angel | (noun) spiritual being attendant upon God | - |
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(noun) someone who provides financial support for some venture | Synonyms: backer |
(noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: holy man, holy person, saint |
angelfish | (noun) sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | Synonyms: angel shark, monkfish, Squatina squatina |
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(noun) a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus | - |
(noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish |
angelic | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelical |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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(noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
(noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
angelical | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelic |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelically | (adverb) like an angel | - |
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angelim | (noun) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira | Synonyms: andelmin |
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angelique | (noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelica |
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angelology | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with angels | - |
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angelus | (noun) the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited | Synonyms: angelus bell |
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archangel | (noun) an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy | - |
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(noun) a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica |
archangelic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelical |
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archangelical | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelic |
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changeless | (adjective) not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature | Synonyms: immutable |
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(adjective) unvarying in nature | Synonyms: constant, invariant, unvarying |
(adjective) remaining the same for indefinitely long times | Synonyms: unalterable |
changelessness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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(noun) the property of remaining unchanged | - |
changeling | (noun) a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy | - |
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(noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
congelation | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congealment |
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engelmannia | (noun) common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers | - |
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evangel | (noun) the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings | Synonyms: Gospel, Gospels |
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evangelical | (adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament | - |
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(adjective) relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels | - |
(adjective) marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause | Synonyms: evangelistic |
evangelicalism | (noun) stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation | - |
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evangelise | (verb) spread the Christian faith | Synonyms: evangelize |
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(verb) preach the gospel (to) | Synonyms: evangelize |
evangelism | (noun) zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel | - |
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evangelist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: gospeler, gospeller, revivalist |
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evangelistic | (adjective) relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel | - |
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(adjective) marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause | Synonyms: evangelical |
evangelize | (verb) spread the Christian faith | Synonyms: evangelise |
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(verb) preach the gospel (to) | Synonyms: evangelise |
rangeland | (noun) land suitable for grazing livestock | - |
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spongelike | (adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed | Synonyms: spongy |
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(adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility | Synonyms: spongy, squashy, squishy |
strangely | (adverb) in a strange manner | Synonyms: funnily, oddly, queerly |
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tangelo | (noun) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin | Synonyms: ugli, ugli fruit |
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(noun) hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit |
televangelism | (noun) evangelism at a distance by the use of television | - |
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televangelist | (noun) an evangelist who conducts services on television | - |
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