caespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: cespitose, tufted |
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cespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: caespitose, tufted |
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cesspit | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspool, sink, sump |
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despite | (noun) contemptuous disregard | - |
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(noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: contempt, disdain, scorn |
despiteful | (adjective) showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite | Synonyms: spiteful, vindictive |
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despitefully | (adverb) in a maliciously spiteful manner | Synonyms: spitefully |
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hospitable | (adjective) favorable to life and growth | - |
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(adjective) disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity | - |
(adjective) having an open mind | - |
hospitableness | (noun) having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining | - |
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hospitably | (adverb) in a hospitable manner | - |
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hospital | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | Synonyms: infirmary |
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(noun) a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care | - |
hospitalisation | (noun) placing in medical care in a hospital | Synonyms: hospital care, hospitalization |
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hospitalise | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalize |
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hospitality | (noun) kindness in welcoming guests or strangers | Synonyms: cordial reception |
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hospitalization | (noun) placing in medical care in a hospital | Synonyms: hospital care, hospitalisation |
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(noun) insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense | Synonyms: hospitalization insurance |
(noun) the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital | - |
(noun) a period of time when you are confined to a hospital | - |
hospitalize | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalise |
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hospitaller | (noun) title of the member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals. | - |
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inhospitable | (adjective) unfavorable to life or growth | - |
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(adjective) not hospitable | - |
inhospitableness | (noun) having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition | - |
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(noun) the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth | - |
inhospitably | (adverb) in an inhospitable manner | - |
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inhospitality | (noun) unkind and inconsiderate welcome | - |
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respite | (noun) a pause from doing something (as work) | Synonyms: break, recess, time out |
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(noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment | Synonyms: reprieve |
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, reprieve, suspension |
(noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort | Synonyms: reprieve |
(noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: relief, rest, rest period |
(verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | Synonyms: reprieve |
spit | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: expectoration, spitting |
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(noun) a skewer for holding meat over a fire | - |
(noun) a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches | Synonyms: saliva, spittle |
(noun) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | Synonyms: tongue |
(verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spue |
(verb) utter with anger or contempt | Synonyms: spit out |
(verb) drive a skewer through | Synonyms: skewer |
(verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, sprinkle |
spitball | (noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | Synonyms: spitter |
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(noun) a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere | - |
spite | (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spitefulness |
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(noun) feeling a need to see others suffer | Synonyms: malice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venom |
(verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, wound |
spiteful | (adjective) showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite | Synonyms: despiteful, vindictive |
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spitefully | (adverb) with spite; in a spiteful manner | - |
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(adverb) in a maliciously spiteful manner | Synonyms: despitefully |
spitefulness | (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite |
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(noun) feeling a need to see others suffer | Synonyms: malice, maliciousness, spite, venom |
spitfire | (noun) a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman) | - |
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spitter | (noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | Synonyms: spitball |
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(noun) a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) | Synonyms: expectorator |
spitting | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: expectoration, spit |
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spittle | (noun) a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches | Synonyms: saliva, spit |
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spittlebug | (noun) small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete | Synonyms: spittle insect |
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spittoon | (noun) a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) | Synonyms: cuspidor |
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spitz | (noun) any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail | - |
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turnspit | (noun) a roasting spit that can be turned | - |
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