelicitous manner | - |
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infelicity | (noun) inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | - |
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italicise | (verb) print in italics | Synonyms: italicize |
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italicize | (verb) print in italics | Synonyms: italicise |
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licit | (adjective) sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality | - |
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(adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law | Synonyms: lawful, legitimate |
licitly | (adverb) in a manner acceptable to common custom | Synonyms: lawfully, legitimately |
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licitness | (noun) the quality of strictly conforming to law | - |
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malicious | (adjective) having the nature of or resulting from malice | - |
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maliciously | (adverb) with malice; in a malicious manner | - |
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maliciousness | (noun) feeling a need to see others suffer | Synonyms: malice, spite, spitefulness, venom |
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metallicity | (noun) The state of possessing a similar aural resonance to metal. | - |
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multiplicity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: numerosity, numerousness |
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(noun) the property of being multiple | - |
oversolicitous | (adjective) excessively solicitous | - |
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pediculicide | (noun) a chemical agent that kills lice | - |
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publicise | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicize |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicize |
publicised | (adjective) made known; especially made widely known | Synonyms: publicized |
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publiciser | (noun) someone who publicizes | Synonyms: publicist, publicizer |
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publicist | (noun) someone who publicizes | Synonyms: publiciser, publicizer |
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publicity | (noun) the quality of being open to public view | - |
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(noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promo, promotion, promotional material |
publicize | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicise |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicise |
publicized | (adjective) made known; especially made widely known | Synonyms: publicised |
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publicizer | (noun) someone who publicizes | Synonyms: publiciser, publicist |
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publicizing | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: advertising, merchandising |
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salicin | (noun) an anti-inflammatory agent that is produced from willow bark. | - |
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silicide | (noun) any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical | - |
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silicious | (adjective) relating to or containing or resembling silica | Synonyms: siliceous |
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simplicity | (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, easiness, simpleness |
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(noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: chasteness, restraint, simpleness |
(noun) the quality of being simple or uncompounded | Synonyms: simpleness |
(noun) absence of affectation or pretense | Synonyms: simmpleness |
(noun) a lack of penetration or subtlety | Synonyms: simple mindedness, simpleness |
slicing | (noun) the act of cutting into slices | - |
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(noun) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: fade, slice |
solicit | (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: beg, tap |
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(verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: accost, hook |
(verb) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | - |
(verb) make a solicitation or petition for something desired | - |
(verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, romance, woo |
solicitation | (noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | Synonyms: allurement |
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(noun) an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status | - |
(noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, ingathering |
solicitor | (noun) a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents | - |
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(noun) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes | Synonyms: canvasser |
solicitorship | (noun) the position of solicitor | - |
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solicitous | (adjective) showing hovering attentiveness | - |
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(adjective) full of anxiety and concern | - |
solicitously | (adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner | - |
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solicitousness | (noun) a feeling of excessive concern | Synonyms: solicitude |
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solicitude | (noun) a feeling of excessive concern | Synonyms: solicitousness |
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splicing | (noun) a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together | Synonyms: splice |
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triplicity | (noun) the property of being triple | - |
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(noun) (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees | Synonyms: trigon |
unmalicious | (adjective) not malicious or spiteful | - |
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unsolicited | (adjective) not requested or sought | Synonyms: unasked-for |
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