centripetal | (adjective) tending to move toward a center | - |
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(adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system | Synonyms: receptive, sensory |
(adjective) tending to unify | Synonyms: unifying |
cirriped | (noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces | Synonyms: barnacle, cirripede |
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cirripede | (noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces | Synonyms: barnacle, cirriped |
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cypripedia | (noun) a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium | - |
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gripe | (noun) informal terms for objecting | Synonyms: beef, bitch, kick, squawk |
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(verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk |
gripes | (noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | Synonyms: colic, griping, intestinal colic |
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overripe | (adjective) too ripe and beginning to turn soft | - |
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peripeteia | (noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | Synonyms: peripetia, peripety |
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peripetia | (noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | Synonyms: peripeteia, peripety |
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peripety | (noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | Synonyms: peripeteia, peripetia |
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pinstripe | (noun) a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric) | - |
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(noun) a fabric with very thin stripes | - |
(noun) a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes | - |
pinstriped | (adjective) having very thin stripes | - |
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ripe | (adjective) fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used | Synonyms: mature |
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(adjective) far along in time | Synonyms: advanced |
(adjective) at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge | - |
(adjective) most suitable or right for a particular purpose | Synonyms: good, right |
(adjective) fully prepared or eager | - |
ripely | (adverb) with mature or developed appearance | - |
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ripen | (verb) grow ripe | - |
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(verb) cause to ripen or develop fully | Synonyms: mature |
ripened | (adjective) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable) | Synonyms: aged |
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ripeness | (noun) the state of being ripe | - |
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ripening | (noun) coming to full development; becoming mature | Synonyms: maturation, maturement |
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(noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, aging |
stripe | (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: band, banding |
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(noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | Synonyms: bar, streak |
(noun) a kind or category | - |
(noun) V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service | Synonyms: chevron, grade insignia, stripes |
(noun) a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service | - |
(verb) mark with stripes | - |
striped | (adjective) marked or decorated with stripes | Synonyms: stripy |
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striper | (noun) marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone | Synonyms: Roccus saxatilis, rockfish, striped bass |
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(noun) caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: striped bass |
(noun) a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service | - |
stripes | (noun) V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service | Synonyms: chevron, grade insignia, stripe |
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tripe | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, trumpery, wish-wash |
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(noun) lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food | - |
unripe | (adjective) not fully developed or mature; not ripe | Synonyms: green, immature, unripened |
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(adjective) not fully prepared | - |
unripened | (adjective) not fully developed or mature; not ripe | Synonyms: green, immature, unripe |
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