aliment | (noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
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(verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: nourish, nutrify |
alimental | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimentary, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive |
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alimentary | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive |
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alimentation | (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: feeding |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals |
alimentative | (adjective) related to the supply of aliment | - |
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alkalimetry | (noun) volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present | - |
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birdlime | (noun) a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds | Synonyms: lime |
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(verb) spread birdlime on branches to catch birds | Synonyms: lime |
brooklime | (noun) plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers | Synonyms: American brooklime, Veronica americana |
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(noun) European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America | Synonyms: European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga |
clime | (noun) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | Synonyms: climate |
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compliment | (noun) a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration | - |
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(verb) say something to someone that expresses praise | Synonyms: congratulate |
(verb) express respect or esteem for | - |
complimentariness | (noun) The state or quality of being in the nature of an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect. | - |
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complimentary | (adjective) conveying or resembling a compliment | - |
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(adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: costless, free, gratis, gratuitous |
compliments | (noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: regard, wish |
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habiliment | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, vesture, wear, wearable |
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habilimented | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, robed |
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hyperalimentation | (noun) administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes | Synonyms: total parenteral nutrition, TPN |
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lime | (noun) the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees | - |
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(noun) any of various related trees bearing limes | Synonyms: Citrus aurantifolia, lime tree |
(noun) any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber | Synonyms: basswood, lime tree, linden, linden tree |
(noun) a caustic substance produced by heating limestone | Synonyms: calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime |
(noun) a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide | Synonyms: burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, quicklime, unslaked lime |
(noun) a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds | Synonyms: birdlime |
(verb) cover with lime so as to induce growth | - |
(verb) spread birdlime on branches to catch birds | Synonyms: birdlime |
limeade | (noun) sweetened beverage of lime juice and water | - |
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limekiln | (noun) a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime | - |
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limelight | (noun) a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting | Synonyms: calcium light |
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(noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: glare, public eye, spotlight |
limen | (noun) the smallest detectable sensation | Synonyms: threshold |
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limerick | (noun) a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | - |
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limestone | (noun) a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals | - |
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limewater | (noun) solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid | - |
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limey | (noun) a man of English descent | Synonyms: John Bull |
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micromillimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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micromillimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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millime | (noun) 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia | - |
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millimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | Synonyms: millimetre, mm |
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millimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | Synonyms: millimeter, mm |
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quicklime | (noun) a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide | Synonyms: burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, lime, unslaked lime |
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resublime | (verb) sublime (a compound) once again | - |
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slime | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, sludge |
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(verb) cover or stain with slime | - |
slimed | (adjective) covered with or resembling slime | Synonyms: slimy |
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sublime | (adjective) lifted up or set high | - |
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(adjective) inspiring awe | Synonyms: empyreal, empyrean |
(adjective) greatest or maximal in degree; extreme | Synonyms: supreme |
(adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified |
(adjective) worthy of adoration or reverence | Synonyms: reverend |
(verb) vaporize and then condense right back again | Synonyms: sublimate |
(verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | Synonyms: sublimate |
sublimed | (adjective) passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid | Synonyms: sublimated |
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sublimely | (adverb) in a lofty and exalted manner | - |
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(adverb) to the maximum degree | Synonyms: supremely |
uncomplimentary | (adjective) tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage | - |
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(adjective) showing or representing unfavorably | Synonyms: unflattering |