avarice | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity |
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(noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity |
caprice | (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: impulse, whim |
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cicatrice | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrix, scar |
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cockatrice | (noun) monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance | - |
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dentifrice | (noun) a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush | - |
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licorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: liquorice |
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(noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice |
liquorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: licorice |
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(noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice |
monitrice | (noun) an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes | Synonyms: birthing coach, doula, labor coach |
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overprice | (verb) price excessively high | - |
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price | (noun) the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) | Synonyms: cost, monetary value |
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(noun) the high value or worth of something | - |
(noun) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something | Synonyms: cost, toll |
(noun) a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal | - |
(noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | Synonyms: damage, terms |
(noun) cost of bribing someone | - |
(verb) ascertain or learn the price of | - |
(verb) determine the price of | - |
rice | (noun) grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished | - |
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(noun) annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper | - |
(verb) sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice | - |
thrice | (adverb) three times | - |
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trice | (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, twinkling, wink |
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(verb) hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope | Synonyms: trice up |
(verb) raise with a line | Synonyms: trice up |
underprice | (verb) sell at artificially low prices | Synonyms: dump |
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